All Hail the Chief Ignorer of the Law

[peejay 327]

All Hail the Chief Ignorer of the Law (Especially Illegal Immigrants)

by Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)

10/21/2011

The President of the United States, chief enforcer of the law, has decided not to enforce, but instead to ignore our nation’s immigration laws. Current federal law requires that people who come to the United States illegally be deported. As most of us learned in the seventh grade, the Constitution mandates that the President executes the law of the land.

When he took office, Obama swore to uphold the Constitution, but once again, he seems to be at odds with it. Under the guise of compassion, his administration has issued a decree with 19 categories of illegals to be taken out of the deportation pipeline and given a free pass to live in the United States. This is nothing more than political pandering by the campaigner-in-chief, who is behaving more like an anointed king than the President of the United States. The President has no right or authority to pick and choose what laws he wants to enforce. His attempt to unilaterally loosen immigration enforcement is jeopardizing the sovereignty and security of an already unsecure border.

There are roughly 300,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation from the United States. The administration wants to pick and choose who is first to go, and who gets to stay. If it had its way, only dangerous criminals would be deported, and many of the other illegals who have already committed a crime by entering this country illegally would get a free pass to stay in the United States. This includes those who have not contributed to our system, but who have reaped all of the benefits, courtesy of the American taxpayer.

The President is sending a clear message to anyone who wants to enter the United States illegally: Come on over; our back door is wide open. The law does not apply to you—just don’t kill anyone. This policy of selective enforcement emboldens those who want to come into this country illegally and the 11 million people who are already here. If the federal government does not take our own laws seriously enough to enforce them, why should we expect illegals to follow them?

This looks a lot like backdoor amnesty to any normal citizen. It also resembles the not-so-dreamy DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act that Congress has already considered and rejected once before. Congress has over and over defeated attempts to “reform” immigration by granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. Why? Because people should only be able to live in this country if they play by our rules. We do have a front door. And many great people have come through it and made this country a better place. People who come here legally and pay taxes should all have the right to pursue the American dream, but those who defy the law of the land by sneaking in the back door do not automatically deserve the right to stay here just because they haven’t hurt anyone.

The blissful ignorance of the easy access to America at our southern border is costing us more than just our security. The escalating cost of an unsecured border is a fact that we simply cannot afford to ignore anymore. We cannot continue to allow the economic drain that illegal entry imposes on every aspect of our society. Hospitals have become burdened with the heavy cost of accommodating illegals to the point where important services are interrupted for Americans. When I was in Arizona recently, I learned that in Cochise County, on the border, a woman has to drive as far as 90 miles to reach a hospital with a maternity ward that will deliver her baby, because many hospitals have shut down their maternity wards due to the high cost of illegals giving birth. Twenty-seven per cent of the inmates in U.S. prisons are not U.S. citizens, but the prisons are funded by U.S. taxpayers. Schools are overcrowded and burdened with the extra cost—to the tune of $52 billion a year—of educating the children of illegals. Between the overcrowded classrooms and the extra supplies and attention required to accommodate more students, there is no way that the education of American children does not suffer.

In the month of September, for the first time since World War II, the economy had net zero jobs created for a month. The unemployment rate is at 9.1%. People want to see jobs going to taxpaying Americans, not people living here illegally. Something must be done to reform immigration, but the American people have rejected amnesty in every form that it has been presented. We cannot treat those here illegally better than our legal citizens.

This administration has a habit of not enforcing the laws that it doesn’t like. The chief enforcer of the law is now the Chief ignorer of the law. And what it comes down to is that the chief ignorer—also known as the campaigner-in-chief—is so nervous about the Hispanic vote in his reelection that he is willing to bypass Congress and the Constitution to appease his political base. This pandering is disingenuous and disgusting. Through the flawed policy of selective enforcement, the administration is ignoring its constitutional duty, undermining Congress and the will of the people, and endorsing backdoor amnesty.

President Obama was not anointed as king above the law. His constitutional duty is to execute the law. And the law says that those who come to this country must do so legally, through the front door. And people who comer here illegally,are disrespecting our law, our country and our citizens. American citizenship is an earned privilege, not a universal right that includes illegals who enter, even if with the blessing of the chief ignorer of the law.

