Posted on 06/24/2016 5:03:57 AM PDT by simpson96
ON ONE level, its unsurprising that the Supreme Court deadlocked 4 to 4, after an appeals court split 2 to 1, in considering President Obamas sweeping executive action to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. As a legal matter, this was not an easy call.
What makes the outcome so depressing for the country, and such a standard-bearer for failed governance, is that as a policy matter, it shouldnt be hard at all. Immigrants have been and continue to be, on balance, an overwhelmingly positive force for the nations social and economic health. It would be in their interest and the nations to regularize the status of workers and families who, as a practical matter, are not going away. There was a time when politicians of both parties understood this and actually came close to legislating a solution. But loss of nerve and an impulse to torpedo compromise in search of maximal political advantage put a solution out of reach, and here we are: Millions of people remain condemned to live in the shadows, and the U.S. economy cannot take advantage of the talents and energies of all the nations inhabitants.
surge in immigration from Mexico around the turn of the century was the precipitating event. As Mexicos economy improved, the surge slowed and even reversed, but 11 million or so undocumented immigrants (by no means all Mexican, of course) remain. A Senate compromise, supported for a time by Republicans such as John McCain (Ariz.) and Marco Rubio (Fla.), as well as by most Democrats, would have allowed these undocumented people to stay if they learned English, paid taxes and followed the law. Stricter border security and penalties against employers of illegal immigrants would have discouraged future surges. A win all around.
House Republicans, though, refused to consider the compromise.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Where’s my hankie?
This doesn't get mentioned enough. The open boarder enables drugs, disease, human trafficking, higher taxes and lower wages.
You just can't loath the left enough.
The illegals need to be brought out of the shadows and kicked out of the country.
No matter what side of the issue you are on it is the legislative branch that writes the laws. In this case the executive branch is executing policy that violates that law. Less than an 8-0 against the government shows the partisanship of the Court.
Nobody should be surprised at this. This is largely the same court that rewrote the ACA bill to make Obamacare legal and undermine the right to property with the abysmal Kelo decision.
Well, the election in November will have them packing for the sunshine of their homelands, so it will all be good and they will no longer have to live in the shadows.
The Supreme Court leaves the rule of law intact.
Shadows hell - a light is being shined on them.....
Liars, just damn liars.
Blat!
Immigrants have been and continue to be, on balance, an overwhelmingly positive force for the nations social and economic health. It would be in their interest and the nations to regularize the status of workers and families who, as a practical matter, are not going away.>>>>>>>>>>>
UNTRUE PROPAGANDA
Tell that to the families who have loved ones murdered by illegals.
A partial memorial list is here:
http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp
ALL immigrants must be vetted prior to entry. Follow the law.No more willy nilly illegals. Deport them wholesale
and set up an application process that works.
Check these stats out:
http://www.rense.com/general76/12am.htm
Sorry, El Wapo. The illegal alien invaders aren’t “in the shadows” anymore. They’re all out there trashing America and the gringos with their big mouths, Mehican flags and banners. You people really do need to try to get out more and find out what’s happening.
It is. Legislation is the power of the legislature.
“The Supreme Court leaves undocumented immigrants in the shadows”
Anti-white America hating Mexican nationalist criminals. F’em.
I clicked your link, and then clicked the link to the original report. I didn't get to read the original report because the federal agency that created it (the FDIC) no longer exists.
I'd be willing to bet this is just about the only section of the Justus Department that has been shut down in recent years. Clearly this agency was not properly focused on celebrating diversity and deserved to be de-funded.
And when they go home, their families’ real homes, they can come out and be real, legal, productive citizens. Just not here, we don’t need them, we don’t want them, and they need to leave now or, hopefully, be deported. I say to all of them, Go Home, this is America, you do not belong here. Be gone.
“... the status of workers ...”
That’s the problem right there. The illegals are not workers. They are parasite leeches sucking on the government tit.
Right. They are not in the shadows, they are in your face.
If the hildabeast wins in November, will you do two things?
1. Join a local Militia
2. Support and fight for Maine's and Texas secession?
That is what some in Maine State Militia are off discussing right now.
I am interested in what non Maine State Milita members think and have to say.
Arrest the criminals. Put them to work building the wall.
The liberals are constantly screaming that the US is a racist hell-hole, so why do so many people from other places like Latin America and Africa risk their lives to come here and live in the “shadows”. Do liberals think Latin Americans and Africans are idiots?
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