Posted on 11/16/2016 12:40:28 PM PST by SeekAndFind
John Sexton wrote yesterday about the mayors of various “sanctuary cities” who are planning to defy the new president when it comes to cooperating with federal officials in deporting illegal immigrants. (At least until their funding gets cut off, anyway.) But if those plans fall through, there may be another opportunity for such criminals to evade the law. A group of students and faculty at Ivy League schools are petitioning to make their universities into similar sanctuaries. What could possibly go wrong? (Washington Post)
Thousands of students, professors, alumni and others at elite schools including Harvard, Yale and Brown have signed petitions asking universities to protect undocumented students after a presidential campaign that made illegal immigration a flash point.
President-elect Donald Trump made enforcement of immigration laws a touchstone, a position that was popular among many voters but leaves college officials deeply concerned about immigrant students who were admitted because of their academic achievement and potential. Those students now face fears about educational opportunity swept away and possible deportation.
When Enrique Ramirez applied to Harvard, he didn’t write that his family was supposed to return to Mexico after a work visa expired. When he was accepted, he didn’t know if there were any other students in his precarious position. After President Obama issued an executive order offering protection to students from deportation, the possibility of authorization to work and the chance to get driver’s licenses, he wrote about his situation and began to hear from other students at Harvard. And last week about 20 of them were together, in tears, calling their families, as the election results rolled in.
I left in the story of Enrique Ramirez, excerpted from that article, because he’s such a perfect example of the disconnect between Democrats and law enforcement in this country. By the author’s own admission, Ramirez entered the country with his family on a work visa, presumably held by one of his parents. And he failed to inform the school of that even though he was obviously aware that once the visa expired he would be in the country illegally. Granted, he may have gotten a waiver thanks to Barack Obama’s overly “generous” executive orders, but that doesn’t change the reality of his situation or others like him. If that program is dismantled then he not only has no protection from the law, but deserves none.
If any of these universities choose to follow the example of the “sanctuary cities” and openly break the law, we could have a serious moment of opportunity in front of us next year. Liberals and Democrats clearly have no problem with the White House using the threat of federal funding cuts when schools fail to comply with the law. This was made abundantly clear when they began threatening to cut off the flow of cash to schools which refused to allow boys into the girls’ shower. Despite the dubious nature of the White House’s new interpretation of Title IX, a precedent has been set. A quick check of the ledgers shows that Harvard received more than $600M in federal research money in 2014. I’ve no doubt that the rest of the schools on that list are similarly well financed. If any of them announce that they will shelter illegal immigrants, the new administration can simply shut off the cash. I’m sure we could find a better use for it elsewhere, such as increasing funding to ICE.
That’s one of the dangers inherent in playing with the levers of power the way the Obama White House has done. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, and on January 21st the gander will be in the Oval Office.
Let’s see how they feel going without financial aid
Yale can’t even fix New Haven.
I am ....now give me a degree.
I demand sanctuary Harris-Teeter grocery stores and Advance Auto Parts stores. Why not? The government is, after all, only there to oppress the ignorant masses.
I demand a Sanctuary from all of these Sanctuaries!
Students are in charge of the asylums, screw them.
No, they were mostly admitted in tribute to the currently fashionable gods of diversity.
In addition to cutting federal funding the State Department can simply stop issuing F-1 student visas to any immigrant students attending those university.
That's probably 70% of their budget. Stupid libs never think things through.
Their compassion doesn’t go far enough. All college campuses should be sanctuaries for any illegal, student or not. Seven or eight illegals sharing a dorm room with students. The mental picture of that brings a tear to my eye.
Once the campus turns into a tent city and the women get gang raped, I bet they reconsider their position.
The students pushing for these “sanctuary universities” will likely have rights to take classes on the taxpayer dime for many years. See https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/education.jsp for more on this for when they may become inmates due to being convicted of felonies.
It seems like they are being in reckless disregard of the fact that certain aliens have come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law and they are attempting to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such aliens in any place, including any building or any means of transportation, at their universities. It sounds like that for each person they wish to conceal that they can be fined and/or imprisoned up to 5 years. When someone is convicted of a fine where they can be sentenced to less than five years but more than one year, it is typically classified as a Class E felony. In such circumstances the fines could be up to $250K per offense.
On all this they should first consult an attorney and be well-aware that these snowflakes are putting themselves in hot water legally. I’m no attorney and claim to have no expertise on any of this.
8 U.S. Code § 1324 (a)(1)(A)(iii) - knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation
8 U.S. Code § 1324 (a)(1)(B)(ii) - A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs .... in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;
18 U.S. Code § 3559 (a)(5) An offense that is not specifically classified by a letter grade in the section defining it, is classified if the maximum term of imprisonment authorized is ... less than five years but more than one year, as a Class E felony
18 U.S. Code § 3571 (b)(3) A defendant who has been found guilty of an offense may be sentenced to pay a fine ... Except as provided in [special exceptions], an individual who has been found guilty of an offense may be fined not more than the greatest of ... for a felony, not more than $250,000
18 U.S. Code § 3571 (c)(3) A defendant who has been found guilty of an offense may be sentenced to pay a fine ... Except as provided in [special exceptions], an organization that has been found guilty of an offense may be fined not more than the greatest of ... for a felony, not more than $500,000
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1324
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3559
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3571
“A group of students and faculty at Ivy League schools are petitioning to make their universities into similar sanctuaries..”
I’ve got the solution: Give them each a good swift kick in the ass. If they can’t figure out why they got a good swift kick in the ass, give them another good swift kick in the ass.
Repeat all damn day if needed.
Sure, but only if we as taxpayers get “sanctuary” from sending a penning of public money to these Utopian madhouses.
Exactly ... no student loans for any students at any university that disobeys Federal Law. I am pretty sure that would get their attention.
Personally I think it’s a great idea. Have all the illegals move to these universities where they can “camp out” on campus and, when the weather gets colder, occupy the classrooms. Have to believe everyone will love it.
Even better idea...let them have “sanctuary universities” and after most of the illegals go there, round ‘em up and ship ‘em over the wall.
By bother wasting taxpayer money looking for them?
Great idea.
No more grant funding, though.
Buy the ticket, take the ride.
No, they won't - but five minutes after the first NIH check fails to arrive, it will end.
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