You Can Stay, But You Must Go

The Dream Act didn't make it through Congress. But that doesn't stop those who want to implement it by any means necessary.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would suspend deportation proceedings against many illegal immigrants who pose no threat to national security or public safety.

The new policy “will not provide categorical relief for any group” and “will not alleviate the need for passage of the Dream Act or for larger reforms to our immigration laws,” Ms. Napolitano said.

People in deportation proceedings stand to benefit most from the new policy. The new enforcement priorities also make it less likely that the government will begin such proceedings in the future against people who have no criminal records and pose no threat to national security.

The action would also bolster President Obama’s reputation with Latino voters as he heads into the 2012 election. Just a week ago the leaders of major Hispanic organizations criticized his record, saying in a report that Mr. Obama and Congress had “overpromised and underdelivered” on immigration and other issues of concern to Latino voters, a major force in some swing states.

This activity is prohibited by the United States Constitution. This is a prime example of the law being applied to one group and not the other. Both groups committed crimes, but because of an arbitrary decision the law is upheld for one group and not for the other group.

You have to pay very close attention to what Napolitano says. She stated that it won't provide "categorical relief" for any group. This is a very dangerous thing to say. If there were no "categorical relief" for any group; why issue any new enforcement priorities.

The article goes on to say, "People in deportation proceedings stand to benefit most from the new policy." If you have overstayed your visa you have committed a crime; you now have a criminal record. Of course this will be played out in the media as a race issue, when in fact, is has nothing to do with race at all. It has to do with the law actually being upheld in a constitutional manner.

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Representative Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas, denounced the new policy.

“The Obama administration has again made clear its plan to grant backdoor amnesty to illegal immigrants,” Mr. Smith said. “The administration should enforce immigration laws, not look for ways to ignore them. Officials should remember the oath of office they took to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the land.”

Lamar Smith is right. Look at what Obama said in his speech to the National Council of La Raza.

"The idea of doing things on my own is very tempting, I promise you, not just on immigration reform. But that's not how our system works. That's not how our democracy functions," Obama told the National Council of La Raza.

I pointed this out last month. We actually have a sitting president who shows a willingness to disregard the United States Constitution; now that willingness has become action.

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