Emanuel Doctrine Drives Immigration Policy
On Thursday, President Obama delivered a speech on immigration that was an obvious attempt to turn a crisis into an opportunity for Democrats and progressives.
It’s impossible to know how many illegal aliens reside in the US. But government estimates – for whatever they’re worth – have ranged over the last decade from 10 to 15 million.
Democrats have long seen the large population of illegals as a potential opportunity to increase the number of reliable Democratic voters, if they could be transformed into citizens.
The matters of border security and illegal immigration are currently perceived as a crisis by most Americans. At least half of California’s staggering $21 Billion dollar state deficit can be traced to the cost of illegal immigration, including the $9 Billion dollar cost of housing 3 million illegals in California prisons.
Arizona is suffering a wave of violent crime committed by illegal aliens. The Arizona legislature passed a law that empowers local law enforcement to determine the immigration status of persons they engage in the course of traffic stops or criminal investigations. If those persons turn out to be in the US illegally they are to be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation.
The actual text of the Arizona law is a word for word copy of the federal law that empowers federal authorities to identify, arrest and deport illegals.
The Obama Administration helped propel the Arizona law into a perceived crisis by denouncing it as “racist” and announcing plans to launch a suit against Arizona to nullify it.
In his speech President Obama criticized Americans who demand border enforcement and called on Congress to enact so-called “comprehensive” immigration reform. He called the Arizona law “unenforceable,” in spite of the fact that it exactly mirrors US law that his Administration is charged with enforcing!
Throughout the speech was the implicit and explicit assumption that part of “comprehensive reform” was a “path to citizenship” for the illegal population. It’s obvious from his remarks that he will not commit to securing the border as a stand-alone goal. He will commit only to “comprehensive” reform that he promises will include some improvement to border security. And, he blamed Republicans in Congress for the failure of his huge Democrat majority to enact any reform.
He is right that the “immigration system” is dysfunctional. It’s probably the most dysfunctional bureaucracy in America. But changes in immigration policy can be implemented and enforced only if the border is secure.
Immigration policy is after all about permitting some foreigners to enter and keeping others out. If the border is not secure the policy is meaningless.
From his speech, looks like Obama has thrown in the towel. He’s found something he can’t do…or won’t do. That’s to control our border. Any American can tell him how. Get the troops home from protecting foreign lands and get them on our southern border. I’m sure when an illegal came face to fame with a 6’3″ Marine, he’d turn around. Then stop all benefits and those who are here because they laughed at our laws would go home.
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