{"id":8174,"date":"2014-12-12T15:31:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T20:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8174"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:34:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:34:35","slug":"sheriffs-from-around-u-s-say-president-does-not-have-their-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/12\/12\/sheriffs-from-around-u-s-say-president-does-not-have-their-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriffs from Around U.S. Say President Does Not Have Their Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Screen<\/a>Sheriffs from across the nation traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to refute Obama\u2019s remarks<\/a> that his amnesty plan<\/a> had the support of law enforcement. Instead, the group of officers hammered down on the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s 10-point plan<\/a> and added that the executive plot would further threaten public safety in their communities.<\/p>\n

The sheriffs stood alongside three members of Congress, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.); Sen. David Vitter (R-La.); and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Texas). Many sheriffs unable to be present at the press conference<\/a> were represented through the attending sheriffs. At one point, Sheriff Sam Page of Rockingham County, N.C., presented Sessions and Vitter with a list of 30 other sheriffs just in North Carolina, also furious over how the president has tied their hands in terms of enforcing immigration laws.<\/p>\n

Among the event\u2019s key remarks:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had 20-something-odd meetings in the White House this summer it\u2019s reported, by stakeholders, primarily business and special interests groups. Not once has the [National] Sheriffs\u2019 Association been invited,\u201d said Sen. Sessions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re facing in Texas and in this nation is a large \u2018Welcome\u2019 sign and a saloon-door mentality on our border,’\u201d said Jackson County Sheriff Andy Louderback, president of the Texas Sheriffs\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor you and I as American citizens, when it comes to law enforcement, the law applies to you and I, yet when it comes to immigration, there is no law, because there are no consequences,\u201d said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, president of the Arizona Sheriffs\u2019 Association and board member of the National Sheriffs Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president talks about wanting to do the right thing; the right thing to do is to go by the rule of the law. You never go wrong when you\u2019re following the rule of law and you\u2019re abiding by the Constitution\u2026 The president talks a lot about fairness. Let me tell you what is not fair. It is not fair for out-of-work Tennesseans to have to compete for jobs with those that have chosen to illegally come into this country,\u201d said Rep. Blackburn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must stop and roll back this illegal executive order, it\u2019s exactly the wrong policy because it\u2019s rewarding illegal crossers and when you reward something you\u2019re going to get more of it not less of it,\u201d said Sen. Vitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we can\u2019t secure our borders, something interesting happens in our country, every state becomes a border state and every town becomes a border town,\u201d said Rep. Blackburn.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo years ago, Border Patrol said there were 123,000 illegals apprehended right there, just in one year. That does not include those who got away. Two years ago, we had the largest drug bust in the history of our state, one of the largest narco busts in the country at the time, in Pinal County led by our sheriff\u2019s office. Two to 3 billion dollars and this isn\u2019t just marijuana, it\u2019s black tar heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine. That doesn\u2019t stay in Arizona; it goes all across the country and affects all Americans,\u201d said Sheriff Babeu.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n