De-facto Amnesty may be next on the Obama agenda

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Corruption, beheadings, extortion…sound familiar? At first glance, the Middle East may come to mind—namely the long battle for liberties that America enjoys daily. In reality, this violence is much closer to home—our southern border. We’ve witnessed a rise of violence in Border States for a few years now, but the latest overflow from the human & contraband smuggling business has been devastating to say the least for too many American families & one would hope that it is awakening government officials.

It appears that President Obama & congressional Democrats’ ambitions are truly gargantuan—health care nationalization, running corporations, climate change legislation, not to mention the looming confirmation of Sonya Sotomayor as the Supreme Court replacement for Justice Souter. Still they are seeking, albeit slowly, to push through what they deem “Comprehensive Immigration” legislation—essentially allowing current illegal immigrants to remain in the country by paying a fine & “learning English.”

Obama won close to 67% of the Hispanic vote this past election by promising to “address immigration” during his Administration’s first year in office. Could this be yet another broken promise of the “Campaign Era?” It seems, from the eyes of the American people, that this may be the case after the second attempt at meeting in “bi-partisan” fashion failed this last week due to scheduling difficulties. Conceivably there was more deception than originally noticed—this may be part of a bigger plan that should make every American citizen cringe.

You guessed it! Amnesty.

The President has made little if any serious effort to enforce the laws currently in place, under which the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants (primarily from Mexico) would be considered criminals & subject to deportation laws.

Instead his Administration has “cracked down” on workplace raids, deeming primary responsibility on the business owners, not the illegal immigrants themselves who originally broke the law. Granted, the Department of Homeland Security has agreed to continue building the “virtual fence”—a series of high-tech sensors & cameras along the border—but they have in essence left the door wide open for those already undocumented within the United States who have managed to live “beneath the radar.” By saying that I mean they now have extended access to our healthcare system & government programs which were intended originally to help those in the U.S. legally with fundamentally no penalty for breaking the law.

The Obama Administration has said that they are going to focus on hard-core criminals that are already in the prison systems, amounting to “de-facto” amnesty—a term coined by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX). “Having to choose between criminal aliens and other illegal immigrants is a false choice. The administration can and should do both,” he stated.

It should be said here that I give credit where credit is due…prosecuting & deporting the undocumented who are currently serving prison time is a good move. However, focusing only on those who are criminals in ways other than entering the country illegally frustrates the American people. Particularly those who have themselves (or their families) gone through the immigration process legally.

Take for example just this past week, Nevada & California ICE officials, by way of Operation Community Shield, teamed up in a successful attempt to apprehend known illegal aliens with ties to violent street gangs here in Northern Nevada—namely the Carson City & Reno areas.

According to the Reno Gazette Journal, 34 of the 37 illegal immigrants that were apprehended were from Mexico, 2 from El Salvador, & 1 from Nicaragua. The 27 year-old Salvadoran previously did time in the Northern Nevada State Prison for assault & battery with a deadly weapon—he has clear ties with one of the largest transnational gangs in the U.S. Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). The others who were arrested & are being held in Washoe County jails have been decisively linked to other violent street gangs, including the most prominent in Northern Nevada—South Side Locotes, the Tokers, & the Infamous Soldiers.

While it’s been reported a few may have been here on Permanent Residency cards, they have since been convicted of crimes in the United States. ICE officials stated that they didn’t seize any drugs or weapons in the latest raid, but do admit that “many of them held counterfeit identity documents.”

So had it not been for these individuals’ street gang ties, they would have remained under the radar & continued life as normal under the current Obama immigration policy.

Unacceptable.

Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY who currently leads the immigration reform debate, wrote in his latest book “Positively American” that he hoped to institute a “50% solution” for immigration—yes, it’s as sketchy as it sounds—it essentially reduces illegal immigration by 50% while increasing legal immigration by 50%.

It does this through a system that Senator Schumer says will be strict, but sounds like “amnesty for a fee.”

Senator Schumer: If this is the policy for dealing with those already in the United States illegally—just granting amnesty—may I remind you that this approach has been tried before. It has obviously proven ineffective. There is no “check & balance” system and with our already troubled economy, supporting the undocumented is not high on the American people’s priority lists. Please, re-think your “50% Solution.”

Perhaps there is too much on the plates of our leaders…perhaps now is the time to stop, take a step back, & really evaluate what effects this so-called solution will have on America. Perhaps they should remember that they’re here to serve us—the American people—not the interests of people who break our laws in an attempt to enjoy our freedoms.

The majority of Americans are completely supportive of some sort of immigration reform, but this is not the way. This is not “reform” that’s comprehensive or otherwise…it grants the undocumented access to American freedoms by diminishing our values & laws.

 

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