In my writings on the illegal immigration situation and the GITMO prison situation I noticed a very clear pattern. This is we have a President who is perfectly fine with violating laws he disagrees with and not enforcing laws which are on the books. Has a "bloodless" Coup taken place in America? I am not sure I would go that far but beyond Nixon, I cannot ever remember a time where we had a President so deliberately refuse to enforce laws he was sworn to enforce. Nor, do I remember a President who absolutely refused to do what the Court System told him he must do.
Has he violated his oath? Is he committing crimes which are impeachable? I think so and here is why.
The most amazing thing to come from the Bush Administration in the past few months is its admission it will consciously NOT enforce the laws of the land on immigration. As I reported earlier, the so-called Secretary of Homeland Security admits he WILL NOT enforce immigration law and deport illegal aliens.
I think the Mahablog gets to the core of the issue in the posting titled "Ways and Wills". Here the basic premise is stated simply that there is no will to do this because money is being made off the backs of the illegal aliens. A lot of money. And, when money is involved, patriotism, borders, and law enforcement go right out the window with both parties. Which, interestingly enough, is my argument about why no one has a need or will to stop the Iraq war. A lot of money is being made and even if that means young kids die, the money makers are fine with that.
The Democrats are no better. They support outright amnesty for illegal aliens then they supposedly "promise" they will do something about securing our borders. They want "temporary workers" but that is nothing more than amnesty. The bottom line is very very simple in this particular issue:
- People who are here illegally have broken the law.
- The Government has the OBLIGATION to enforce the laws of the land
- These people should be rounded up and sent back from where they came. They can then get into line, like everyone else, and come here legally.
- The borders must be secured.
- Business owners whose business employees illegal aliens GO TO JAIL .. go directly to Jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
If the Bush administration is UNWILLING to enforce the law which they have a sworn oath to do, he should be impeached and thrown into jail.
Folks, it is as simple as that. Yes, there may be a lull in finding people to cut your lawn for a short period of time but that is a small price to pay to ensure our laws are enforced and our borders are safe.
In my posting on illegal immigration, I showed how the President is perfectly willing to consciously and deliberately NOT ENFORCE current laws in direct violation of his oath of office. What is interesting about this, is that in the case of illegally holding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, he is perfectly willing to VIOLATE laws which currently exist and make up his own.
Reuters reports the following:
"A pair of recent rulings, one from military judges and the other
from a U.S. appeals court, delivered new legal setbacks for Bush's
tactics in dealing with terrorism suspects held at the U.S. naval base
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or in the United States.
"In case after case, this nation's judicial branch has told the
administration that it may not trample on fundamental rights in the
name of national security," said Hina Shamsi of the New York-based
group Human Rights First."
A host of people have called for this to be closed but Bush continues to violate the law and keep it open. Heck, even General Powellcalled for GITMO to be closed.
The conclusion here is clear: We currently have a president who does not enforce laws which are passed and he is obligated to enforce and he VIOLATES laws which he is obligated to follow.
I ask.. who is the criminal??