A nation without borders ceases to be a nation. As European nations realize the dangers of their relaxed border policies, and are tightening border security as a response, the United States is in the process of attempting suicide. Allowing bad behavior to go without consequences, and actually rewarding border-jumpers with amnesty, will not solve the problem, but will make the flow of illegal immigration into the U.S. worse. Legalizing tens of millions of people that have no allegiance to the United States, and in fact are anti-American, is absolutely moronic. The laws have been in place for a reason, and Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 gave the Congress the allowance to put prohibitions on immigration, for a reason.
The Founding Fathers were concerned about divided loyalties, and required people to have full allegiance to the United States before being allowed to assimilate into American Society. The authors of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment recognized this original intent of the framers of the United States Constitution, and indicate in that clause that being born on American Soil is not enough to be a citizen. According to the first part of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment in the U.S. Constitution, persons must also be "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Close examination of that language, based on the debates over the 14th Amendment in Congress, and the testimony of the drafters of that clause, reveals that "jurisdiction" means "full allegiance." Therefore, because the parents of the child has an allegiance somewhere other than the United States, anchor babies are not automatically citizens as we have been led to believe. (Myth #13 in 25 Myths of the United States Constitution by Douglas V. Gibbs)
Politicians lie, and they have purely political reasons for moving towards allowing amnesty to sneak in the back door. The welfare of the United States is not their priority. Votes, and maintaining their own power, be it for themselves, or the big government ideology that has destroyed the Democrat Party, and is a festering poison growing in the Republican Party, is their main concern.
The Obama administration has been telling us that we have to be caring and compassionate, but don't worry, if an illegal alien has a criminal record, or commits a serious crime in the United States, they will have no chance for amnesty. Yet, according to a report reviewing internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Obama administration released 35 percent—or 68,000—convicted criminal aliens back into the U.S. general population when they could have been deported.
The documents also show ICE only deported a small fraction of the aliens they encountered overall.
This report comes out on the heels of a report from the office of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) which found that only .08 percent of the aliens deported in 2013 were not serial immigration law violators or convicted of serious crimes.
In response to these findings, Sessions said immigration law in America has essentially ceased to exist.
“The preponderance of the evidence demonstrates that immigration enforcement in America has collapsed,” Sessions said. “Even those with criminal convictions are being released. DHS is a department in crisis. Secretary [Jeh] Johnson must reject the President’s demands to weaken enforcement further and tell him that his duty, and his officers’ duty, is to enforce the law – not break it. As Homeland Secretary, Mr. Johnson is tasked with ensuring the public safety and the rule of law. But Secretary Johnson is not meeting these duties.”
“American citizens have a legal and moral right to the protections our immigration laws afford – at the border, the interior and the workplace,” Sessions said. “The administration has stripped these protections and adopted a government policy that encourages new arrivals to enter illegally or overstay visas by advertising immunity from future enforcement. Comments from top Administration officials, such as Attorney General Holder’s claim that amnesty is a civil right, or Vice President Biden’s claim that those here illegally are all US citizens (apparently including someone whose visa expired yesterday), demonstrate the administration’s increasing belief in an open borders policy the American public has always rejected."
The Obama administration, and the Democrat Party, aren't the only ones playing this bizarre game with immigration policies, or are trying to sneak amnesty in under the rug. The Republican Establishment is also working to squeeze into place amnesty, even if it means doing it by sneaking it in as a part of a piece of legislation designed for National Defense, and deemed "popular" among the knuckleheads in Congress.
That is how politicians get unpopular legislation into place. They piggy-back the language of the unpopular bill into something that is destined to pass, and then threaten those that would vote against it as being against the popular portion of the bill that has nothing to do with the stow-away language in the first place, rather than recognize the vote of dissent was against the unpopular language they snuck in.
It's a deceptive game, and it plays out daily in the Halls of Congress.
