The Dilemma of Illegal Immigration - Constitutional Execution of Valid Federal Laws Versus Reform

George Orwell, British author of the satirical novelsfederal government can build and staff what they
"1984," and "Animal Farm," once quipped in politicalregard as secure top-secret installations for military
commentary, "What, at first, is absolutely strange, ifweapons research, intelligence gathering, or for what
forcibly fed to a population of human beings in smallthey want to consider important in the amorphous
digestible bites, through the clever medium ofname of national security, and thoroughly protect the
government sponsored propaganda, will, over time,sites from illegal entry with all sorts of armaments,
become accepted tradition and commonplace, even ifaircraft, and high-tech gadgetry, while at the same time
sorely corrupted and evil." What this basically means isinsisting that protecting the Southern U.S. against illegal
that a government, any government, may spendentry is almost impossible. Case in point, Area 51,
hundreds-of-thousands of taxpayer dollars to legislatecomprising thousands of acres of desert, mountains,
a law of great benefit for the people of a nation, theand forested land, which is guarded day and night
majority of which may eagerly support its passage,against illegal entry. Take, for instance, an ordinary
and, over time, gradually and duplicitously, for spuriousAmerican citizen who merely wants a job working
reasons, de-emphasize the importance of the law'sinside Area 51, and obtains false identification in order
enforcement, incrementally decreasing the means ofto gain entry. Let's say that that citizen gets a job
enforcing it, until very few concerned citizens actuallyworking at one of the government-run restaurants on
question why such an important law has gonethe installation with his false identification. Two weeks
un-enforced. During the interim time, however, as thelater, Joe Blow is hard at work serving food when
law has regularly gone un-enforced, the very evil thinggovernment agents harshly arrest him for illegal entry
that the law was originally intended to proscribe hasonto U.S. Government property. The poor fellow is
become a tolerated practice to a great percentage ofcharged with a dozen federal crimes, put on trial in a
the population and, moreover, the electorate. This evilfederal court, and subsequently convicted and
will continue to be tolerated by a duped populace untilsentenced to 30 years in a federal prison. Yet, most
its deleterious effect on the nation is much too great toU.S. citizens will read about the person's conviction and
be ignored.strongly agree that the intruder had it coming when he
Almost identical to the above scenario, U.S. immigrationillegally entered a restricted federal area. So, why isn't
laws, under Title 8 of the U.S.C, were originallyprevailing U.S. public opinion against men, women, and
legislated by the U.S. Senate and House offamilies who conspire to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexican
Representatives with overwhelming, if not total,border? Such an act is as much a crime as illegal entry
support from both Democrats and Republicans duringonto Area 51. Perhaps it is as George Orwell said, that
the first four decades of the 20th Century. As withthrough deliberate government inaction, and the
any federal law, the legislative mandate of the U.S.effective dispersal of government sponsored
Code directly addressing illegal immigration, 8 U.S.C. ยงpropaganda, a law vital to a nation can, over time, be
1325, 1326 (which propelled the legislation throughde-emphasized to a point where the average citizen
Congress) was placed into the hands of the Presidentdoes not consider its enforcement as essential.
of the United States, or the Executive Branch of theI sincerely believe that our second President, the late
U.S. Government, to faithfully enforce.great John Adams, who coined the expression, "We
The due proper enforcement of the U.S. Immigrationare a nation of laws and not of men," would be
Code proceeded along pretty well until around 1960,completely devastated by how the American republic
when the passage of U.S. Civil Rights legislation andhas become a nation of men and not of laws. Mr.
