Democratic\npolicy positions on immigration bear serious analysis at this point, because they\nare now producing pain, suffering and death every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recent\nreports that seven people in Washington State have died because of crimes\nperpetrated by illegal immigrants who would have been removed but for that\nstate\u2019s \u201csanctuary laws\u201d are just the tip of the iceberg. Americans every day\nare dying because states will not support federal immigration enforcement and\nremoval operations. Response from Speaker Pelosi? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover,\nintending illegal immigrants posing as \u201casylum seekers\u201d are dying in the desert\nand rivers because of policies that Democrats have championed to incentivize the\nuse of minor children to get special treatment at the border. Laws passed and earlier-approved court\nsettlements require that children be handled in a manner that encourages their\nuse by cartels and traffickers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today\u2019s\nimmigration chaos began with the calculated decision by Democrats \u2013 led by\nIllinois Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) \u2013 to begin isolating minor children as\na subpopulation to try to elicit sympathy for a political agenda. It began in\n2001, when the \u201cDREAM Act,\u201d or Development,\nRelief and Education for Alien Minors Act, was cooked up at a time when 9\/11\nhijackings made it politically impossible to push another universal blanket\namnesty. This bill provided an amnesty\nfor those persons brought here as minors, regardless of their age at the time\nthe bill was enacted into law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although such a proposal would obviously be\nseen as an incentive for people to bring young children, Senator Durbin quickly\nrealized that by using children as political tools, it would galvanize his base\nand advance his political agenda: To create division and dissent around the\nidea that U.S. immigration laws have legitimacy and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Various version of the DREAM Act drifted along\nuntil former President Obama ratified portions of it administratively with the\nDACA program in 2012. Both proposals\nremain highly controversial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
True to form, Senator Durbin has never varied\nfrom this tactic, even at the expense of making what he should believe is\nprogress. He could have gotten the DREAM Act passed many times had he been\nwilling to compromise and provide proper reforms in exchange. Instead, as he does today, he finds one\nexcuse after another to never give an inch: He does not want to give up the\nFaustian bargain he entered into nearly two decades ago. Just read his Twitter feed to see it in\naction: Attack, attack, attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The logical conclusion of what began as a\npolitical ploy in 2001 has now been reached. By reflexively opposing one form of\nenforcement after another, we now find that a proposal by the Trump\nAdministration to execute Final Orders of Removal (Deportation) against persons\nwho have already been found deportable<\/em>\nis opposed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her caucus. Indeed, she now says being \u201cout of status\u201d is\nnot a proper basis for removal. Since when? \nHas she read the law?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep in mind these are people who have not only broken our immigration laws (and invariably quite a few others along the way), they have thumbed their noses at our judicial system by ignoring a lawful departure order after having their day in court.\u00a0 In other words, they have had their due process<\/em>, and refused to respect our system of borders and laws at any level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is these people that the Democratic Leadership\nnow wishes to shield from the consequences of their outrageous behavior. This can only be seen for what it is: A full\nscale, frontal assault on the legitimacy of the nation\u2019s immigration and border\ncontrols. It is a full blown crisis of unfathomable dimensions. Our national self-determination is slipping\nfrom our grasp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failure of Congress to act demonstrates that the nation is at an inflection point:\u00a0 When a democracy is unable to update its policies to reflect real world operations of its laws in a manner calculated to ensure its long-term preservation, it has a real problem. This choice is ours \u2013 national self-determination, or a continued slide into a slumbering mediocrity.\u00a0 I choose the former.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Democratic policy positions on immigration bear serious analysis at this point, because they are now producing pain, suffering and death every day. Recent reports that seven people in Washington State have died because of crimes perpetrated by illegal immigrants who would have been removed but for that state\u2019s \u201csanctuary laws\u201d are just the tip of<\/p>\n