Posted on 02/26/2017 11:46:56 AM PST by Kaslin
We keep hearing rumors about this even though it’s very hard to track down specifics. Word on the street is that various groups, including churches, are preparing to assist illegal immigrants by either providing them with shelter or facilitating their plans to flee to Canada. Without more documentation it’s hard to be entirely sure, but with this much smoke it’s certainly possible that there is at least a bit of fire underneath. Another report has emerged on this, although it’s from Buzzfeed, so take it with whatever size grain of salt you feel appropriate.
Churches across the US are fighting back against the Trump administration’s mandate to ramp up deportations with new sanctuary practices of their own, using private homes in their congregations as shelter and potentially creating a modern-day underground railroad to ferry undocumented immigrants from house to house or into Canada.
Church leaders from California to Illinois and New York told BuzzFeed News they’re willing to take their sanctuary operations for undocumented immigrants underground should federal immigration authorities, emboldened by Trump’s recent directives to take a harder line on deportations, ignore precedent and raid their campuses.
If we take these claims at face value for the moment there are two separate issues to be considered. One is the headline grabbing idea of an underground railroad being in the works. Now, technically this is illegal (more on that in a moment) but the recently popular idea of prosecutorial discretion would seem to allow law enforcement to turn something of a blind eye to various activities when resources are scarce or enforcement doesn’t serve the greater interest. Might this be such an area? I mean, if these are people who are actively helping illegal aliens to leave the country, are we really going to be all that enthusiastic about stopping them?
But as I said, that’s only half of the story being reported. It is specifically noted above that some of these churches are partnering with private citizens to provide “safe houses” to shield such illegal aliens from law enforcement. That’s not just a bad idea, but actually a felony which carries serious penalties. Let’s take a look at the appropriate statute:
8 U.S. Code § 1324 – Bringing in and harboring certain aliens
(a) Criminal penalties (1) (A) Any person who—
(iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation; … shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).
(B) A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs— (ii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;
Immigration and Border Patrol forces are being beefed up in the coming months and years. The people considering taking such a course of action should be made aware that not only might their “guests” wind up being deported anyway, but they themselves might be heading off for an extended vacation at the Crowbar Motel.
The one other question I would address today is where these people have been for the past eight years. Yes, it’s true that President Trump is talking a very serious game in terms of deportations, but thus far it’s still all in the planning stages. Isn’t there something just a tad bit hypocritical about rushing to the barricades right now when you had so many opportunities to do it in the recent past? Did none of these heroes notice the deportation record under President Barack Obama? (ABC News)
According to governmental data, the Obama administration has deported more people than any other president’s administration in history.
In fact, they have deported more than the sum of all the presidents of the 20th century.
Barack Obama doesn’t just hold the record for deportations, but actually deported more illegal aliens than all the presidents of the 20th century combined. The man may not have accomplished too much I approved of during his eight years in office but at least he had that going for him. Where was all this anger then? Why were there no long lines forming to break federal law and help out the millions who were facing deportation when there was a Democrat in office?
So many questions. So few answers. But hey, guys… it’s all in the game.
I have no problem with this new age URR fast tracking these illegals' asses out of this country to Canada. The quicker the better. The problem I have is them illegally sheltering these illegals in order for them to stay here.
>modern-day underground railroad to ferry undocumented immigrants from house to house or into Canada.<
Why not back to Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, China, Barbados, Thailand, Pakistan, etc.
Why only Canada? Sure seems racist to me. All of those other places are garden spots. This way they’d get a free trip home.
“ignore precedent”
as in establishing a new precedent of ACTUALLY enforcing the Federal law instead of ignoring the precedent of NOT enforcing Federal laws, right?
They can underground railroad all they want, but this is the 21st century, not the 19th. Back then lips were sealed, and most people couldn’t be bought for their secrets. Today everyone is out for themselves, and snitches abound, especially for a price. There is no honor among thieves anymore. They’d give up their mother for a song.
Pick out the most visible non-profit harboring illegals and charge them with every possible count for violation of the law. Then sit back and see how many get out of the business.
Apart from the lawlessness of it all, I’m fine with them being sent to Canada. With a fertility rate of 1.4, Canada needs all the warm bodies that it can get. Ours is 1.9, so there’s still hope for us.
I have no problem with that either - whether they are fleeing to Canada as liberals want them to do, or fleeing to their own countries as President Trump wants to assist them in doing.
And please take one of those “bold celebrities” with you
Adios, amigos . . . Viva la Canada
I have nothing against it either, if they are send to Canaduh. (spelled purposely that way)
They clothe, house and feed the illegals and then transfer them to Canada?
I say stand back and let ‘em go.
Canada? Sure!
Now we can start the north wall to keep them there.
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The only sensible answer is to provide invaders transportation to safety in Canada. It's not like the old days....it's at most a one-day drive to get to that border.
Won't it be fun when all these folks are on Canada's doorstep?
And, oh yeah, have any of these dogooders offered the same generosity for homeless veterans?
Are you fine with Canada dumping all of its undesirables onto the U.S.?
Facilitating short-term lawbreaking in one’s own country and long-term lawbreaking in another’s country as an alternative to long-term lawbreaking in one’s own country doesn’t seem an ethical solution.
Lots of crazy people in America nowadays. Where do they all come from?
Excellent question, and you know what the answer is.
This turns an asset, a cheap laborer, into a cost.
When it is found out which org or individual is housing illegals, let them know they are being watched, and those illegals will be arrested when they try to leave. See how long the bleeding hearts will want to feed and house them.
They said they wanted them.
Blacks everywhere celebrate the liberation movement...
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