the strict enforcement of illegal Hispanic immigrationObama obviously wants to see the U.S. Constitution
collided head-on in the political arena. Subsequently, thepragmatically changed to give the federal government
legislative mandate of the laws, which was to keeptotal control over every matter the Framers
illegal (especially Hispanic) aliens from entering theconsidered state concerns. In essence, Obama wants
nation from across the Southern border, wasrevise the Bill of Rights and to remake the American
unfortunately subjugated, at that time in history, torepublic to resemble the Federal Republic of Germany,
political whims and sympathies emanating from,which has no bill of rights guaranteeing freedom of
primarily, Democratic U.S. senators andspeech, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear
representatives. These legislators cared more aboutarms, and the right to be free of unwarranted
scratching the backs of their wealthy farmerinvasions of privacy. But, most of all, he wants to see
constituents during their seasonal picking timesthe evisceration of the 10th Amendment, which
(ensuring that they had ample illegal alien fruit andcurrently reads, "The powers not delegated to the
vegetable pickers) than making sure that immigrationUnited States (the federal government) by the
laws were faithfully enforced. Consequently,Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
enforcement of immigration law became inanelyreserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
geared much more to political favoritisms and specialIt seems to be sad, but true, that if a standing
interests than to the rule of law. This placed the U.S.President does not like the laws that pervious
Border Patrol in the ambiguous posture of enforcingcongresses legislated, and that previous Presidents
illegal immigration not according to prescribed federalsigned into force, that President will not make an effort
law, but, rather, according to the whims of powerfulto enforce them. This refusal to faithfully execute "all"
men and women in high political offices. I know this tostanding federal laws is, in my opinion, an impeachable
be true because, in 1985, a senior U.S. Border Patroloffense constituting a high crime. Nonetheless, a
agent told me that he was extremely frustrated withPresident who has a majority of a U.S. Congress
the differing orders coming from Washington, D.C.rubber-stamping every thing he does, and wants to do,
telling him and his officers to substantially reduce theis in no fear of impeachment. A candidate for
number of raids made on known employers ofPresident, who is not a natural born citizen of the
hundreds of illegal aliens in San Diego County. At theUnited States, can even be elected and sustained with
time, I was a San Diego County deputy sheriff workingimpunity with a Speaker of the House of
at the Vista San Diego County Jail.Representatives and a Senate Majority Leader
Currently, there are millions of parasitic undocumentedsupporting him. What was true about "Dubya" and his
illegal Hispanic aliens at large throughout the Unitedrubber-stamping Republican Congress is equally true, if
States, especially in California, Arizona, New Mexico,not more so, with Barack Obama and his
and Texas due to the U.S. Executive Branch's refusalrubber-stamping Democratic Congress. The Obama
to properly enforce the current immigration laws thatadministration is saying, in effect, that President John
are an integral part of the U.S. Code. Many of theseAdams, his historical regard for the application of law,
illegal aliens are crooks and felons, who are goingand every other salient precedent illustrating the
about with false identifications, bogus driver's licenses,importance of following law instead of human whim,
and fraudulent Social Security numbers for thecan all go to hell.
express purpose of ripping-off American citizenPerhaps, during the November 2, 2010 mid-term
taxpayers, obtaining food stamps, medical care, andcongressional elections, indignant American citizens, the
other public services at taxpayer expense. Of themajority of the voting electorate seeking the rule of
15-to-20 million illegal aliens presently here, more thanlaw, will go to the polls to cast out of the U.S. Senate
20 percent of them are violent felons, burglars, robbers,and the House those representatives who voted for a
thieves, and gang members. Over 20,000 of them arelegislation to deprive the American public of their
presently serving federal and state prison sentencesfreedom of choice, which will force them, by federal
for felonies they have committed. But all of thesemandate, to, either, buy into federally controlled health
undocumented aliens have one felonious thing incare, or be penalized for not doing so. The Obama
common. They are all guilty of violating federal law byadministration is systematically working with the
illegal entry into the United States.Democratic controlled Congress against the interests
Recently, Barack Obama had the unmitigated gall toof American citizen taxpayers by seeking a federally
call, misguided, Governor Jan Brewer's signing into lawcontrolled, essentially totalitarian, regime that will only
a new Arizona legislation giving state and local lawincrease national debt, tax burdens on individuals and
enforcement officers the authority to detain, andfamilies, control over a citizen's daily life, and do away
arrest, suspected illegal aliens. How dare Obama saywith the type of federalism established in the U.S.
such a thing! When he (and the eight Presidents beforeConstitution. I sincerely pray to Nature's God that a
him) have blatantly refused to honor their oaths ofgreat majority of American citizens, registered voters
office, to faithfully execute the (immigration) laws ofseeking the rule of constitutional law, regardless of
the United States, it is utterly reprehensible for him topolitical party affiliation, will converge on the voting
criticize a responsible state governor for honoring theplaces this coming November to elect new U.S.
legislative mandate of a vital federal law when its lackRepresentatives and Senators who will abide by the
of federal enforcement has critically upbraided theU.S. Constitution instead of the whims of an aberrant,
peace and security of her state.power-hungry President.
Quite ironic it is that the Executive Branch of the