Gwat Bhattacharjie - Immigration
Finally the long awaited Supreme Court decision on the lawsuit from 26 states against President Obama’s executive amnesty of four million illegal aliens (United States vs Texas) came in a 4 – 4 split that upheld Judge Haney’s injunction against implementing it. It will buy us time to see who the next appointee to the Supreme Court will be, putting the onus on a necessary Republican Presidential win in November.
The Two Party Immigration Platforms:
Democratic Party: At their Convention in Philadelphia the Democrats showed their utter disdain for lawful enforcement of existing immigration policy by the inclusion of illegal aliens to give major appeals outlining Democratic policies supporting family unity, against deportation and separation of families. What was not pointed out here is that Birthright citizenship accorded to children born in the U.S.to illegal alien parents is the cause of separating illegal parents from their children because of their illegal status. So we witnessed the the irony of a mother voicing her fear of deportation and “living in the shadows” in the presence of millions of viewers on national TV! So much for living “in the shadows”!
The Democratic Party platform on immigration includes:
1. Comprehensive immigration reform consisting of giving amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants and providing a path to citizenship.
2. Giving taxpayer benefits to the new citizens.
3. An end to enforcement raids and most deportations. Under Obama 180,000 criminals were released back to the community to do more crime, including murder.
4. An expanded refugee admissions program. Already 10,000 Syrian refugees are approved for admission and maybe as many as 63,000 may come. Incidentally, the number of Central American refugees continues surging, including the number of unaccompanied minors.
5. Open borders – there is no talk of enforcing the borders, or giving priority to American workers in the job market and protecting them from unfair cheap competition.
6. There is no talk of national security as more OTM’s (Other Than Mexicans) flood our southern border.
Hillary Clinton has promised to continue, even expand Obama’s immigration policy. There is no mention of our increasing national debt, overcrowding, stress on the environment and local resources and the proven fact that amnesties beget more immigrants flooding the country.
Republican Party:
Donald Trump, time and again, repeated that he is the “law and order” candidate and included Sheriff Joe Arpaio from Arizona (toughest sheriff in America) and the father of Jamiel Shaw who was killed by an illegal gang member, as speakers at the Convention.
The Republican Immigration Platform:
Real Immigration Reform must put the needs of the working people and the welfare of the nation FIRST.
Donald Trump’s three core principles of real immigration reform are:
1. A nation without borders is not a nation, so he talked incessantly about building a wall.
2. A nation without laws is not a nation. Laws passed in accordance with the Constitutional system of government must be enforced.
3. A nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. Any immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans.
In essence, the plan talks about tripling the number of ICE officers; use Verify nationwide; mandatory return of all criminal aliens to their home countries; defund sanctuary cities; detention and deportation of illegal aliens crossing the border (no more catch and release); enhanced penalties for overstaying visas; cooperate with local gang task forces; end birthright citizenship; put American workers first and end welfare abuse; launch job programs for inner city youth.
Comprehensive immigration reform is not about providing amnesty. Trump threatened repeatedly to deport illegal aliens. The immigration platform contains many tenets of immigration enforcement espoused by many conservatives that are already in the nation’s laws, but had increasingly been left unenforced. It’s not xenophobic to want to protect our nation from being overwhelmed by massive influxes of immigrants that we cannot properly assimilate.
The nation’s future is at a crucial crossroads now. We can have a third term of Obama’s policies and the composition of the Supreme Court drastically changed for decades, or we can try to slow or amend the progressive trends that the Federal government increasingly has adopted that govern so much of our lives.
Unfortunately our standard bearer is a businessman inexperienced in government with an inflated ego and a penchant for communicating his opinions without a clear understanding of geo-political reality and a profound unwillingness to take advice, unable to tone down his rhetoric or apologize after repeated insults. Unless he is a fast and willing learner and be humble enough to admit his inadequacies, and concentrate on espousing core Republican philosophy on issues, he will lose this election and the Republican party may be set back for years to come.
