Op-ed:
The Case For Militarizing I.C.E.
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio
"We're not abandoning ICE and
we're not abandoning our law enforcement."
- President Trump speaking at a 'Salute
to Service' dinner in West Virginia 7/3/18
I cannot say it enough...President
Trump has turned out to be a great president as has his America First
agenda with its focus being to help Make America Great Again (#MAGA).
From the tax cuts, to the economy and jobs numbers, to removing us
from Obama-era deals that should never have been, to making American
exceptionalism something to again strive for...the list of 'wins'
grows almost by the day.
However, and it pains me to say this,
America is not winning on one key issue and it's through no fault of
President Trump, for try as he may the fact is that our southern
border is still very much penetrable as witnessed by those breaching
it everyday. And no matter how hard I.C.E. tries to do its job, no
matter the amount of leeway Trump gives them, no matter the limited National Guard presence currently at the border, illegals are still
crossing into our country with but a slap on the wrist...if even
that. And once they get to stay here after what amounts to being
“processed” with mandated court dates in hand...dates very few will keep...these folks are given vouchers for “free
stuff” with Democrats lurking in the wings ready to sign them
up for illegally “manufactured” voter I.D. cards by which
they can cast their illegal vote multiple times.
And with all this
“free stuff” now in their possession, the illegals then
“infiltrate”
our country by seeking refuge in the hundreds of sanctuary cities
across our great land or they just hightail it to a sanctuary
state...some hoping to blend-in, others not caring if they do or
not...yet all secure in the knowledge that even if they're
caught by I.C.E agents nothing of lasting consequence will be done to
them as sanctuary city mayors and sanctuary state governors refuse to
cooperate with or honor I.C.E. warrants and such.
And the majority of Democrats and their party leaders relish in this for reality sees President Trump still not having his campaign promised
wall...a wall that should have been built by now. And while said wall
would be a deterrent in slowing down the invasion at our southern
border, a wall will never be a permanent solution to the problem
for walls at best are but window dressing...window dressing that can
be gotten around, over, or under if the determination to breach it
is there.
And while this wall once
built would be an all-important symbol of President Trump's
promised and delivered return to American nationalism, the fact remains that it's not the promise of
freedom that brings the majority of these folks here, but simply the lure of
"free stuff," for most illegals don't care about American nationalism, assimilation or being part of the fabric of our American society.
But as long as the wall remains in
limbo the Democrats are happy as they get to add more
illegal names to their voter rolls.
Getting these folks to "safety" directly
translates into more Democrat votes, for few will bite the hand
that gives them all their new found “free stuff”... and to Democrats it has always been and will continue to be about nothing
but votes.
But what of the wall itself...why
really is it still not built? It is not for lack of trying on
President Trump's part, but is for both the lack of funding and the
liberals ad-nauseum mantra of
“open borders for all" no
matter that illegal aliens...criminals all just in how they came here knowingly
breaking our immigration laws...continue to mock those laws. And while those laws have been designed to gladly welcome legals into our country
while striving to keep the illegals out, the sad fact is that those laws are not
being fully enforced.
And one of those laws not being
fully enforced involves the current E-Verify system...just
ask Mollie Tibbetts' family about how well that one is not working.
Put in place in 1996 to help stop employers who throw out the bait of
jobs to those ripe for the picking (no pun intended) and who
sometimes add in even more
“free stuff” to
sweeten the deal...E-Verify to this day beckons even
more illegals to enter our country by
what
some see as being
“incentivizing employment-document fraud and
identity theft.”
Again, ask Mollie Tibbetts' family
about that very aspect.
And to make what was an already bad
situation even worse, today most of those who employ illegals...what
amounts to cheap labor...have little ability or
incentive to check the validity of someones employment documents.
And this in turn leaves any employer who dares to challenge a
document's validity or who might outright refuse to hire an
illegal, to face the prospect of both a lengthy and an
expensive discrimination lawsuit, the what could be big money in the
bank cases liberal lawyers fight each other to secure...ambulance chasers to the nth degree.
And yet even now the demand
for illegal workers remains strong, especially in sanctuary states
where cheap labor easily pads company bottom line profits. And these
shady employers know their illegal employees are also padding the
Democrat's voting rolls, translating into these greedy sorts
basically saying
“America be damned.”
So what's the solution for this
current illegal alien crisis...a crisis amounting to an
invasion coming from Central America replete with the murderous thugs known as MS-13? The solution is as it has always
been...shut down our southern border in full until the wall is
built with “expedited” deportations becoming the rule for
any and all illegals caught (even if it means deporting entire
families), and untying I.C.E.'s hands so they
can do what they were always supposed to do...secure our borders and
keep American citizens safe. And try as I.C.E. may to keep American
citizens safe, sadly more and more Americans are dying at the hands
of illegals with the list of 'Angel Families' growing by the day. But
this too is not the fault of I.C.E. for they're being prevented from
doing their jobs by Democrat mayors and governors who
favor the 'so-called' rights of criminals over the rights of
law-abiding American citizens.
And when you add in the sad fact that the
liberal left has turned I.C.E. agents into their version of
immigrant-hating monsters...monsters that must be stopped by bullets
if need be...how can we citizens be kept safe when liberal activist judges always seem to side with those who relish in making a mockery of our immigration
laws?
And the answer to that is let specially trained I.C.E. agents not only work alongside
our military when they're at the border, but actually have those agents become an integral part of any future military
contingent tapped to do so.
