How Can Congress Let This Continue Even One More Day?

Here’s the challenge for members of the media and the political class: will they exhibit as much outrage over the endless rapes and murders of Americans at the hands of illegal aliens as they have over a dead lion in Zimbabwe?

It’s all about priorities.

The results of Obama’s comprehensive suspension of immigration enforcement are now becoming apparent, and it’s clear the Kate Steinle murder was just the tip of the iceberg.

1. This case is a quintessential example of how Obama’s sanctuary nation policies are even more dangerous than sanctuary cities. He is prohibiting federal authorities from detaining illegal immigrants even in localities where law enforcement is willing to cooperate. It also shows that there are plenty of illegals that have not been caught committing crimes yet but have violent proclivities and could act upon them at any moment if they are not deported.

Yet, Republicans have remained completely silent about Obama’s November 20, 2014 amnesty ever since they voted to fund it in February. More appallingly, just one month ago, Ohio’s governor, John Kasich, declared that deportations are “inhumane” and has been tepid in his response to this travesty in his state.

Remember, the courts only halted the issuance of Social Security cards and work permits to the DAPA recipients but cannot block Obama’s refusal to deport illegal aliens. Moreover, the DACA program has not been enjoined and Obama has already issued 664,607 Social Security cards. Less than 1% of recipients have been interviewed in person and a number of security risks and criminals have already been granted the gateway to our welfare and tax benefit programs.

And with regards to the Ohio case, there is an even more disturbing revelation. Razo would have been eligible for another amnesty Obama implemented in 2013 and expanded this past month.

Not only does federal law require that all illegal aliens be deported (8 U.S.C. § 1225), those who are caught living here illegally for more than a year are barred from reinterring the country legally for 10 years [8 USC § 1182(a)(9)(B)(iii)]. Section V of that same title provides a waiver to circumvent the 10-year bar if the illegal has a spouse or parent who is a citizen or legal resident AND “if it is established to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the refusal of admission to such immigrant alien would result in extreme hardship to the citizen or lawfully resident spouse or parent of such alien.”

Obviously, the fact that not every case of splitting up a family is automatically deemed an “extreme hardship,” rather it requires a separate and additional burden of proof, shows that this waiver was supposed to be used sparingly. Also, it was not meant to allow anyone to remain here illegally, just that once these illegal immigrants return home first they can apply for a waiver against the bar to reentry. On March 4, 2013, Obama granted carte blanche amnesty to illegal aliens with parents or spouses who are citizens, plus he added a category of children who are citizens (in direct violation of the law). He made a mockery out of the extreme hardship requirement and allowed them all to de facto stay here legally and wait for a green card. Earlier this month, he expanded this to all relatives of legal residents, opening up an entirely new path to green cards that didn’t otherwise exist (citizens can already bring in relatives, but legal residents don’t have that ability).

Now it has been revealed that the father of the Ohio shooter is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Consequently, under Obama’s new abuse of power, he would be eligible for amnesty.

2. Last week in Montana, Jesus Yeizon Deniz Mendoza, an immigrant from Mexico, gunned down a Montana couple in front of their daughter in cold blood. Jason and Tana Shane stopped on the road to help what appeared to be a stranded pedestrian, but it was really an illegal immigrant who had already been convicted of burglary. When the Shane’s had no money to offer him, Deniz shot them as their daughter ran away injured as well. According to the Washington Times, Deniz was not deported because he was somehow legalized by the Obama administration in 2013. Even if he was legitimately granted legal status, the fact that he was arrested for burglary thereafter should have made him deportable pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2), which requires the deportation of green card holders who commit crimes punishable up to a year in prison.

3. Last Sunday, Jose Orlando Garcia, an illegal alien from Mexico, broke into a Charlotte, North Carolina home, abducted a 6-year-old girl and attempted to rape her. There is a total media blackout about his immigration status and criminal history but he is now being held on detention by ICE – after the damage has already done.

4. On Saturday, a 16-year old “Dreamer” set a police car ablaze in Pearland, Texas, the same city where Joshua Wilkerson was tortured to death by another Dreamer in 2010. He was reportedly tired of ICE deporting Mexicans back to Mexico and “tired of his people getting shot by police and nothing happening, so he came to shoot them.”

When was the last time in our history there was a president who suspended immigration enforcement and our nation was forced to suffer from such avoidable, yet tragic consequences? Why do elected Republicans tolerate this for even one more day? How can they pass a budget bill in September funding the Department of Homeland Security until Obama commits to ending this amnesty?

There are many ills that plague this country and there is a limit to what can be done about them in the real world. But why should we tolerate the violent criminals of another country for even one day? This is so avoidable.

Yet, there is no serious effort in Congress to put an end to this insanity. Together with the funding for Planned Parenthood, there will be a lot of blood on the hands of those who have abdicated the congressional power over the purse. And it starts with Boehner and McConnell. (Re-posted with permission from the author, “How Can Congress Let This Continue Even One More Day?”, originally appeared HERE)

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