by Ray Newman, radio and television commentator, attorney, educator, author

Saturday, June 29, 2013

THE NEW EMIGRATION LAW

OK, we who are American citizens do not own the country.  Other people from other countries may migrate here, as most of us or our ancestors did.

In a way, we are caretakers of American territory and, as such, we have the right to screen those who wish to come here and refuse entry to those who have contagious diseases, those with criminal records, those who are terrorists, and all those others who pose a threat to our well-being.  And we have a right to limit how many may enter in any particular period (say, two million per year) so as not to overload our hospitals, our schools and our roadways, and make them inadequate.

When the President refuses to enforce our existing immigration law, which contains those provisions, he is endangering our health, our access to education and, possibly, our employment opportunities.  Those are violations of his sworn pledge to uphold the law of the land and potentially criminal acts.
Impeachment proceedings should be started immediately by any group professing to protect our interests.

The granting of amnesty to those who are here illegally is`the wrong message to send to foreigners who wish to migrate here...and the wrong message  to send to our country's youngsters.  The message:  The law doesn't matter!  Further, the mass forgiveness of illegal acts is not within the Constitutional powers of the President or of Congress.

We know that the reason the Democratic party wants to grant amnesty to illegals is because`a high percentage of them will likely vote Democratic.  So the amnesty immigration law being proposed is a`law not intended to benefit us all, but to benefit a handful of Democratic officials.  Another ground for impeachment.

The cost of building a wall along our southern border?  Less than one day's federal deficit spending!  Less than half as much as the $7 billion the President just gave African countries for their electrical power systems.  Hey, we're only 17 trillion in debt!  Who cares about our security system?  What provision of the Constitution authorizes the President to give away money to foreign countries?


I propose we pass a new type of law:  an emigration law.  Short and sweet:  "Any public official who fails to perform his or her duty as spelled out in the Constitution, or who acts unConstitutionally, shall be forthwith kicked out of the country on his or her butt".



 





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