Arizonans and other Americans suffer enormously from illegal immigration, but what does that suffering amount to for the president of the United States? It makes a great bargaining chip. When you are in serious pain, you might agree to just about anything to make the pain stop.
On Friday, June 18, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) told an audience at a town hall meeting in North Tempe why President Obama won’t enforce America’s immigration laws. The entire video is worth watching, but the Obama information starts at 3:17.
Here's what Senator Kyl said:
I met with the president in the Oval Office, just the two of us . . . and we had a discussion about this. . . . Here's what the president said:That is, of course, if "they" plan on securing the border at any time.
"The problem is," he said, "if we secure the border, then you all won't have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform."
In other words, they're holding it hostage. They don't want to secure the border unless and until it is combined with comprehensive immigration reform.
Now, I explained, "You and I, Mr. President, have an obligation to secure the border. That's an obligation. It also has potentially positive benefits. You don't have to have comprehensive reform to secure the border, but you have to secure the border to get comprehensive reform." I said, "You'd be surprised. Maybe you don't think that there would be any more incentive for comprehensive reform. But I'm not so sure that that's true." In any event, it doesn't matter. We're supposed to secure the border.
But that's why it isn't being done. They frankly don't want to do it. They want to get something in return for doing their duty.
Hat tips: Snaggletoothie of the Loyal Opposition and The Right Scoop.
Cross-posted at Potluck.
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ReplyDeleteWhy is anyone surprised by this???
ReplyDeleteWe should be shocked that this administration uses border security as a political chip?
President BO is a total weasel; a thug who thinks thuggery is both right and the norm.
ReplyDeleteTrestin - It is very disconcerting to me that they make so little effort to conceal it. They feel secure indeed.
ReplyDeleteJoaquin - My observation is that many Americans are so honest and generous that they cannot imagine that their elected representatives, who are paid to represent Americans' interests, would instead be callously using people's well-being, livelihoods, and even survival as the currency in their nefarious exchanges.
Joe - Law and the people who support, follow, and defend law are what stand between between humans and thuggery. I become extremely wary when I hear some of my neighbors proclaim (usually with irritation) that they "don't care" about the Constitution. It seems that they've decided which course they plan to follow.
This is blackmail. (No racial connotation, just an expression.)
ReplyDeleteRick - Americans are not too fond of blackmail.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it is considered the norm in many of the countries from which America's illegal immigrants are fleeing.
America needs her immigrants to learn American values, not wipe them out.