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by Russell Turner
Selective Enforcement Sucks
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of laws that our state legislatures and congress pass every year. Laws are supposed to create an environment that will ensure equality and liberty for everyone. Laws should only be passed if they are needed. When legislation and laws are passed they should be enforced; if there was no intention to actually enforce them, why pass them in the first place?
One of the purposes of our federal government is to protect our country from harm; foreign or domestic. The dilemma that the people of Arizona are facing concerning the invasion of illegal aliens into their state should attract everyone’s attention. At some time in the past the federal government saw a need to take action to control our borders, what our lawmakers seem to have forgotten is for any law to achieve the effect it was intended for it first must be enforced. For all of the people giving the state of Arizona grief for trying to protect itself from an all out invasion, maybe they should demand Washington DC do its job first.
From what I have heard about SB 1070 it mirrors federal law. Earlier this week federal judge Susan Bolton blocked several key parts of the Arizona law. One comment was made by the feds that if the federal government decided not to enforce the federal law, it would be illegal for the state to take any action to stem the tide of illegal immigration. I do realize that gridlock does exist and it slows the legislative process; at times it is a good thing, but this is not one of them. The way our government is handling our problem on our southern border is equivalent to calling the police when someone is breaking into your home and being told it might be next week before the officers could be there.
Elections come and go, the vast majority of Americans want a common sense solution to the problem but it doesn’t seem to be the fed’s major priority. It is so strange that our federal government wants to ignore its duty to protect our borders, but it is ready to sue the state of Arizona and prevent them from doing what the feds should already be doing. I have a suggestion for all branches of government; if laws are not going to be for all the citizens of this country, don’t pass them in the first place. This selective enforcement of laws sucks!
The Conservative View: Selective Enforcement Sucks
This week's Conservative View, by Adair County Commissioner Russell Turner (R-Stilwell).
Honestly, some of these people need to drink a nice tall glass of WAAAAAH! If these Chicken Little Immigration-is-the-devil crisis addicts wanted to make a real impact, they'd be directing their energies at the federal level, where border protection actually belongs. We've seen what a failure HB1804 was in Oklahoma. It was a big success for about three months because illegal aliens got scared and ran, not home, but to other states. When the panic subsided, they all came right back. Law enforcement is already overworked and underfunded, and we want to put an even greater responsibility on them?
ReplyDeleteActually 1804 was successful in illegals leaving. I don't know that their numbers have returned but just a superficial impression tells me that they are down. More than likely the high unemployment rate is a facto also.
ReplyDeleteRegarding forcing the feds to protect the border - why does anonymous think AZ passed 1070? The feds aren't enforcing the border. AZ had no choice but to implement their measures. It is quite clear that Obama wants illegals here so he can legalize them and make more Democrat voters.
"A nice tall drink of Waaah" - That's clever. Boy I really laughed when I read that.
Here is some WAAAAAAAH for you.
ReplyDeleteLook for better enforcement of HB1804 with Drew Edmondson gone and Scott Pruitt in the AG office.
Just imagine how much money we will have for the needed programs in Oklahoma if it were not spent on the illegal aliens. $300M a year I think.
Bobbie McAuliffe
Poteau
Here's an even better idea -- don't have any programs whatsoever that abridge our life, liberty and property. Get rid of welfare, social security, health care, tourism, and all other illegitimate government enterprises, and we'll be lighting our cigars with 100 dollar bills.
ReplyDeleteBesides, Pruitt's in good with Cornett and those twerps. He's not going to do anything to hurt Aubrey McLendon or Ackerman-McQueen.