Finally the long awaited Supreme Court decision on the lawsuit from 26 states against President Obama’s executive amnesty of four million illegal aliens (United States vs Texas) came in a 4 – 4 split that upheld Judge Haney’s injunction against implementing it. It will buy us time to see who the next appointee to the Supreme Court will be, putting the onus on a necessary Republican Presidential win in November.
The Two Party Immigration Platforms:
Democratic Party: At their Convention in Philadelphia the Democrats showed their utter disdain for lawful enforcement of existing immigration policy by the inclusion of illegal aliens to give major appeals outlining Democratic policies supporting family unity, against deportation and separation of families. What was not pointed out here is that Birthright citizenship accorded to children born in the U.S.to illegal alien parents is the cause of separating illegal parents from their children because of their illegal status. So we witnessed the the irony of a mother voicing her fear of deportation and “living in the shadows” in the presence of millions of viewers on national TV! So much for living “in the shadows”!
The Democratic Party platform on immigration includes:
1. Comprehensive immigration reform consisting of giving amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants and providing a path to citizenship.
2. Giving taxpayer benefits to the new citizens.
3. An end to enforcement raids and most deportations. Under Obama 180,000 criminals were released back to the community to do more crime, including murder.
4. An expanded refugee admissions program. Already 10,000 Syrian refugees are approved for admission and maybe as many as 63,000 may come. Incidentally, the number of Central American refugees continues surging, including the number of unaccompanied minors.
5. Open borders – there is no talk of enforcing the borders, or giving priority to American workers in the job market and protecting them from unfair cheap competition.
6. There is no talk of national security as more OTM’s (Other Than Mexicans) flood our southern border.
Hillary Clinton has promised to continue, even expand Obama’s immigration policy. There is no mention of our increasing national debt, overcrowding, stress on the environment and local resources and the proven fact that amnesties beget more immigrants flooding the country.
Republican Party:
Donald Trump, time and again, repeated that he is the “law and order” candidate and included Sheriff Joe Arpaio from Arizona (toughest sheriff in America) and the father of Jamiel Shaw who was killed by an illegal gang member, as speakers at the Convention.
The Republican Immigration Platform:
Real Immigration Reform must put the needs of the working people and the welfare of the nation FIRST.
Donald Trump’s three core principles of real immigration reform are:
1. A nation without borders is not a nation, so he talked incessantly about building a wall.
2. A nation without laws is not a nation. Laws passed in accordance with the Constitutional system of government must be enforced.
3. A nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. Any immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans.
In essence, the plan talks about tripling the number of ICE officers; use Verify nationwide; mandatory return of all criminal aliens to their home countries; defund sanctuary cities; detention and deportation of illegal aliens crossing the border (no more catch and release); enhanced penalties for overstaying visas; cooperate with local gang task forces; end birthright citizenship; put American workers first and end welfare abuse; launch job programs for inner city youth.
Comprehensive immigration reform is not about providing amnesty. Trump threatened repeatedly to deport illegal aliens. The immigration platform contains many tenets of immigration enforcement espoused by many conservatives that are already in the nation’s laws, but had increasingly been left unenforced. It’s not xenophobic to want to protect our nation from being overwhelmed by massive influxes of immigrants that we cannot properly assimilate.
The nation’s future is at a crucial crossroads now. We can have a third term of Obama’s policies and the composition of the Supreme Court drastically changed for decades, or we can try to slow or amend the progressive trends that the Federal government increasingly has adopted that govern so much of our lives.
Unfortunately our standard bearer is a businessman inexperienced in government with an inflated ego and a penchant for communicating his opinions without a clear understanding of geo-political reality and a profound unwillingness to take advice, unable to tone down his rhetoric or apologize after repeated insults. Unless he is a fast and willing learner and be humble enough to admit his inadequacies, and concentrate on espousing core Republican philosophy on issues, he will lose this election and the Republican party may be set back for years to come.