{"id":25234,"date":"2021-11-22T15:39:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25234"},"modified":"2021-11-22T15:39:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:39:24","slug":"mayorkas-misunderstands-justice-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/11\/22\/mayorkas-misunderstands-justice-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas\u2019 Twisted Notion Of \u201cJustice\u201d Is Unjust To Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In George Orwell\u2019s <\/a>1984<\/a><\/em>, the Party\u2019s three chief slogans were \u201cwar is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.\u201d The British author was referring to the manner in which totalitarian regimes (be they communist or fascist) engage in semantic acrobatics and inverting the meaning of words to mean the exact opposite of how they had traditionally been understood. Sadly, President Biden\u2019s homeland security chief, Alejandro Mayorkas, who recently referred to mass amnesty for illegal aliens and tolerating mass illegal migration at the southern border as \u201cjustice,\u201d has engaged in similarly Orwellian linguistic manipulation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The troubling assertion was made during a hearing<\/a> on November 16, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked<\/a> Mayorkas \u201c[w]hat should be a higher priority of the United States Government? Securing our border or giving amnesty to illegal aliens who are already here?\u201d The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) head responded \u2013 or rather tried to avoid the question and have it both ways \u2013 that \u201c[j]ustice is our priority. That includes securing our border and providing relief to those who qualify for it under our laws.\u201d When pressed further by the Arkansas senator, Mayorkas stated that border security and mass amnesty are \u201cinextricably intertwined.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frustratingly, he refuses to even acknowledge that mass illegal migration may be harmful and unjust to Americans, or that his beloved pet project of mass amnesty is unfair to both law-abiding Americans and legal immigrants who followed the rules \u2013 two groups that, incidentally, will have to cover the significant costs<\/a> of amnesty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what \u201claws\u201d is he referring to? The amnesty snuck\ninto Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d spending bill has not cleared the Senate.\nSo far, U.S. law still says that those living in the country illegally are\nsubject to removal, regardless of the DHS secretary\u2019s personal preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cotton also asked Mayorkas whether he was \u201csatisfied\u201d\nabout the record-breaking numbers of illegal border crossings this year. The\nsecretary\u2019s answer is quite telling: \u201cNo, I\u2019m not, but worse is to promulgate\nand operationalize a policy that defies our values as a nation.\u201d He did not\ndefine exactly what he means by \u201cour values as a nation,\u201d but, apparently, in\nMayorkas-speak it is tantamount to a permissive illegal migration free-for-all\nand coddling and rewarding those who violate our laws and borders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predictably, he also repeatedly referred to the Trump administration\u2019s zero tolerance policy as \u201ccruel\u201d in the context of Sen. Cotton\u2019s questions about the $450,000 per person payouts<\/a> the Biden administration is planning to reward certain illegal aliens with for suffering the consequences of breaking our laws. Aside from the fact that Americans are certainly separated from their children and families when they break the law, Mayorkas and his ilk look the other way when Americans and immigrants alike are killed as a result of crimes committed by illegal aliens<\/a>. In fact, when asked about illegal alien crime during a March House hearing<\/a>, Mayorkas got offended and claimed the question was \u201cextraordinarily disrespectful.\u201d As in the totalitarian dystopias chastised by Orwell, the anger of the powers that be is directed not at those who commit wrongdoings, but at those who point them out. But what are a few victims if the end result is the supposed \u201cjustice\u201d of amnesty? One has to break some eggs to make an omelet, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One strikingly obvious thing about Mayorkas\u2019 verbal\ngymnastics during hearings is his struggle to weasel his way out of giving\nstraight and honest answers to direct and simple questions. He surely\nunderstands that his is a losing case if expressed bluntly and openly. But he\nsaid enough to demonstrate what his priorities are, as if they weren\u2019t already\napparent during the past several months of his failed leadership at the DHS. However,\nMayorkas needs to remember that his salary is paid for by American taxpayers,\nand it is his job to serve Americans and their best interests. Instead, he\nchooses to focus primarily and, in fact, solely, on the desires and needs of\nforeign nationals. His is a textbook case of a government official openly and\nbrazenly flouting his duties \u2013 and that has nothing to do with the classic\nWestern understanding of justice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In George Orwell\u2019s 1984, the Party\u2019s three chief slogans were \u201cwar is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.\u201d The British author was referring to the manner in which totalitarian regimes (be they communist or fascist) engage in semantic acrobatics and inverting the meaning of words to mean the exact opposite of how they had<\/p>\n

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