I was raised on a farm in Iowa. If a gate was left open or there was a hole in the fence so the cows got out, we first shut the gate or closed the hole in the fence so no more cows got out. Then we thought about what to do with the cows that had already gotten out. Our government does not seem to have this kind of common sense when dealing with our border security.
The Constitution specifically says that national defense and securing our borders is the responsibility of the federal government. The President is the Commander and Chief of the military, and the executive branch is specifically responsible for securing our borders. Congress is responsible for passing laws regulating immigration and the President is responsible for enforcing those laws. We have the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), U.S. Customs, and the Border Patrol, and they are not doing the job. What is the problem?
This problem lies with our government and the partisan politics of both parties. I don’t believe we have had a single President enforce our immigration laws or make a serious attempt to secure our borders since President Eisenhower in the 1950’s. After WWII, he knew the dangers of not having a secure border.
There is a lot of talk about immigration reform. It is an absolute joke. The objective always seems to be political to get votes. New immigration reform legislation has zero chance of working if we do not secure our borders first. Securing our borders cannot be just one part of any new immigration legislation. We have been down that road and made that mistake before. The securing the borders portion of the law never happens and/or is never enforced.
President Obama recently used an executive order to give illegal minors an education and a road to citizenship. This is not an option under current immigration law passed by Congress. I have a problem with the legality of executive orders like this. Our Supreme Court seems to agree with me as they have ruled against the administration twelve times. Sometimes the vote has been unanimous. This is amazing considering two appointments were obviously Progressives and faithful Obama supporters.
President Obama explained his actions as, “the right thing to do.” Really? What could be expected to happen?
Our southern border has been overrun with woman and children from central and southern America. The estimate is 47,000 children so far this year. I find it hard to believe the White House was stupid enough not to anticipate this problem, which has reached crisis proportions and will get worse if not corrected quickly. Illegal aliens are being bussed and flown to other states for processing at great taxpayer expense. They are then given a date to report for extradition. What idiot thinks they are going to show up on the specified date for extradition? The facts are that less than 25% are ever deported and those usually come right back.
As this flood of illegal aliens tie up all our DHS, INS, Customs, and Border Patrol personnel; we have created an open door for other illegal aliens, drug dealers and terrorists. President Obama will now ask Congress for more than $2 billion to process all these illegal immigrants. Was an open door policy the intention of the White House in order to grow government even bigger? I hope not.
Don’t forget about all the people that are being exploited and even dying during the trip to our southern borders. Don’t you feel better and safer since we “did the right thing?”
We must secure our borders. That may mean using our military. The military may do a lot more good securing our borders than some of the places we send them now.
Immigration reform that deals with people in this country illegally must only be addressed after the boarders are secure. Any talk of immigration reform prior to securing our borders and enforcing our existing laws is pure partisan politics and only perpetuates the problem.
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