Obama faces high stakes in rollout of controversial immigration program

The L.A. Times reports:

The money to pay for the program will come from application fees, the agency says. Because of that, the administration says it does not need Congress' authority to spend money on the program. The fee for DAPA — Deferred Action for Parents of Americans — will be $465. But the department will have to spend millions before the fees start coming in.

In addition to the growing bureaucracy, a host of other challenges, including defining who is eligible, await the agency.

One key difference from the healthcare rollout: no complicated website. The immigration services agency still does most of its business on paper and through the mail, and hopefuls will mail in their applications.

The expected flood of paper will bring its own challenges, however. The applications will be handled at an office complex in suburban Washington, with a new staff of 1,000 government workers, supplemented by as many as 1,000 private contractors.

Strongman Obama makes his own law.