Posted on 07/11/2015 8:20:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
As journalists wrote article after article bashing Donald Trump, who said that both "good people" and "people that have lots of problems" cross our border illegally, a five-times-deported illegal alien from Mexico with seven felonies on his record allegedly killed Kathryn Steinle in the sanctuary city of San Francisco.
Politicians and activist groups that have been very vocal in promoting sanctuary policies in recent years are suddenly saying next to nothing about Steinle's death or suspect Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez (who has confessed to the killing, but now claims it was an accident).
Similarly, many of the journalists who leapt to discredit conversation about immigrant crime — and who should be calling out these politicians — have suddenly scurried away, writing nothing about this heinous killing, effectively proving Ann Coulter's argument that the media cover up immigrant crime. Every journalist who wrote about Trump's immigration comments but who ignores Steinle's killing doesn't deserve to be called a journalist.
Over Twitter, I asked Chicago Tribune columnist John Chapman, who wrote a piece headlined "Trump and the Myth of Immigrant Crime," published a day after Steinle's killing, whether he was going to cover the killing. His response: "It proves as much about undocumented Mexicans as John Lennon's murder proves about white guys named Chapman." I responded: "So that's a no? A record in multiple states, Border Patrol & ICE failures, freed by a sanctuary policy -- it's a huge story." No response. For amnesty advocates, Steinle is just a statistic to be ignored.
The politicians are no better. For simply asking San Francisco's District Attorney George Gascon over Twitter whether he was going to release a statement on the killing, he blocked my account. This is a guy who thinks of himself as a public servant. He's a longtime sanctuary and amnesty advocate who is apparently hoping that if he hides long enough, the media will move on.
Also remaining nearly silent is San Francisco's Mayor Edwin Lee (D), who has been tweeting about women's soccer (and directing all questions to the sheriff). California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), who signed the state's TRUST Act, allowing for sanctuaries, has clammed up. Other California pols who have promoted the city's sanctuary policies have said next to nothing. This includes, for example, former San Francisco District Attorney and current California Attorney General Kamala Harris (D) (also busy tweeting about soccer), who is vying for retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer's (D) seat; former Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D); and the entire San Francisco Board of Supervisors who are tweeting about ice cream, jazz festivals and posting selfies taken on BART. I wish I were making this up.
These are the people responsible for the policy that puts illegal alien felons on the street, but their likely calculation is that the media are full of enough people like Chapman, meaning they'll never be asked about the killing.
As for the activist groups, they're less calculating than the politicians and consequently reveal the mindset of the pro-sanctuary crowd. Three groups — California Immigrant Policy Center, National Day Labor Organizing Network and Asian Americans Advancing Justice — have worked closely with San Francisco to advance their goal of getting "ICE Out of California." They and their allies have littered Twitter with their mantra on deportations: #Not1More.
To them, San Francisco's sanctuary policy operated exactly as it should have. Even knowing what we now know, these groups have not — and will not — take the position that Lopez-Sanchez should have been deported. It would fly in the face of everything they stand for.
For sanctuary advocates, there isn't a difference between citizens and foreigners; they believe that immigration enforcement and borders are not legitimate. As such, they see no rational reason for keeping illegal aliens like Lopez-Sanchez off the streets. Their position — as articulated by a Loyola Law School professor here — is that Americans cause crime, too, so why should a criminal foreigner be sent home?
The Asian Americans Advancing Justice group blocked me on Twitter for simply highlighting one of their pro-felon tweets (part of an anti-deportation campaign), which reads: "ICE claims that anyone w/ a felony record is a threat to public safety, we know this isn't true #FreeDaniel." Daniel is a Chinese illegal alien felon whom the group wants to keep in the country, even though he's committed robbery. The group's website explains that "we all make mistakes."
Despite their being central to the sanctuary movement, no one in the media has asked these groups to weigh in on Steinle's murder. If they did, the public would see how post-American and harmful to public safety the sanctuary crowd's positions really are. They view San Francisco's sanctuary policy as a success, even with the killing. The idea that our immigration system should keep out bad people is completely lost on them.
