Posted on 07/11/2018 6:49:40 PM PDT by jazusamo
There’s virtually no chance that the uber-progressive Oregon legislature would ever repeal the state’s oldest-in-the-nation sanctuary law, which is why locals worried about illegal immigration have turned to the voters.
The Stop Oregon Sanctuaries campaign submitted roughly 110,000 signatures last week to qualify an anti-sanctuary measure for the November ballot, more than the 88,000 required, stunning liberal activists and laying the groundwork for a landmark ballot battle.
“This has national ramifications and our opponents know that,” said Cynthia Kendoll, president of Oregonians for Immigration Reform, which led the petition drive. “The thing that people don’t realize is that very seldom do citizens get to vote on immigration issues. They’re always legislated upon us. And that’s particularly the case in Oregon. We never get a say.”
Oregon may be ahead of the game, but efforts to bypass lawmakers and bring sanctuary repeals before the voters are gaining interest as the number of jurisdictions adopting measures aimed at thwarting federal immigration law explodes.
As of May, 564 states and localities had adopted sanctuary policies, growing by 650 percent during the Obama administration and nearly doubling during President Trump’s first year, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
The flurry of sanctuary activity has prompted a backlash: In California, more than a dozen localities have passed ordinances or resolutions against the state law, but so far no state sanctuary measure has been repealed.
“I think there’s going to be more of a movement as people realize that enforcement of our laws is good because it protects the community,” said Shari Rendall, FAIR director of state and local director. “I think people are very tired of our laws not being enforced.”
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>> BOTH parties have been determined to keep the borders open and the laws unenforced.<<
Cheap labor and cheap votes, so the hell with American citizens, their safety, and their job opportunities.
>>And in any event, sanctuary laws violate the 14th amendment since they discriminate against citizens in favor of illegal aliens: citizens are liable to prosecution for all violations of law (ask Gen. Flynn) no matter how trivial, while blanket exceptions are provided by the States to non-citizens for a laundry list of violations?<<
This is exactly the outcome to be expected when the Left (Liberals, Progressives, Socialists, Communists, and Democrats) steal elections or are otherwise voted into office by indoctrinated people who consequently have no critical thinking skills.
California Proposition 187
Struck down because liberals didn’t like it.
Black-robed oligarch trampled the expressed will of the majority of California voters.
Timeline of the demise of Prop 187 is here:
YES, I know it’s the ACLU, but they fully expose the interplay between the Circuit Court and the Clinton White House that ultimately led to Prop 187 being struck down.
The Proposition was absolutely legal at the time it was written and enacted by the voters of California. But, essentially, the MALDEF et. al. got Clinton to pass new immigration laws that preempted California from implementing Prop 187; they went to Washington and pulled political strings to get NEW LAWS with SPECIFIC LANGUAGE that rendered Prop 187 unconstitutional ex post facto.
And Trump won’t play ball with them.
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