“And the next time I
prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask that question! This is
the right thing to do for the American people,” the president said. “I didn’t
ask for an argument, I’m answering your question.” Thus sayeth King Barack upon his declaration
that the laws passed by Congress on immigration shall not be followed by his
Department of Homeland Security, and this was prior to the recent Supreme Court
ruling.
The King went on to
say that when he decided not to uphold the law that he pledged during his
Inauguration to uphold, he would allow young folks who had been brought here
illegally by still illegal parents not to be deported if they finish a high
school education here (using legal Americans’ taxpayer dollars) or if they
serve in our military.
Some time ago,
while speaking to a Hispanic group, Obama famously lamented that he is not a
King, that he cannot do the bidding of his Hispanic illegal supporters
unilaterally. He now must think he IS
our King, for he stated that this is his edict, and would only be a temporary,
stop gap measure, because it is the right thing to do. (Well, at least until his reelection bid is
over). I suggest that perhaps the right
thing would have been to uphold the law and to actually meet with members of
Congress as other Presidents have done in order to diplomatically persuade them
to find a compromise. There is probably
a fair amount of support for those who serve in our military to be put on a
path to citizenship. However, the
Democrats required far more than that in their bill, causing it to be too
radical for passage.
I have documented
here more than 80 Executive Orders, edicts and regulations which this President
has enacted without or in direct conflict with the laws passed by Congress and
signed into law by Obama himself. The
unintended consequences include the fact that Congress is on a monthly basis
allowing a dictatorial President to take from it its power of actually being
one of the three branches of our government.
In addition the 25%
of unemployed American young people will now be competing for jobs with as many
as 1.4 million illegal residents who will now be given work permits. Since enforcement and proof of residence will
be most difficult, enforcement will be next to impossible unless we have yet
another government jobs program of employees to do the checking. Unanswered here is what will happen to their
happy, but illegal parents.
I am sure that
those in Mexico, Central America, and other countries far and near are
more eager than ever to now break our laws, stay in hiding for the required
five years, and then they can get their work permits.
I am aware that
Presidents for decades have used Executive Orders. However, in the past they mostly pertained to
smaller issues upon which Congress has not ruled. Here we have a bold, dictatorial President
who will rule as he sees fit, for he knows what is good for us much more than
we do.
As an update, as we
all know, the Supreme Court last week declared that Arizona’s immigration law’s provision for
asking for proof of citizenship when a suspect is stopped for any violation of
the law is indeed constitutional.
Immediately King Barack and the Department of Homeland Security declared
that they will not be impelled to actually uphold the laws of our land. Janet Napolitano declared a suspension of “a
key program that allowed state and local law enforcement to enforce federal
immigration law", just in Arizona
of course. Police will be told by ICE to
let the illegals go unless they have committed a felony.
The rule of law is
now a legitimate campaign issue for Americans.
Do laws passed by our government have any meaning at all, or will the
President, whomever he is, have the sole power to dictate what our laws shall
be? Does the Oath of Office have any
meaning? Will our Constitutional
Separation of Powers exist?
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