Also not being asked about the killing is President Obama, even though his policies are at least partially to blame. The San Francisco Sheriff's Office is blaming Obama's ICE, but ICE is blaming San Francisco for not turning the illegal alien over to them. The truth is, both sides are to blame. Obama ended Secure Communities last year, a program designed to increase cooperation between police and federal authorities. Meanwhile, Obama released tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens even though federal law required Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to prevent it in their respective roles as secretaries of State. Obama's ICE admitted last month that 121 illegal aliens released by the administration committed "homicide-related offenses" from 2010 through 2014.
The city's sanctuary policy has killed before: Just a few years ago, a father and his two sons were murdered by an illegal alien gang member shielded by San Francisco. And it's not just limited to San Francisco. The family of Jamiel Shaw still mourns the loss of their son, killed by a dangerous illegal alien released by the city of Los Angeles.
It is time for Congress to end sanctuary policies. It is time for public safety to be made a priority over the interests of lawbreaking illegal aliens.
Feere is the legal policy analyst at the Center for Immigration Studies.
They can run, but they can’t hide.
If Trump doesn’t call them out by name, there are legions who are ready too.
All they have needed was a leader, and now they have one.
They might just as well bend over now, ‘cuz this is going to hurt.
so should be gun control advocates. that evil little bastard that shot those people in charleston got that gun due to a breakdown in the FBI, which is part of the executive branch.
eat it, eric holder, and BHO. YOU helped that evil bastard kill those innocent people.
“passengers running from the scene”
Like a cheap apt. I had in school in San Diego, if you turned on the kitchen light las cucaraches scattered everywhere.
Crickets-chirping Invasion Zone advocates don’t mind innocent Americans getting killed. If they did, there wouldn’t be crickets chirping. Politicians? There’s another level of evil.
Enemies domestic.
Typical progressive think, if they ignore it, it didn’t happen. Especially if their “lap dog” media also ignores it.
The sanctuary cities are working exactly as intended. It’s ethnic cleansing of white people.
You are assuming it was a 'breakdown'.
I wonder who they think is going to pay for the mess they have made when all of us "Crackers" are gone.
They better start paying attention to who has been paying the bills before all of these "folks" who aren't supposed to be here.
The idea of Sanctuary Cities is a dangerous outgrowth of liberal tunnel vision. They seize on one aspect of a problem (illegals reluctance to interact with police when victimized by violent crime) and overlook all other aspects of the situation. They ignore the root cause which is successive administrations failure to enforce immigration law.
The killer of Kathryn Steinle committed his first felony in 1991 during the administration of President George H. W. Bush and continued his criminal spree during the eight years of President Clinton, the eight years of President George W. Bush, and six years of President Obama.
I don ‘t want to excuse Obama, who I consider the worst president ever, but this problem is greater than the failing of one man or one administration. The desire for cheep labor on one side and political gain on the other are root causes of the problem but, to me, the most troubling aspect is the misguided compassion of the general population. While most of us would like to eliminate the major criminals, there is great reluctance to deal with the nice man who takes care of our lawn or the dear lady who cleans our house or the hard working construction worker or factory worker who shows up for work every day and sends his children to our schools. For these “good, decent, hard working” individuals we rationalize away their illegal status. We hide behind the myth that they are good for our economy and buy into the false narrative that we can’t possibly deport all of them so we should not deport any of them.
We have a number of real serious problem, both legal and moral. Matters such as abortion, same sex marriage, racial tension, education, states rights and right to bear arms are examples of some of the real hot button issues facing us as people. All of these, and others as well, are serious problems that need to be dealt with and can be handled through the political process but none threaten our very existence as a nation like the failure to deal with our borders.
We have become so absorbed with single issues that are paramount to us as individuals that we have almost ceased being a nation. Those who desire to destroy our identity as “One Nation” have successfully played on our emotions and diverted us into fighting over our individual issues while they destroy the basic national structure that provides the tools for dealing with those individual issues. United we stand, divided we fall is not just a slogan. If I can’t have my way, I will refuse to participate may sound principled but in reality, it is a prescription for the loss of our ability to live as free people.
A long winded way of saying: Sanctuary Cities are bad, but uncontrolled immigration is catastrophic.
The enablers, the “sanctuary city” advocates, should be made to serve jail time in the same cells as the illegal criminals they allowed to commit these crimes.
Illegal Immigration Sanctuary Advocates Silent on San Francisco Killing.
Stupid behavior isn’t easily explained. Even a Sigmund Freud may be hard pressed to explain why some people do what they do.
Advocates Silent on San Francisco Killing.
Cockroaches run when the light is turned on.
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