I am so disgusted with the President and our Congress right now. The latest decree from the White House being “We shall not enforce our immigration laws”. As part of the legislative branch (the ones that make the laws) I would think this would bother you as much as it bothers me and all other Americans. When we have a President who decides which laws will be enforced and which ones won’t, and our law makers have nothing to say about it, we are in trouble. He has already decided not to enforce the DOMA, we have a justice department and other federal agencies providing weapons to drug cartels across the border, voter intimidation that goes unprosecuted. What is next? This is the same government that has shut down Marijuana clinics in at least 2 states where medical marijuana is legal (California and Montana). If the legislative body of our nation will not keep in check the executive branch, then we are in trouble. So far since 2008 we have not had a budget, have not had a comprehensive immigration policy, unemployment is still climbing, our economic growth is miniscule and the rhetoric out of Washington is all about blame and class warfare. Will you be happy when the unemployed take to the streets and start rioting? Did you happen to see the interviews on TV regarding the flash mobs in Montgomery County? Some folks responded by saying, “they’re just hungry and stealing food”. This is the America you have created. If we don’t like a law do we just ignore it? By the way, this is a country with nearly 50 million people collecting food stamps and people are stealing because they’re hungry? Maybe they're not hungry, they just don't like laws against stealing. I guess the government is not handing out enough. What’s it going to take for our representatives to wake up? 2012 can’t get here soon enough.
Sincerely,
Palma Hutchinson
So far, Congressman Connolly is the only one who has responded in an Aug 24th letter:
Dear Mrs. Hutchinson,
Thank you for contacting me about the current state of immigration in our nation. (I was really commenting on the current administration picking and choosing which laws to enforce) I appreciate your interest in this issue, and your views are important to me.
I believe you will agree that the federal government has failed to secure our borders and has done nothing to address our broken immigration system. Northern Virginia bears much of the burden created by illegal immigration. The current economic crisis highlights the need for real solutions. That is why I believe we need to pass a comprehensive immigration package that is tough and practical.
As Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, I was forced to deal with the effects of our broken immigration system. That's why I formed a Strike Team to crack down on over-crowded boarding houses and launched an anti-gang initiative. I'm proud to say that those initiatives have been successful.
In Congress, I have worked to maintain support for local public safety agencies through the 287(g) program. By partnering with the Department of Homeland Security, communities enrolled in 287(g) have had success in removing criminal aliens from our midst and targeting gangs, drugs and human smuggling. One deficiency in the 287(g) program is that it does not provide adequate funding to jurisdictions to pay the costs of incarcerating those arrested for crimes. I successfully fought a proposal from the Obama administration to eliminate such funding, known as the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), which reimburses local jails more than $1.5 million a year for housing illegal aliens.
In addition, I am urging (urging. hmmm. is that like urging to balance a budget) my colleagues to tighten border security, crack down on employers who exploit undocumented workers, and reform the system as a whole. Congress recently approved a border security bill (H.R. 6080) to hire more than 1,000 new Border Patrol agents and prosecutors who will permanently patrol our southern border and 250 new Customs and Border Protection agents for our ports of entry. During the past year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) also has quadrupled its audits of employer records, and it is on pace to deport 400,000 illegal aliens, a nearly 10 percent increase from 2008 and a 25 percent increase from 2007. (based on the President's decision not to deport illegals I imagine this will go down significantly).
As you can see, immigration enforcement is being addressed on multiple levels, though the system is far from fixed. Thank you for expressing your concern on this very important issue. I enjoyed hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Gerald E. Connolly
Member of Congress
Well, I had to reply to his response and here it is. I probably could have said a lot more, but I don't think it really matters since he really wasn't responding to my real query.
Dear Congressman Connolly, September 3, 2011
Thank you for your Aug 24th letter in response to my email regarding the President’s decision to ignore our immigration laws. Although I appreciate your response, you totally missed the point of my original email which was how this administration and this Justice Department have been and are making a mockery of our laws and how Congress has failed the American people by not performing it’s responsibility of keeping the executive branch in check. How many laws has this administration decided it's not going to enforce? From voter intimidation to DOMA and many in between.
Your letter was right about one thing and I quote it here:
“I believe you will agree that the federal government has failed to secure our borders and has done nothing to address our broken immigration system. Northern Virginia bears much of the burden created by illegal immigration. The current economic crisis highlights the need for real solutions. That is why I believe we need to pass a comprehensive immigration package that is tough and practical”
You sir, are part of the federal government. Believing we need to pass a comprehensive immigration package and passing one are two very different things, obviously. But you miss my point entirely. What good is having laws if the President can decide he doesn't want those laws enforced?
I believe that from the Stimulus to Obamacare, you have been a loyal vote for President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid’s extreme agenda, which has gotten us into the worst economy in my lifetime. I hope you are not planning more of the same to try to fix it. You know what they say about doing the same thing and expecting different results?
Sincerely,
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