Meanwhile, the administration has chosen instead to use resources to vigorously prosecute American guitar makers for allegedly bringing in illegal wood from Madagascar. God forbid we let illegal wood into the U.S.

And that’s just the way it is.

Congressman Ted Poe represents the 2nd Congressional District of Texas. Rep. Poe recently introduced the National Guard Border Enforcement Act that will authorize the Secretary of Defense to make 10,000 armed National Guard troops available upon request from a U.S. Governor. Rep. Poe serves on the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Border Security; Executive Member of the Immigration Reform Caucus; and recognized nationally as a leading advocate for border security. Prior to serving in Congress, Poe was a prosecutor and judge in Houston, Texas for 30 years.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=47014

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

He will be replaced next year. I do not think we can expect any of this to change until then. The people were sold a bill of goods, a President by affirmative action. Not qualified. The good news is we get the chance to replace them every 4 years and in the long run the damage will be repaired.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Yes another thread ignoring the fact we, or should I say Obama, just set a record for most deportations. Not a whif of that fact should get in the way of a good rant though. Carry on gentlemen!

[웃 910]

He will be replaced next year. I do not think we can expect any of this to change until then. The people were sold a bill of goods, a President by affirmative action. Not qualified. The good news is we get the chance to replace them every 4 years and in the long run the damage will be repaired.

Damage repaired? What would you say if in 2001 a Republican just took office. For the periods of 1998 to 2001 (still under a Clinton budget) we have surpluses. The CBO comes in the month of your Republican inauguration and projects $5.6 trillion in surpluses for the periods 2001-2011. Starting date in '01 the Republican had a $5.73 trillion federal debt with projected surpluses increasing each year (see top gray bars)...The President at the time says that "After paying the bills, my plan reduces the national debt and fast--so fast, in fact, that economists worry that we are going to run out of debt to retire. That would be a good worry to have." Then - when September 2008 rolls around and reality bites we are going way in the opposite direction, and our debt clock runs out of digits (>$10 trillion). And he hands Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit in 2009 (fy 2009 runs from OCT 1 2008 to SEP 30 2009 and was passed under Bush). And he hands Obama a total federal debt that could have been near ZERO - but now it's $10.7 trillion! Instead of going $5.6 trillion in the right direction with surpluses (from $5.73T debt to $1.13T) we go from $5.73 to $10.7T ----- A wild $10T swing! If you would have kept a fiscal conservative (ie a liberal) in there we'd have seen those years of surpluses. We need fiscal conservatives (liberals).

I am a fiscal conservative therefore I am a Democrat.

Don't play dumb. Obama doesn't have sh!t on Bush. Nothing. Obama is in line with projections unlike Bush.

How do you like this monthly credit card interest Mr. "in the long run the damage will be repaired"

Edited October 22, 2011 by Lord Infamous

[luckytxn 2,265]

Damage repaired? What would you say if in 2001 a Republican just took office. For the periods of 1998 to 2001 (still under a Clinton budget) we have surpluses. The CBO comes in the month of your Republican inauguration and projects $5.6 trillion in surpluses for the periods 2001-2011. Starting date in '01 the Republican had a $5.73 trillion federal debt with projected surpluses increasing each year (see top gray bars)...The President at the time says that "After paying the bills, my plan reduces the national debt and fast--so fast, in fact, that economists worry that we are going to run out of debt to retire. That would be a good worry to have." Then - when September 2008 rolls around and reality bites we are going way in the opposite direction, and our debt clock runs out of digits (>$10 trillion). And he hands Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit in 2009 (fy 2009 runs from OCT 1 2008 to SEP 30 2009 and was passed under Bush). And he hands Obama a total federal debt that could have been near ZERO - but now it's $10.7 trillion! Instead of going $5.6 trillion in the right direction with surpluses (from $5.73T debt to $1.13T) we go from $5.73 to $10.7T ----- A wild $10T swing! If you would have kept a fiscal conservative (ie a liberal) in there we'd have seen those years of surpluses. We need fiscal conservatives (liberals).

I am a fiscal conservative therefore I am a Democrat.

Don't play dumb. Obama doesn't have sh!t on Bush. Nothing. Obama is in line with projections unlike Bush.

