23 June 2014

It seems we have a flood of children illegally crossing the border we share with Mexico; in fact, it seems the White House is willing to sign an executive order, bypassing Congress and the current laws on the books, to all this and give them some type of legal status. I am sorry but I have a very difficult time accepting the chief law enforcement officer of our country is going to become an emperor and decided he can make up the law as he goes along and ignore laws passed in a constitutional way.

I am all for legal immigration, part of my heritage is written by those who immigrated to this country in the 1600's, but nearness to our borders shouldn't give anyone a pass to the front of the line. There are people from every country in the world who would love to come to America, yet they must go through a time consuming and invasive process to qualify. For some reason, people from south of our borders are allowed to walk right over the border, in violation of existing law, and a blind eye is turned. They are allowed to flout our laws and given every benefit of the social safety net; yet, our veterans die on waiting lists to receive needed medical care.

I want a better immigration policy, but not at the risk of our national sovereignty or security. Before any new laws are passed, rigorously enforce existing law. The government will not enforce existing law, how can I be expected to trust them to enforce any new laws which are enacted?