A major story today. Our President is literally out there altering the landscape of this country, bypassing the legislative process, and making executive orders that affect you and me and this great nation.
Today, our President and Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a "temporary stop-gap measure...and degree of relief" to over 800,000 illegals. The Department of Homeland Security is no longer allowed to deport young illegals. Instead, these people will be granted work authorizations, which can be renewed indefinitely. Call it what you will, but this is our President giving a free pass to illegals in exchange for their vote.
The President says it's the "right thing to do." Says who? That's not what I learned in school about how the legislative process works. If it's the right thing to do, the legislature will debate the issue, vote and THEN the President can sign his name in approval.
No one likes political gridlock. It's frustrating when agreement cannot be achieved. But at the same time, political gridlock is a product of a divided country. And our President, rather than help our legislature unite under compromise, refuses to accept the gridlock and believes it gives him some sort of "right" to act alone. It is his excuse to step in and help a group of illegals. I wish he would step in and help our struggling economy and sky-rocketing debt. I wish he would step in to help ME and the regular, every day citizens of this country who sit in fear at the current state of this great nation.
See the video of President's Speech here and make your own call: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/15/obama-administration-to-offer-immunity-to-younger-immigrants/ - SIDENOTE: I am disgusted at the way Obama belittles and talks to the reporter that is trying to ask him a question (see video). Yes, the reporter interrupts him, but there is a better way to handle it. I wish he would show some class, but every time I see this rudeness it's more evidence to me that behind his charm and smile, Obama's probably not a very nice guy. This is NOT how a leader operates.
The majority of the people eligible for what you are calling amnesty have lived almost their entire lives here, graduated from high school, and served in the military risking their lives to protect this country (something many Americans are unwilling to do). Most were likely unaware of their immigration status until they were at least in their teens, at which time they felt they were Americans as much as you or I. It seems punitive to pursue punishing children for the acts of their parents on principle.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore our resources to police immigration are limited. In this security climate shouldn't we be glad that our government is prioritizing investing our tax dollars and personnel into protect against people who put a drain on our welfare system or present threats to our security, not deporting veterans of our military and hard-working high school graduates?