"This decision is not just about relaxing rules or laws for young illegal immigrants. It is about the respect of the foundational principles and values of America, a Constitutional Republic. The precedent established is dangerous and the overreach threatens the fabric of our nation.” - U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.)
June 20, 2012
By: Linda Case Gibbons
The president didn’t bother to call to tell her what he had in mind, and frankly, she was surprised. But nonetheless now Gov. Brewer has at least 800,000 or maybe a few million guests that she and Sheriff Joe Arpaio have to entertain and clean up after.
She might be able to swing some snacks and cold drinks, but the unemployment, law enforcement, education and health benefits and Lord knows what else she’ll need to come up with may be biting off more than she wanted to chew.
In a zigzag move for which he has become famous, Barack Hussein Obama decided if he wanted to get something done, he’d have to do it himself. He wanted the Dream Act passed and it wasn’t and he figured he’d waited long enough, so he sort of did it by Executive Fiat.
The back door amnesty announcement delivered by Obama last Friday was filled with emotion for young illegal immigrants who "are Americans in their heart, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper,” but provided no guidance on how this operation was going to be implemented.
Ask yourself, who hates Mexican children? No one. But that is not the issue. Illegal is the issue. Illegal means exactly that: illegal. And putting it, whatever "it” is on paper is what runs our legal system.
Yet Homeland Security Janet Napolitano heartily called the policy change a "logical progression from the series of decisions that we’ve made over the last several years.”
These actions and words came from two people who never responded to Arizona Gov. Brewer’s pleas for assistance with border violence in her state.
These from two people who supported the three-plus-year Department of Justice "review” of Arizona’s head cop, Sheriff Joe, monitoring him and his men, suing him, making his job of apprehending illegal Mexican criminals harder, not easier.
These from two people who sued Arizona and other states over their immigration laws and have prevented the implementation of voter photo ID laws in others.
So one has to wonder how this latest move is going to play out.
As with the Stimulus Plan where money disappeared into the ethers and was not tracked or with Obamacare where we haven’t yet been told what medical surprises the bill contains, do you really believe a feel-good, detail-free amnesty program is the best way to go?
After all, the president isn’t known for his good decisions. He embraced the Arab Spring wholeheartedly, denying the Muslim Brotherhood was part and parcel of the deal and look what happened there.
His administration has been characterized as leading from behind, reluctance to make any decision without a guarantee of success, (including pursuing and killing Bin Laden), a penchant for poor choices made without any planning which inevitably have "untold consequences” to be mopped up by others, usually taxpayers. This latest decision is one more example of the rush to action we’ve seen time and again, usually at the expense of our rights and our Constitution.
As always, the Democrat mantra is that it’s all about "the children,” it’s all about "the poor.” But it never is. Pick a group and they are just a means to an end to Obama. In this case it is to tally up more voters for him.
Under the new policy "children” brought here without their consent under the age of 16, who are now younger than 30, who pose no criminal or security threat and were successful students or served in the military can get a two-year deferral from deportation.
They could then apply for work permits provided they are in the United States now and able to prove they have been living in the country continuously for at least five years.
Now why didn’t our Founding Fathers think of that? Why go through the tedium of passing legislation which clearly define the parameters of the law that is being passed, providing guidance so that citizens and law enforcement know what is expected of them, delineating a law that is narrowly drawn enough so that there is not "arbitrary or capricious” in its application.
Confusing? You betcha’ with all the Obama-type "unintended” consequences.
For instance, what does that mean for our anemic job market for our soldiers coming home and for our own citizens with real unemployment numbering about 23 million?
Over time, without firm guidelines, will the parents of the eight-year olds who came here illegally become eligible to stay in America, get work permits?
Can a newly welcomed "youngster” work a little then stop working and go on unemployment?
No way of knowing. There are no parameters, no safeguards as one would have if Congress had passed the bill according to Constitutional rules.
"This huge policy shift…violates President Obama’s oath to uphold the laws of this land,” said U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas). The policy is a "magnet for fraud. "Many illegal immigrants will falsely claim they came here as children and the federal government has no way to check whether their claims are true,” he said.
If the government finds it overwhelming and impossible to keep track of illegal immigrants now, how will they do it in the future?
Last year the head of the Executive Branch painstakingly explained how he couldn’t do what he just did. He reviewed the three branches of the government, he emphasized that there were already Congressionally-passed bills on the books that could not be circumvented and he apologized to those who expected bigger and better from him, that he just could not do…what he just did.
Good point. That’s what Congress is for. That’s what the Constitution is for.
What I suspect is really happening is the president is like your typical little kid who deliberately breaks his mom’s best vase because he knows his report card is due in a few days and he’ll be in deep trouble if he doesn’t deflect.
In this case, the kid is the president and the trouble coming down the pike is the Supreme Court rulings on Obamacare and the Arizona Immigration Senate Bill 1070 and he is sweating. He’s trying to do everything to prevent his chickens from coming home to roost.
And he has deflected with his usual aplomb. Legal scholars of every stripe have weighed in, and voices on both sides of the aisle find some kernel of worth in considering the young illegal immigrants. But what does that matter?
As Judge Napolitano on FOX News said, his action is unconstitutional, it flaunts our rule of law and this man, our president, has done it before.
At what point do you throw in the towel and call the man a Dictator?
Hold the line, America.