Posted on 08/13/2014 5:43:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Like it or not, these are the facts: There are 11.7 million undocumented immigrants living in United States. The U.S. Immigrant and Customs Enforcement only has the capacity to remove about 400,000 per year. That's less than 4 percent of the total undocumented population.
Keep these facts in mind as President Obama prepares to announce an executive action to protect certain classes of undocumented immigrants — and as Republicans lose their minds over it. Obama's expected move isn't a sinister example of "domestic Caesarism," as Ross Douthat would have it, or "stealth amnesty," in the words of Reihan Salam. It is an eminently reasonable response in the face of congressional inaction, while the conservative opposition puts them on the wrong side of both basic humanitarian instincts and public welfare.
The executive action is expected to expand deferred action to more undocumented immigrants. Deferred action provides an assurance to certain immigrants that they won't be pursued for deportation. With it comes work permits, so those who won't be deported can pursue legitimate work.
The legal basis for deferred action is grounded in prosecutorial discretion — the authority of law enforcement agencies to determine how and when to enforce the law. Such discretion is necessary given scarce agency resources. It's why police and prosecutors devote most of their time to pursuing serious offenses rather than going after every crime on the books. It would be a waste of resources to charge and punish jaywalkers or adulterers, for instance.
Given these constraints, officials have prioritized certain classes of immigrants for removal. ICE specifically targets three categories of undocumented immigrants: those who present national security or public safety risks; those who have recently entered; and those who have reentered after being removed.
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If you look at it from an economics standpoint, all of these countries where the illegals are coming from, there economies are becoming more and more dependent on money from the illegals in the US.
It’s no different than the democrats “welfare state” or as the dems call it “trickle up economics”.
More and more people in these countries have money to spend but they are getting the money without having to preform any work in their country for it.
The people in these countries that are providing the goods and services are the ones that are ending up with the actual wealth that is being transferred from the US to their country.
Notice in this country how the more people go on welfare and other govt assistance, the rich keep getting richer and the level of poverty keeps increasing.
Same thing is happening in these countries.
Illegals in this country sending money back home is actually increasing the level of poverty in their country.
Lucky I’m not president or we would be having a field goal kicking competition with the UN.
Entry fee $10.
Whoever can kick a UN official the furthest gets the pot.
Another good reason for fair tax, they spend money and it would be taxed. No more IRS. Even drug dealers spend money but never report the income.
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