Sophomore Republican Rep. Jeff Denham of California, a close ally of GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy, is leading the push to add the text of his “ENLIST Act” into the National Defense Authorization Act, which could come to the House floor as early as next month. The NDAA is already a deadly bill, which would add to the already dangerous NDAA legislation in place, making it even easier for the Obama administration to detain Americans that dare to oppose him, and to do so without due process. But by adding amnesty, the Republicans are making a deceptive bill worse, and both parties are supporting the monstrosity.
And on top of all that, the media is ignoring this. Nobody is reporting it. And, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte – who killed the proposal as an amendment to last year's NDAA in a dramatic floor struggle – is weighing whether to approve the maneuver, which would circumvent his committee on one of its key matters of jurisdiction.
Top opposition to immigration laws that build momentum for a comprehensive immigration bill calls the secret insertion ill-conceived.
“If we're going to put out the bait, which is: come into the U.S., break in, so to speak, smuggle yourself into the military, put on the uniform of the United States, take an oath to uphold our Constitution, which may or may not mean anything to them, and now we're going to reward you with citizenship -- I think it's just a bizarre thing to do, to reward people for breaking our laws. That's what amnesty is,” said Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King.
“As soon as they raise their hand and say 'I'm unlawfully present in the United States,' we're not going take your oath into the military, but we're going to take your deposition and we have a bus for you to Tijuana. That's the law. Are they going to then suspend the law that requires ICE to place people into removal proceedings that are unlawfully present?” he added.
Key proponents of a comprehensive immigration bill said they support Denham's effort but claim it's not part of a broader push for amnesty.
The Republicans that support amnesty see this as a race. They want credit for amnesty because they somehow think it will mean the new voters will suddenly like Republicans. . . because their opposition in the Democrat Party said so. But President Obama has been planning to enact full-throttle amnesty through unconstitutional executive orders, and if he does that, the democrats, and Mr. Obama, will get credit for amnesty. Therefore, the members of the GOP that foolishly believe the party needs to support amnesty is ramping up their behind-the-scenes efforts in order to head Obama off at the pass, and claim the prize for themselves.
Top opposition to immigration laws that build momentum for a comprehensive immigration bill calls the secret insertion ill-conceived.
“If we're going to put out the bait, which is: come into the U.S., break in, so to speak, smuggle yourself into the military, put on the uniform of the United States, take an oath to uphold our Constitution, which may or may not mean anything to them, and now we're going to reward you with citizenship -- I think it's just a bizarre thing to do, to reward people for breaking our laws. That's what amnesty is,” said Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King.
“As soon as they raise their hand and say 'I'm unlawfully present in the United States,' we're not going take your oath into the military, but we're going to take your deposition and we have a bus for you to Tijuana. That's the law. Are they going to then suspend the law that requires ICE to place people into removal proceedings that are unlawfully present?” he added.
Key proponents of a comprehensive immigration bill said they support Denham's effort but claim it's not part of a broader push for amnesty.
The Republicans that support amnesty see this as a race. They want credit for amnesty because they somehow think it will mean the new voters will suddenly like Republicans. . . because their opposition in the Democrat Party said so. But President Obama has been planning to enact full-throttle amnesty through unconstitutional executive orders, and if he does that, the democrats, and Mr. Obama, will get credit for amnesty. Therefore, the members of the GOP that foolishly believe the party needs to support amnesty is ramping up their behind-the-scenes efforts in order to head Obama off at the pass, and claim the prize for themselves.
It is a sick game they are playing in regards to the security of our nation. While a large segment of illegal entrants into the United States are of Middle Eastern descent, when it comes to the Hispanic vote, the Republican Establishment believes the liberal left talking points, and are being enticed by leftist claims that in order to win elections the Republicans have to do this.
If Romney had won over 70% of the Hispanic vote in the last presidential election, he would have still lost. And reports have shown that immigration is a minor issue for most current Hispanic voters. They put other issues ahead of immigration, in most cases. Besides, Hispanics don't vote democrat because the republicans have failed to find a way to get them to love them. Hispanics vote democrat because the liberals of the party of the jackass have convinced them the GOP is filled with old white guys that are racist, hate the poor, and just want to be mean to everyone in order to protect their power as plutocrats - all of which is ridiculous propaganda.
