AP / Yahoo News: Johnson: Immigration changes 'simple common sense' [Setting aside whether Johnson practices his obligatory Righteously Angry Black Man Look in front of the mirror, most Americans would probably claim that the most "common sense" approach would be to first enforce border laws.]

Johnson: Immigration changes 'simple common sense'




WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is set to tell GOP critics that President Barack Obama's new immigration changes amount to "simple common sense."

Johnson defends the policies in testimony prepared for a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Tuesday. The executive actions Obama announced two weeks ago will shield some 4 million immigrants here illegally from deportation, as long as they've been in the U.S. more than five years and have kids who are citizens or legal permanent residents.

"The reality is that, given our limited resources, these people are not priorities for removal — it's time we acknowledge that and encourage them to be held accountable," Johnson says in the testimony. "This is simple common sense." ...

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