How do you like this monthly credit card interest Mr. "in the long run the damage will be repaired"

We should ignore that Obama the Socialist has had RECORD DEFICITS every year. Record deficits mean he has spent more than any other before him. This inept idiotic imbecile should get the kudos huh?

[luckytxn 2,265]

[웃 910]

I hate to say it. But Bush fvcked up the economy so bad you could probably still blame him in 2030!!!!

September 2011

PRINCETON, NJ -- A slight majority of Americans for the first time blame President Obama either a great deal (24%) or a moderate amount (29%) for the nation's economic problems. However, Americans continue to blame former President George W. Bush more. Nearly 7 in 10 blame Bush a great deal (36%) or a moderate amount (33%).

[peejay 327]

Yes another thread ignoring the fact we, or should I say Obama, just set a record for most deportations. Not a whif of that fact should get in the way of a good rant though. Carry on gentlemen!

What you fail to ignore is that these deportations are in spite of the fact that we have this assclown as president rather than because he is president. If we had a president that did not obstruct the law the deportations and illegals voluntarily fleeing back home would be astromomical to the puny numbers we now have.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

What you fail to ignore is that these deportations are in spite of the fact that we have this assclown as president rather than because he is president. If we had a president that did not obstruct the law the deportations and illegals voluntarily fleeing back home would be astromomical to the puny numbers we now have.

What law is the President obstructing? Arizona immigration law? Last I looked immigration is Federal law.

What you fail to ignore is that you brought an immigrant to this country. And before you assert that your problem is with the illegals, I'd remind you of your past discussions about marbles in jars and your otherwise flaming anti-IMMIGRANT sources.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

1. Deportations have not decreased.

With limited resources, does it not make sense to get rid of the dangerous ones first and foremost?

Want more deportations? Call your congressman and ask for legislation to increase resources.

[luckytxn 2,265]

1. Deportations have not decreased.

With limited resources, does it not make sense to get rid of the dangerous ones first and foremost?

Want more deportations? Call your congressman and ask for legislation to increase resources.

It is best to deport the most dangerous first and foremost. What has many wondering what is going on is that deportation proceedings have been stopped for many already in the system. The resources were already used on these and were just in the system to have their cases heard and now over a year ago the Feds have stopped them and dropped all proceedings.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

It is best to deport the most dangerous first and foremost. What has many wondering what is going on is that deportation proceedings have been stopped for many already in the system. The resources were already used on these and were just in the system to have their cases heard and now over a year ago the Feds have stopped them and dropped all proceedings.

And I would presume, should the Feds start deportation proceedings against your beloved, and suddenly suspended the process, you would be very relieved and happy?

Or would you be pissed the Fed spent money and didn't finish the job?

Edited October 22, 2011 by ready4ONE

[luckytxn 2,265]

And I would presume, should the Feds start deportation proceedings against your beloved, and suddenly suspended the process, you would be very relieved and happy?

Or would you be possed the Fed spent money and didn't finish the job?

My loved one and I did everything the legal way. It cost us money and a lot of time but we did everything that was asked from us to comply with the law. The ones that were in the system and caught and in deportation proceedings did everything illegal and were in proceedings to be deported.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

My loved one and I did everything the legal way. It cost us money and a lot of time but we did everything that was asked from us to comply with the law. The ones that were in the system and caught and in deportation proceedings did everything illegal and were in proceedings to be deported.

The system is so perfect it never makes a mistake? I thought the argument here was the system is broken? And we both clearly can see who the OP and you blame for it.

Again I point out we just reached a record for number of deportations, and are maintaining that pace. What possible motivation could one have then for bogus attacks such as the OP? Oh ya... Guess the motivation is pretty transparent, facts be damned!

Edited October 22, 2011 by ready4ONE

[luckytxn 2,265]

The system was working like it was supposed to but Obama the Socialist stopped the system from working is the problem. We had illegals caught and in proceedings for removal and they were stopped and allowed to walk out. I actually had no problem with the Feds to go after the most hardcore with as much of the resources at their disposal but when they do have ones in the system already or any caught along the way that are illegal then let the system do what it is supposed to do. What this moron President did was wrong and illegal in itself.