Immigration Law: Alabama’s Shame

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1. Dave Francis says:

   October 4, 2011 at 6:50 pm

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   Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican for Iowa and 18 other members of Congress has forwarded a second letter to President Obama requesting notification relating to his Administration policy of granting illegal alien who have not committed a serious crime, given a form of parole, which can be deferred. This letter was sent as a query to two memorandums that was circulated through immigration enforcement agencies this summer describing and encouraging the use of discretionary prosecution. Grassley stated, “The administration has repeatedly ignored and dismissed our reservations with its policies that circumvent Congress and provide a safe-haven for illegal immigrants, then adding “Its policies ignore the rule of law and take the powers provided to the administration to an entirely new level.”

   Here is a copy of the letter sent to President Obama:

   Dear Mr. President:

   We write to express serious concern about your immigration policies and ask that you require the Department of Homeland Security to overturn recent directives regarding the increased use of prosecutorial discretion. We also request that the Administration halt any initiative, whether through regulation or otherwise, that circumvents Congress or aims to ensure that illegal immigrants are afforded every possibility to remain in this country.

   After the release of the June 17th Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memorandum, which called for the increased use of prosecutorial discretion, several members of the Senate wrote to Assistant Secretary John Morton. While prosecutorial discretion is justifiable in certain cases, this initiative may result in an impermissible intrusion on Congress’s plenary authority over immigration law. Accordingly, we asked Assistant Secretary Morton to rescind the memorandum outlining ICE’s prosecutorial discretion policies. That request has been ignored.

   We are also concerned that the initiative announced by Secretary Napolitano on August 18th will result in the administrative closure of an untold number of cases currently pending before our immigration and federal courts. In combination with the June 17th ICE memo, these new policies send the message that your Administration is turning a blind eye to those who have broken our immigration laws. We are also concerned that these policies appear to be a direct attempt to categorically legalize those who are unlawfully in the country and to allow undocumented individuals to remain in violation of the law without fear of apprehension or deportation. The security of our country depends on our ability to prevent unlawful entry and to respond when such criminals have overstayed their visa or avoided inspection. These policies have the potential to undermine the rule of law and threaten our nation’s security.

   While we appreciate Secretary Napolitano’s assurances that these initiatives will not provide categorical relief for any group, we remain concerned about statements being made by certain advocates and members of Congress. For example, in a September 20th speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Dick Durbin stated that these initiatives “pave the way” for DREAM Act students. He further stated that “[the Administration] said recently that those eligible for the DREAM Act, good moral character, graduates of high school and pursuing college degrees are not going to be their targets.” The United States Senate and the American people have rejected the DREAM Act and the Executive Branch is not entitled to bypass that determination by administrative fiat.

   Further, in a recent speech before the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Congressman Luis Gutierrez stated: “[President Obama] said, ‘But I can’t bypass Congress,’ and people in the audience said, ‘Yes you can,’ and you want to know something? They were right – he could and he did.” Such statements will only create a rush to the border and encourage the undocumented population to come forward in hopes of receiving a benefit.

   There is still time to correct this path. We request that you promptly rescind these initiatives, dismantle the working group designed to identify “low priority” cases before our immigration and federal courts, and direct the agencies within the Department of Homeland Security to abide by our Nation’s immigration laws. We also ask that you make Secretary Napolitano available to members of the Senate for questioning about the Department’s immigration enforcement policies, including granting parole, deferred action, and prosecutorial discretion to keep unlawful immigrants in this country.

   Finally, we reiterate our strong commitment to ensuring that the Administration has all of the resources it needs to carry out and enforce our immigration laws. It is unjustifiable for the Administration to sidestep Congress to implement policies that are contrary to the law and the wishes of the American people. We look forward to your timely response.

   So the Question to ask President Obama is, do we as a law abiding nation follow the laws of this country, or does this Administration defy the Congresses rights to absolute authority over legal and illegal immigration.

   After the 2012 presidential election there must be assurances to the American people, that our border is fully secured, as designated in the 2006 Secure Fence Act. That internal enforcement must be implemented using the E-Verify bill (H.R. 2885), identifiable as the “Legal Workforce Act”. Contact your own local Senator or Representative and insist as a voter to your federal politician at 202-224-3121. This law will eventually slow illegal aliens, being employed by apathetic business owners and removed from thousands of business locations. You as a citizen or a person with permanent residency can aid your fellow jobless American, by informing ICE of suspicious workers anywhere across the country. 1-866-DHS-2ICE (866-347-2423). SEE SOMETHING? DO SOMETHING?

   Read more about these laws and political turpitude at such web sites as NumbersUSA, and Judicial Watch. Also see the pro and anti-illegal immigration stands of political figures, such as Perry, Romney, Cain, Bachmann, Johnson, Santorum, Paul and new potentials and their immigration records. Include in your search for answers of this massive economic illegal immigration issue at American Patrol, with daily reports from nationwide newspapers. Learn about the intimidation of Arizona, Alabama, and Georgia’s through Obama’s IN-Justice Department. With the DOJ intent of scaring off other states who are ready to pass their own states domestic immigration policing laws.

   Each state has overcrowded classrooms full of the children of illegal migrants and immigrants, that taxpayers carry the full brunt of the cost. There is no different with emergency rooms, which has its share of uninsured foreigners, who cannot pay the fees and once again is paid for by health care higher rates. Taxpayers not only weighted down with their own insurance premiums, but also forced by government unfunded mandates to pay for the 20 million plus aliens, who have violated our laws. Enacting a law that makes it a felony to enter America without inspection, would be approved by a significant number of our society, to finally stem illegal entry.

   No illegal alien should receive the freedom of America and given a free pass and not be deported, when thousands of others must wait patiently for an entry visa. Visas for farm labor should not be capable of adjust their status to a resident visa, without applying through a US consulate in their own country. We must adopt a “Points System” similar to Europe, with no entry through our borders or by passenger aircraft without a preference visa for highly-skilled occupations. Any Guest worker program for farms or any other industries must implement a tracking system; with a guarantee that once a visa is outdated the worker must return to his country of origin. Farmers and business owners must guarantee that their charges, cannot become a taxpayers burden and that they must pay their health care, education for any children. That all workers will receive a fair wage and all conditions, expenses paid for by farmer and business owner. That any farmer or company owner who violates the laws, will be sanctioned, fined and even imprisoned. Up to now working visas have been riddled with fraudulent applications, since the 1986 Simpson/ Mazzoli bill.

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