expended on those who do not pose a threat to public safety.â 25
This wholesale abdication of a presidentâs constitutional duties is as shocking as it is foolish. Itâs political pandering of the worst kind. Worse, Obama has said these aliens who were slated for deportation can obtain work permits ! 26 So in Obama we have a president who is not only not enforcing our laws, he is helping illegal immigrants to break them further! Obama wants to reward illegal immigrants by giving them the chance to take yet another American job. âThe lesson for illegal aliens,â says James R. Edwards Jr., coauthor of The Congressional Politics of Immigration Reform , is that if they get âcaught, they can escape immigration trouble, win legal status and seek a work permit.â 27
How can we ask our brave U.S. border agents to risk their lives when the commander in chief is just going to shrug his shoulders and let 300,000 illegals make a mockery of our laws? Itâs a total disgrace. Obama should be ashamed to play politics on an issue of such national importance. But heâs not. He thinks itâs cute and makes jokes about it, and he thinks it will win him votes on the insulting assumption that Latino Americans donât care about Americaâs laws. The evidence is clear that President Obama certainly doesnât care about Americaâs immigration laws. After all, two of his relativesâhis uncle Omar Onyango Obama (arrested for drunk driving in Massachusetts) and his aunt Zeituni Onyangoâare illegal aliens who have magically avoided deportation, with his aunt having finally been awarded asylum. Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa has called
for congressional hearings into whether the White House intervened on behalf of President Obamaâs relatives. But of course the bigger scandal is that it is Obama administration policy to give special treatment to all illegal aliensâto treat them as if they are legal.
You just canât make this stuff up. Can you imagine the national firestorm the liberal media would have stoked had President George W. Bush had not one but two illegal immigrant family members who had received special treatment and been permitted to stay in America? 28 Or what if President Bush had failed to enforce environmental laws and gave orders to federal agencies to help businesses break such laws? Democrats would have called for Bushâs impeachment. But not this president. The liberal media protect Obama every way they can.
The third thing we need to do is overturn Obamaâs insane new ICE recommendations for illegal immigrant detention facilities. In an effort to coddle illegal aliens, officials at nine detention facilities have now been instructed to make the following changes:
⢠Soften the look for the facility with hanging plants, flower baskets, new paint colors . . . wall graphics and framed pictures on the walls, and enhance the aesthetics of the living areas....
⢠Expand programming for detainees to include movie nights, bingo, arts and crafts, dance, walk and exercise classes, health and welfare classes, basic cooking classes, tutoring and self-paced computer training on portable computer stations....
⢠Provide celebrations of special occasions and [allow] a detainee to receive outside, packaged food for celebrations....
⢠Provide fresh carrot sticks and celery or other vegetables in a bar format....
⢠Provide self-serve beverage bars....
⢠Offer water and tea in the housing area at all times.
⢠Provide a unit manager so detainees have someone available to talk to and to solve problems in the facility other than the immediate guard....
⢠Survey community-based immigration advocacy groups and immigration attorneys for suggestions that may improve communication and ease of access....
⢠Increase availability of legal supplies and postage ... for legal correspondence.
⢠Add research
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