The Center for Immigration Studies used a FOIA request to find out how many extra-legal work permits the administration has doled out to non-Americans since 2009 and the result was a stunning 5.5 million. No wonder the net job growth has gone to immigrants and aliens

The studys author, Jessica Vaughan, appeared with Lou Dobbs to discuss the report:

Senator Jeff Sessions put out a press release Monday about the finding of the CIS report, noting in part:

“This Freedom of Information Act request has unearthed the operation of a shadow immigration system previously unknown to the American public. A full investigation is warranted. In addition to the widespread non-enforcement of existing immigration law—such as the public charge rule—we know now the Administration has been issuing millions of additional work permits beyond what Congress has authorized. Since 2009, the Administration has issued 5.5 million new work permits in excess of the regular immigration flow. This massive increase in the labor supply has occurred simultaneously with a steep drop in family incomes and a sharp rise in the number of Americans pushed out of the workforce. All jobs gains since the recession have gone to foreign workers, while the slack labor market has depressed median family incomes almost $5,000 in that time.

Its understandable politics for Obama to make a show of bestowing amnesty on millions of foreign job thieves, many of whom are culturally inclined to big government anyway, and a big freebie seals the deal that the great majority will be loyal lifelong Democrats. So the amnesty gambit benefits the Democrat Party enormously.

But the administrations generous dispensing of of work permits, and therefore scarce jobs, to foreigners in secret during the Great Recession must be seen as purposely causing extra pain for citizens. Obama must dislike Americans even more than many assume.

Just to be clear: these five million work permits are a separate thing entirely from Obamas imperial amnesty last fall for an estimated five million or so.

And remember: to the intrusive foreigners, the work permits are the real amnesty because they came for the Yankee dollars only, not to become American citizens. But the administration will naturalize them soon enough so that they can vote for still bigger-spending government.