Posted on 07/17/2014 12:19:08 PM PDT by PoloSec
The border crisis is in full swing, leaving communities in Texas, California, Arizona, and around the country scrambling to find ways stop the federal government from dropping of illegals in their area.
Thousands of minors are continuing to pour into the country, packing shelters like sardines and draining local economies, forcing many angry citizens to step up and protest the government’s plan to dump the immigrants without any form of support.
A big part of the president’s job description is the enforcement of laws created by Congress. Unfortunately, Obama sees a political advantage in granting amnesty to illegals, so he refuses to carry out his duty.
Since Barack Obama refuses to do his job, it’s up to the states to bypass the president and enforce immigration laws to put a stop to the madness at the border.
Rep. Trey Gowdy has proposed legislation that recently passed the House Judiciary Committee which lays out a detailed plan for taking this course of action.
via Trey Gowdy’s official website:
Today the House Judiciary Committee approved the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act, the SAFE Act, introduced by Immigration Subcommittee Chair Trey Gowdy (R-SC). The SAFE Act improves interior enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws. Congressman Gowdy released this statement after the Committee voted 20-15 to approve the SAFE Act:
“Ensuring public safety and protecting national security must be the primary objective of immigration reform. Our history of selective enforcement of immigration laws has made our nation vulnerable, threating the wellbeing of every citizen.”
“The SAFE Act represents a common sense approach to the enforcement of our nation’s laws. Utilizing the law enforcement infrastructure existing in every state and community across this country to support enforcement efforts increases accountability and effectiveness, while using resources wisely.
“America is a nation of laws and a democracy comprised of a people who have a deep and abiding respect for the rule of law. The open process is long and tedious but absolutely necessary for all perspectives to be heard. The passage of the SAFE Act by the House Judiciary Committee is the first step in a larger reform process.”
Key Components of the SAFE Act:
· Grants States and Localities the Authority to Enforce Immigration Laws: The bill grants states and localities specific congressional authorization to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law and includes provisions to facilitate their assistance. It also allows states and localities to enact and enforce their own immigration laws as long as they are consistent with federal law. In addition, the bill withholds specific grants from sanctuary cities that defy federal immigration enforcement efforts.
· Strengthens National Security: The bill makes it more difficult for foreign terrorists and other foreign nationals who pose national security concerns to enter and remain in the United States. Of note, the bill bars foreign terrorists or removable immigrants who threaten national security from receiving immigration benefits, such as naturalization and discretionary relief from removal, among other things. The bill also requires that no immigration benefits can be provided to immigrants until all required background and security checks are completed.
· Protects American Communities from Dangerous Criminal Aliens: The bill protects the American public by facilitating and expediting the removal of criminal aliens. In the instance a dangerous criminal immigrant cannot be removed from the U.S., the bill allows the Department of Homeland Security to detain them.
· Improves Visa Security: The bill improves our nation’s first line of defense, the visa issuance process. The bill expands the Visa Security Program to additional high risk posts, strengthens the integrity of the student visa program, and authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and State Department to revoke visas to foreign nationals if in the security or foreign policy interests of the U.S., among other provisions.
· Helps ICE Officers Better Do Their Jobs: The bill assists U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in carrying out their jobs of enforcing federal immigration laws by allowing them to make arrests for immigration violations, federal felonies, federal criminal offenses for bringing in and harboring unlawful immigrants, and offenses against the U.S. The bill also allows them to carry firearms and provides them body armor.
· Strengthens Border Security: The bill prohibits the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from preventing Border Patrol agents access to federal lands within 100 miles of the border. This will better enable Border Patrol agents to secure our border and prevent illegal activity, such as illegal immigration, smuggling, and drug trafficking. It also prohibits the interference of Border Patrol activities, such as construction and maintenance of roads and barriers, use of patrol vehicles, and deployment of tactical infrastructure.
· Reviews Administration’s Abuse of Prosecutorial Discretion: The bill requires a report to Congress each year on the abuse of prosecutorial discretion by the Administration.
Awesome. The federal government has made it clear they’re hoping to pass amnesty using this crisis as an excuse to let the president use an executive order. Since Obama is abusing his power, it’s time for the people to strip him of it through bypassing him and enforcing the law.
If something isn’t done to stop the immigration crisis now, it will continue to spread, exposing millions of Americans to a number of dangers both physically and economically.
Please share this article if you agree with Rep. Trey Gowdy’s plan enable states to bypass Obama and enforce immigration laws.
Ditto that!
"Lose my union job or enforce the law? Hmmmmm...what to do, what to do?"
The feds are annihilating state police jurisdictions by imposing and aiding gangs who are asserting narco human traffic jurisdictional protections.
“Great idea, but the dems would do whatever judge shopping was necessary to get it struck down.”
Laws enforced piecemeal. Lawless administration. Bought judges and pols.
Pretend to govern, and we pretend to obey.
Nope —
what do you mean?
They where to build a fence per passed law.
This enemy combatants should have *never* made it over the boarder in the first place.
Cruz is the only one right that I have heard of. Load um up, send um home.
Ignore the judges. How are they going to enforce their ruling? Ignore them and then send illegals to their homes.
Then bring your own damn fox hole, ‘cuz Gowdy nor most fighting freepers will want you two no where near ours.
LMAO!! Got it!
Yes, it’s absolutely worth pursuing... My point was just to be prepared for the response.
I don’t think Trey Gowdy is expecting the states to worry too much about what a judge says or does.
If its not theatrics then Gowdy must be getting serious threats on his life and that of his family members. That is how the Obama gang rolls.
I do not agree that letting them inside the wire to be dealt with as acceptable...
I would rather deter them at the border, or try to keep them from being told, or convinced otherwise that the risk to themselves is less if they just make the attempt...That is a long term strategy, and one that will take a willing Federal government to get tough on the border...
We will not see any of that till we get a conservative, not a moderate or GOP establishment “elite” in the White House either...We’ll have to have the House and the Senate as well...
So...Figure those odds...Right???
I’m not holding my breath either...
;-)
Very true...Certainly is a pickle for them isn’t it...
No biggie - it's time to start ignoring federal judges who counter the will of their bosses, the people.
Thanks Amendment10. That was very good analysis.
Taking that and “forgotten mans” post #9, I think we have the proper solution. Just takes states with the guts to do it. Maybe Arizona?
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