"Every agency has to have an
enforcement branch. Immigration is no exception. If Congress
eliminated ICE, it would have to create some other immigration
enforcement entity.” So said Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor at
Cornell University Law School.
I.C.E...the
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency...falls
under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security. Created in
2003, I.C.E. was but one part of President G.W. Bush's post-9/11 reorganization that included dismantling Immigration and Naturalization Services; name changing the
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement; and also name changing the Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
And Bush charged I.C.E. with enforcing federal laws governing border
control, customs, trade, and immigration...meaning I.C.E.'s main job
was and still is to promote security and public safety by enforcing
current immigration laws within our U.S. borders.
But with I.C.E. now the target of the
lefts unabashed crusade to abolish it coupled with the
fact that our current immigration laws are not being
fully enforced, the left continues to demand
"open borders." And if "open borders" is what the left demands then common
sense dictates that I.C.E. needs to be made stronger...much
stronger...but that can only be done through some limited degree of militarization.
How so...by taking a specifically
dedicated sub-sect of I.C.E.'s enforcement branch...the branch that
deals with the actual rounding up of illegals for immediate
deportation...and having specially selected agents answer directly to
the military, thus allowing them to bypass the bureaucracy of I.C.E.
higher-ups in order to initiate
deportations in a more timely manner. And with President Trump saying on
February 7, 2017, when speaking at a meeting with manufacturing and
industry CEOs, that his administration’s deportation agenda is
“a
military operation,” logic
dictates that a “military operation” should
be conducted via those trained by and answering to the military.
And with Trump adding to those words
that the U.S. is “getting really bad dudes out of this country.
And at a rate nobody’s ever seen before...it’s a military
operation because what has been allowed to come into our country,
when you see gang violence that you’ve read about like never before
and all of the things—much of that is people who are here
illegally,” the stage for at least partial militarization was set for something that while not yet reality
is something that really should be.
Should be...for the fact is that
specially trained border patrol agents...agents trained in military
operational tactics...are desperately needed when dealing with the
more violent illegal alien criminals and outright terrorist sorts now
crossing into our country...enemy
insurgents both. And with a war being fought at our southern
border...a war against criminal aliens, terrorists, drug smugglers,
and gang sorts...what better persons to deal with a war than military
trained operatives. But logic again dictates that if those
operatives are military trained they should answer to the military for who better than the military to decide when outright force
is needed...it sure isn't politicians sitting in D.C. nor is it
I.C.E. bureaucratic sorts who have to work their way up the pencil-pusher chain of command to get anything done,
especially when it involves the use of force.
“We cannot allow all of these
people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must
immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from
where they came. Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy
and Law and Order. Most children come without parents...” -
President Trump's tweet on 6/24/18
And how could this limited degree of militarization be accomplished? To begin with, the crime of
“invading” our
country must be deemed a felony starting with the first offense not being a
misdemeanor as it is now. Also, an actual declaration of war
against these
“invaders” should be issued allowing military trained I.C.E. agents to get directly involved. And while the courts have consistently
upheld that anyone on U.S. soil is protected by the Constitution’s
right to
“due process,” even if they entered our country
illegally, nowhere in the
Constitution does it say that we must accept into our country those deemed
“criminal invaders.” And knowingly and willingly breaking
our laws to get here...to
“invade”...automatically makes
one a criminal, therefore they need not only be denied entry but
their criminal status itself allows our government the right to send
them back from whence they came without
“due process."
And while liberals will say that even
criminals are entitled to
“due process” for the crimes
they are being accused of committing, the criminals and crimes
liberals are referring to is the illegal who willingly committed the
crime of illegal entry. Word semantics maybe, but word semantics at
times does speak the truth, as does the fact that a 1996 statute
allows immigration authorities...as in I.C.E...to deport certain
persons without a hearing, a lawyer, or a right of appeal under
certain conditions. Called
“expedited removal,” this
process directly applies to illegal aliens...
“undocumented
migrants” as per the statute...illegals
found within 100 miles of the border and within 14 days of entering
our country. The statute also imposes no geographic limit and allows
for
“expedited removals” up to two years after an
illegal entered our country.
So with illegals actually being exempt
from the right to “due process,” and if war at our
southern border is formally declared...as it should be...the fact
remains that while active-duty military cannot be used for
domestic or civil law enforcement as per the Posse Comitatus Act of
1878, National Guard troops...a reserve military component...can respond to both. And with border
patrol agents stretched thin due to the sheer number of illegals trying to gain entry into our country, it makes perfect sense to militarize I.C.E. to some degree, thus melding the two components into one
powerful anti-illegal alien fighting force.
And all it takes, at least in the short
term, is an executive order issued pertaining to national security
for President Trump's main job is to protect the lives and the
welfare of 'We the People,' and the unsecured southern border courtesy
of the stonewalling tactics of the Democrats is denying him the
ability to do his job.
And that is a message we can send to
help President Trump this November, for this midterm election is
indeed all about illegal immigration and both its economic and
legal ramifications. And when you couple that with the fact that we
on the right are sick and tired of Democrat party leaders seeing
Donald Trump as but an enemy combatant who they, at all costs, must
remain at war with, we can relish in the fact that while they do so
they remain ignorant to the reality that they've already lost their
self-perceived war for Donald J. Trump is still president and Hillary Clinton is
not.
Copyright @ 2018 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.
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