The laws of our country have not changed. And don't blame it all on the Liberals. The GOPe, CoC, and the Bushes are responsible as well along with Congress regardless of who is in charge. Sanctuary cities have flourished under Dems and Reps, but that is not the drawing card for illegal aliens. The job magnet and the failure to enforce our laws are the reasons why they are coming. And then there was the first amnesty under Reagan that rewarded the lawbreakers.
The doubling of legal annual immigration numbers under Bush 41 helped to flood the country with legal and illegal immigrants.
The rest of us don’t agree, hell, we think sanctuary cities are inherently illegal, but is Obama taking them to court, shutting them down or doing ANYTHING about them?
Congress could act by cutting off State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) grants. Section 1373 prohibits “government entities and officials from taking action to prohibit or in any way restrict the maintenance or intergovernmental exchange of [immigration status] information, including through written or unwritten policies or practices.”
Some cites have so-called “sanctuary” policies on the books that prohibit local law enforcement agencies from providing such information to federal immigration agencies.
Bush 43 did absolutely nothing to enforce our immigration laws. He was a total disaster, including his pushing of amnesty in 2006 and 2007.
That is a major reason Trump is SUCCESSFULLY running for president as the GOP candidate in 2016. WE the people (in the GOP) voted for him.
Because given the duplicitousness of the Republicans since Bush 1, what have we got to lose?
If only they had realized what a hot button issue illegal immigration is to so many of the Republican rank and file, and what's left of the blue-collar democrats!
They try to conflagrate it with legal immigration, accuse us of being like the 19th Century Know Nothings, racist (just this past week, Hillary said we were) and bald-face lies like Trump hates Mexicans... None of this is working!
So, I ask you, why are the elites so hell bent on wanting illegal immigration to prevail?
A few points I'd like to make, if you'd be so kind to consider:
A. Some say the GOPe wants Amnesty. However, wouldn't making an illegal--now legal--increase the low wages they get? In other words, if they were made out-in-the-open citizens or green card holders, couldn't they unionize and demand more pay? How does this help the Chamber of Commerce types?
B. Some people claim the sanctuary cities, letting illegals go when stopped by police and not being deported, etc., is similar to the Underground Railroad of the Antebellum United States, and the correct morality spirit-wise to take. And honestly, this seems to be the take for Leftists in all of the Western, Caucasian countries. It is happening all over Europe with Muslims. And countries that will not let this happen, like Hungary and Romania, are treated like the Confederacy by the Western Left. You were State department for so many years. Do the Chinese, Muslim-run or other non-Western countries really think it racist not to let their unique cultures be overrun? Why is the Western Left so hell bent on cultural suicide?
C. democrats want their votes. 20-30 million new citizens that mostly vote democrat would make them the majority party--well, forever! I understand democrats wanting this, but GOPe? Why?
D. RINO Pro-illegal types: Linda Graham, McCain, Coker, Flake, and the rest, what over-arching policy or thought process are they following? Are they just stupid, do they think they're more civilized than the rest of us, or are they marching to the beat of a hidden, well-paying drummer?
Anyway, thanks! I know you as probably the BERST mind we have here on immigration issues.