December 10, 2018
The social justice left believes opposition to illegal immigration is a manifestation of racism deeply rooted in the American character and social fabric. They see illegal immigrants as a marginalized group that deserves full inclusion in our body politic, along with minorities, women, and the LGBTQ community. They believe we have a moral obligation to accept anyone who makes it across the border, legally or not.
So what do we make of the recent poll of Mexican public opinion conducted by El Universal, one of Mexico's most respected newspapers? It showed that a majority of Mexicans don't want their government to grant asylum to the Central Americans who are now in their country, most with the goal of reaching the United States.
https://cis.org/Kammer/Mexican-Public-Opinion-Immigration-Tells-Us-Something-About-Our-Own
December 17, 2018
The Immigration Ultimatum
The year was 1986. We tried the carrot approach, I suppose hoping that if we were understanding and big-hearted, the curse of nonstop illegal immigration would cease. President Reagan, a conservative Republican, with the acquiescence of Congress, granted amnesty to millions of foreign nationals illegally residing in the United States.
The slate was wiped clean, and from then on, we were told, the government would get serious about illegal immigration. The borders would be secured, immigration law enforced. It was a sham. Mass illegal immigration continued unabated. Just another slap in the face to American citizens.
The national nightmare is back. We are again told that amnesty is needed. It's as if our leaders took a collective, deluding sedative. State governments unilaterally declare "states' rights" on an issue clearly in the federal purview.
We are lectured that "those living in the shadows" are the real problem, not the presence of millions of unknown lawbreakers. Twisted thinking, in effect, flips the argument in a classic psy-op deflection exercise: those breaking immigration law represent "our values," while citizens desiring serious law enforcement embody jack-booted thuggery.
Immigration enforcement advocates allow themselves to be on constant defense, caving in as they offer compromise after compromise. There's a word that describes this: wimp. Republicans are as guilty as Democrats, libertarians, and so-called constitutionalists. No political party appears to possess the necessary grit to deal with illegal immigration.
There's a new, belligerent foreign presence masquerading as American, demanding and getting public entitlements, insisting on sanctuary, even respect. Citizens appear shell-shocked by the sheer magnitude of the problem permitted to fester.
Here are our options: we can a) continue in a lackluster mode, living with millions of unknown foreigners on our soil; b) grant another outrageous amnesty, which is virtually the same as option a (only that our leaders would feel virtuous, that they really did something); or c) change course, aggressively and unapologetically applying the spirit and letter of the law.
What would be wrong with issuing an ultimatum to all those flouting U.S. immigration law – a demand that they get out? There is nothing wrong with it. All violators of the law could be offered a temporary reprieve, an opportunity to do the right thing, in short order, or else.
Such a reprieve might work. Many foreigners, however, might it's a mere line in the sand. I'm far from caring why someone would or would not accept a benevolent offer. It's time we look with steely resolve to the millions of invaders and say, "If you don't take advantage of our final offer, the hammer of enforcement will fall." Such a final offer could express the following ideas:
- Illegal aliens would have twelve months to return to their country of origin. They must individually come forward and apply.
- Applications could be recorded with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs Enforcement, and the U.S. Justice Department.
- Courtesy warnings could be issued to all member-states of the U.N., with bulletins apprising them of their nationals who apply.
- The U.S. could also issue notifications using the news media, National Public Radio, Voice of America, and The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.
- Foreign embassy and consular officials would be expected to communicate with their nationals and facilitate their repatriation.
- After the reprieve period ends, the full weight and thrust of U.S. immigration enforcement technology and capabilities would be mobilized to identify, apprehend, and deport illegal aliens in the United States.
- Those who choose to disregard the reprieve, and are subsequently deported, will be barred from entrance into the United States for twenty years.
Unlike amnesty, with its open-ended work permits, path to citizenship, and free ride for childhood arrivals, the anticipated reprieve program grants only a short, defined respite from deportation enforcement. It would provide ample warning for what is coming. Illegal aliens who refuse to accept the temporary reprieve would be considered unrepentant foreign lawbreakers, with all bets off.
In Los Angeles, 95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide (which total 1,200 to 1,500) target illegal aliens. Up to two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (17,000) are for illegal aliens.
“The Obama Administration seems to be heeding to Mexico’s request by openly halting the deportation of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. Additionally, the administration has a “backdoor amnesty” plan to legalize millions of undocumented aliens in case Congress doesn’t pass legislation to do it.”
Mexico Asks U.S. To Stop Deporting Serious Criminals
In a flabbergasting request, a coalition of Mexican lawmakers has asked the United States to stop deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes in American courts.
The preposterous demand was made at a recent southern California conference in which the mayors of four Mexican cities that border the U.S. gathered to discuss cross-border issues. The only American mayor who attended the biannual event was San Diego’s Jerry Sanders, evidently because his city hosted it this year at a fancy downtown hotel.
Among the cross-border topics that were addressed at the conference was the deportation of Mexican citizens who have committed violent crimes in the U.S. The felons are persona non grata in their communities, say the mayors of Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Nogales and Nuevo Laredo. They want U.S. officials to stem the deportation of such convicts to their cities, according to a local newspaper report that covered the conference.
To support the request, the mayor (Jose Reyes Ferriz) of Mexico’s most
violent city, Ciudad Juarez, pointed out that of 80,000 people deported
to his community in the past three years nearly 30,000 had committed
serious crimes in the U.S. Around 7,000 had served sentences for rape
and 2,000 for murder. The criminal deportees have contributed to the
escalating drug-cartel violence in his city, Mayor Ferriz said, so he wants
the U.S. to make other arrangements when prison sentences are
completed.
If this seems unbelievable, consider that a few years ago Mexico’s government formally complained that too many Mexicans had been repatriated from the U.S. and that the entire country was overwhelmed with demands for housing, jobs and schools. Various Mexican legislators publicly chastised the U.S. for sending illegal immigrants back, explaining that the country could not accommodate the “repatriated.”
The Obama Administration seems to be heeding to Mexico’s request by openly halting the deportation of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. Additionally, the administration has a “backdoor amnesty” plan to legalize millions of undocumented aliens in case Congress doesn’t pass legislation to do it. CNSNEWS.com
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