Congressman Denham, who was the first Republican to co-sponsor a Democratic immigration bill modeled after the Senate Gang-of-Eight legislation that passed last year, is pushing to add the language to the “base” NDAA bill – meaning it would not get its own vote.
Denham also believes he is protected from conservative backlash because a trio of South Carolina Congressmen known for being champions of conservatism are allegedly crossing the battle lines to cosponsor the bill. They are Representatives Jeff Duncan, Mick Mulvaney, and Trey Gowdy – the latter of whom is the chairman of the immigration subcommittee in Goodlatte's Judiciary panel.
Overall, the stand-alone bill has 42 cosponsors, including 24 Republicans. Also on the list: key chairmen like Rep. Jeff Miller, chairman of House Veterans Affairs Committee and Darrell Issa, chairman of the oversight panel. Two close allies of Speaker John Boehner, Reps. Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Steve Stivers (R-OH) are cosponsors, as is McCarthy.
The bill says illegal immigrants who have been in the U.S. since 2011 and came to the U.S. before they were 15 years old could enlist in the military, upon which he would receive permanent legal status.
The alien's status would be revoked if he was discharged from the military on anything but “honorable” terms.
Legal permanent residents can apply for citizenship after residing in the U.S. for five years, or three if they are married to a U.S. Citizen.
“I support allowing children who were brought to this country through no fault of their own to put their lives on the line to serve our nation,” Denham said in an emailed statement to Breitbart News. “As a veteran, I served with immigrants and there is no better way to show your dedication to the United States and earn legal status than through the ultimate act of patriotism and commitment to our great country.”
This is not the first time Denham has tried to sneak this amnesty language into law. During the 2013 House floor battle of the NDAA, Denham, with the backing of Majority Leader Eric Cantor, nearly succeeded in bringing the proposal to a vote as an amendment, which had cleared the House Rules Committee.
But at the last minute on the House floor, Goodlatte asserted his jurisdictional prerogative, killing the amendment, after an uproar by voters flooded Washington with angry emails, phone calls, and letters.
“Amnesty for those illegally here should not be tucked away and hidden within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA),” Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) said in an emailed statement. “When someone goes into the military they take an oath to protect and defend the United States of America. How can you raise your right hand and promise to defend the U.S. Constitution, while you are breaking the very laws you are sworn to defend?”
Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks, a member of the Armed Services Committee, said the provision would jeopardize his support of the overall bill, which is one of the last “consensus” bills that typically garners a large bipartisan majority of support every year.
“How do you ensure that illegal aliens are loyal to America and not another country? Is it wise to entrust illegal aliens with questionable loyalties with America’s military secrets and weapons, including weapons of mass destruction? Is it enough that illegal aliens join America’s military, or should they be required to be honorably discharged or serve in combat before receiving amnesty for past illegal conduct? If I don’t have satisfactory answers to these and other questions, I will not support the National Defense Authorization Act that provides amnesty for illegal aliens,” Brooks said in a phone interview.
Brooks added that this could be a part of a bigger play by the amnesty activist community to either revive the Senate-passed “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, the similar “principles” from Speaker John Boehner, or something else like either of those.
“Everything by the illegal alien allies is part of a bigger play,” Brooks said, adding “There is always the risk that those in Washington that wish to betray the American people on behalf of illegal aliens will slip some language into some place that opens the floodgates to the detriment of American workers.”
Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, added in an email to Breitbart News that this could be a “Trojan Horse” for a larger amnesty.
“Harry Reid hasn’t even sent the Gang of Eight bill to the House, because he knows it would be struck down on procedural grounds alone – it raises revenue and only bills that start in the House can do that,” Krikorian said in an email. “By including an amnesty provision – however small – in the defense bill, the House leadership would create the opportunity for Reid to insert the Senate bill and send it to the House. It would become a Trojan Horse for amnesty.”
King, who came to learn of the secretive effort in an interview, said he will offer an amendment to the NDAA bill to strip it of the immigration provisions and work diligently to kill the proposal.
“I can't let something like this happen. I can't let it happen,” King said.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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