My real job has been keeping me busy lately, thus I haven’t been able to post much. However, a story appeared from out of nowhere about 30 minutes ago and I feel compelled to make note of it.
In a rare, recent posting, I called into question the Obama Administration’s sincerity regarding its position on the Supremacy Clause and its decision to take Arizona to court over the tough immigration law the Grand Canyon State passed and signed into law. Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ), in its decision to sue Arizona using the Supremacy argument, seemed to be looking the other way when it came to other issues, such as sanctuary cities and medical marijuana on California.
With regards to sanctuary cities, I asked:
Much has been made of Arizona’s immigration law. From San Francisco all the way to the White House, liberals have panned the state, its governor, its legislators, and its citizens for coming to grips with what the federal government refuses to recognize: the border between the United States and Mexico isn’t really a border at all and something must be done to curtail the drug runners, gang-bangers and human smugglers. As it stands today, there’s virtually no difference between going from South Dakota to North Dakota and going from Mexico to Arizona, California or Texas.
But this isn’t about debating whether or not Arizona took the appropriate steps to deal with illegal immigration or whether the federal government has abdicated its responsibility in controlling the border and properly dealing with illegal immigrants already here. The courts, public opinion and politics will take care of that debate (as for public opinion, “nearly six in 10” support Arizona’s immigration law).
CNN is reporting this morning that 73% of Americans want to see illegal immigration decreased.
“Seventy-Three Percent Of Those Questioned In A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Survey Released Thursday Morning Called For A Drop In The Number Of Illegal Immigrants.” (“CNN Poll: 3 Out Of 4 Want Illegal Immigration Decreased,” CNN’s PoliticalTicker, 10/22/09)
The Obama Administration has stripped Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County Arizona, of “his special power to enforce federal immigration law.” (“Feds Strip Ariz. Sheriff Of Immigration Powers,” The Associated Press, 10/6/09)
So Obama doesn’t want the federal government to enforce our borders and catch illegal immigrants, and now he doesn’t want Sheriff Arpaio to either.
Over at The Christian Science Monitor, Daniel Wood has an article about a “new initiative by federal authorities to temporarily house illegal immigrants in converted hotels and nursing homes is the latest effort by the Obama administration to overhaul how the US treats people being detained for entering the country illegally.” (Daniel B. Wood, “Some Illegal Immigrants To Be Held In Old Hotels, Nursing Homes,” The Christian Science Monitor, 10/6/09)
“Democrats On The Senate Finance Committee Defeated A Republican Amendment To A Healthcare Bill That Would Require Legal Immigrants To Wait Five Years Before Accessing Federal Health Benefits.” (Jeffrey Young, “Senators Reject Five-Year Wait For Immigrant Healthcare,” The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room, 10/1/09)
Lost in the hub-bub of the abortion battle we reported on today, was the fact that Senate Democrats killed a proposal to require immigrants to “prove their identity with photo identification when signing up for health insurance or tax credits under healthcare reform.” (Jeffrey Young, “Senators Turn Back ID Requirement For Immigrant Healthcare,” The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room, 9/30/09)
Huh, who could have imagined that some Democrats would want to include illegal immigrants in ObamaCare?
Liberal House Democrats Pushing ObamaCare For Illegal Immigrants. “. . . a group of House Democrats is pushing back and arguing that any health care bill should extend to all legal immigrants and allow illegal immigrants some access.” (Stephen Dinan, “Liberals Seek Health-Care Access For Illegals,” The Washington Times, 9/28/09)
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