U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have offered to temporarily shelve 7.5 percent or roughly 16,500 cases after reviewing more than 70 percent of immigration cases pending as of mid-April. Their excuse: the system is backlogged. Already 2,700 cases haves been temporarily suspended while the rest still require paperwork and background checks. It is not yet known how many illegal immigrants have been told of the offer or how many had accepted it.Obama’s backdoor amnesty guidelines calling for “prosecutorial discretion” were doled out to ICE last year resulting in the review of more than 300,000 cases of illegal immigrants pending deportation. ICE deputy press secretary Gillian Christensen said the review, and consequential shelving, of cases will allow authorities to focus on deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records or those who previously ignored court orders to leave this country.
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