{"id":22409,"date":"2020-01-21T17:08:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T22:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22409"},"modified":"2020-02-21T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T12:45:00","slug":"sanctuary-policies-identity-politics-immigration-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/01\/21\/sanctuary-policies-identity-politics-immigration-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cop\u2019s-Eye View: Identity Politics Behind Dangerous Sanctuary Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(The fourth in an on-going series of articles from a police officer actively serving in a sanctuary county outside Washington, D.C.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an issue at the heart of the illegal immigration\ndebate that I don\u2019t believe receives nearly the attention it should: the reemergence\nof identity politics in our country, and the Left\u2019s sanctimonious attempted\nmanipulation of a section of Americans to support their side of it.  I don\u2019t mean a war of bullets, necessarily,\nalthough we have some of that, already. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this may sound contrived, it is deeply saddening and somewhat\nalarming to watch American citizens \u200bstill \u200bfighting with one another over race\nand ethnic background. If I believe what I see on television, cops are all\nracists and illegal immigrants are just another group of their unfortunate\n\u201cvictims.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The message this is intended to convey, and who is intended\nto receive it, is no secret. Nor is the political alliance it is intended to\ninspire. That message is that even routine law enforcement is inherently\nbiased, which has led to radical new laws such as New York\u2019s that turn all but\nthe most violent offenders loose without bail, or sanctuary policies that go\nout of their way to shield criminal aliens from removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What then, is the end game of those who support sanctuary\npolicies?  To foment revolutionary\nsocial, economic and political changes that are neither sought nor desired by\nthe American people?  To make citizens of\nindividuals who have already proven they can and will violate American\nlaws?  To undermine social order and the\nrule of law?  Like many of you, I want\nanswers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These same sanctuary jurisdictions also shower illegal\naliens with access to a whole range of social benefits, at the expense of\ntaxpayers and others who need government assistance. These jurisdictions\nprovide housing, food stamps, prescription cards and medical care to some of\nthese same individuals, while hands-off law enforcement policies invite\ncriminals to take up residence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do these idiotic policies (and the dangerous sense of entitlement they instill) ultimately lead?\u00a0 If you follow the international illegal immigration crisis, you\u2019ll certainly be familiar with the stories about cities in Great Britain<\/a> and France being off limits to the police<\/a>.\u00a0 That is to say, the non-citizen residents of these enclaves have made it so dangerous for the police to respond there, that they simply do not.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If these phenomena were to be replicated in the United\nStates, they would clearly not take root in the affluent suburbs where the\naverage local government \u201cleader\u201d lives, or it would not be allowed to stand. The\nlawlessness would disproportionally affect poor and working class communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These infiltration of foreign criminal organization that\nfeel protected by identity politics-driven asylum policies are an inevitable\nresult. The only place police shouldn\u2019t be allowed is on your property or in\nyour business without cause, and we need to get away from the ridiculous notion\nthat being here illegally somehow \u200b does not constitute cause, even for a\ndeputy in a one-man Sheriff\u2019s department in a town of 500. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I don\u2019t believe the collective voice against this\nperversion of common sense and our ideals can come from law enforcement,\nespecially not in today\u2019s anti-police climate. \nThere\u2019s not much we do anymore that isn\u2019t picked apart to the point that\ngood cops are more interested in protecting their pensions and freedom than\ntheir community. That notwithstanding, if enforcing illegal immigration\nsuddenly became a mandate of my department, it would not result in an\noutrageous additional number of deportations. \nPatrol cops don\u2019t have the time necessary to devote to the process.  That said, when a cop comes across an illegal\nimmigrant as the result of an arrest or a positive wanted check, the transfer\nto ICE should be automatic. Deportation should be unquestionable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What should not happen is the release of a violent illegal immigrant criminal back on to American streets so that he may rape and murder a 92-year-old woman.\u00a0 New York Mayor Bill De Blasio is once again complicit, as his policies allowed exactly that to happen, a few days ago. New York does have a handle on what\u2019s important, though, banning the terms \u201cillegal\u201d and \u201cillegal alien\u201d.\u00a0 Should you dare use either term in a manner that might loosely be defined as threatening, both of which evidently being profanities now, you are subject to a fine of up to $250,000.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York will fine you for calling something what it\nis.  How do you most effectively control\na debate and rig the outcome, if not through language?  In the last eight years, we\u2019ve been\noverloaded with what we can and cannot say, from the same people who extol the\nvirtues of the Constitution. I suppose if the word goes away, so does the\nproblem.  That being the case, may I suggest\nwe all stop using the term \u201cAlzheimer\u2019s Disease\u201d? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When will our government stop the global virtue-signaling\nand start working for its citizens? The idea of putting America first (as\nopposed to America only) has, in my lifetime, gone from a patriotic statement\nto one of racist xenophobia.  The public\nsentiment that the nation protect the vital interests of its citizens never\nchanged, only how it was defined for us by an elitist political establishment\nand an increasingly shrill cohort of identity politicians who seek to fracture\nthe nation along racial and ethnic lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(The fourth in an on-going series of articles from a police officer actively serving in a sanctuary county outside Washington, D.C.) There is an issue at the heart of the illegal immigration debate that I don\u2019t believe receives nearly the attention it should: the reemergence of identity politics in our country, and the Left\u2019s sanctimonious<\/p>\n

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