Miss. governor joins suit on deportations, says Obama’s policy costs his state millions

The Washington TImes ^ | 10/10/12 | Stephen Dinan

[markomalley]

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant wants a judge to halt President Obama’s new nondeportation policy, arguing that failing to send illegal immigrants back home is costing his state tens of millions of dollars a year.

Mr. Bryant, a Republican, on Wednesday joined a lawsuit filed over the summer by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who said they are being forced to violate federal law by releasing illegal immigrants they know are eligible to be deported.

“I believe this action by the Obama administration is unconstitutional and circumvents Congress’s authority,” said Mr. Bryant, adding that illegal immigration hurts his state. “As governor, I cannot turn a blind eye to the problem of illegal immigration and its costs to Mississippi.”

Mr. Obama’s nondeportation policy, announced in June and implemented Aug. 15, applies to illegal immigrants 30 years old and younger who have avoided major criminal records.

Under the new policy, those illegal immigrants will be given papers saying they have been cleared from the threat of deportation — known as “deferred action” — and they will be given work permits. But the administration says they are still considered to be illegal aliens.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Obama is bringing this country DOWN....ANY way he can.

[M-cubed]

Next step is...Under the new policy, those illegal “drug dealers” will be given papers saying they have been cleared from the threat of jail — known as “deferred action” — and they will be given prescription pads. But the administration says they are still considered to be illegal drug dealers.

[jsanders2001]

Obama is bringing this country DOWN....ANY way he can.

He’s not even trying to conceal it anymore. Finally a governor who admits that the illegal aliens are having a huge impact on our financial stability. I’ve been saying this all along; that they were a very significant factor in creating the current economic meltdown that we are now experiencing by bringing a giant influx of population that increases at a significantly faster rate than the other population demographic and that is draining entitlement programs and NOT paying back into the pot in the form of taxes. Add to that a large percentage acquired loans under Freddie and Fannie Mac that were not repaid as well as auto loans that they defaulted on and then drove the collateral across the border where they know it will increase the costs significantly or make it impossible to repossess. I’m not so sure that CHEAP labor was as cheap as we thought it was...: )

[WKB]

Mississippi ping

[duffee]

I appreciate the stand Governor Bryant has taken. I am still very disturbed by the actions of our Lt. Governor Tate Reeves I supported him and he betrayed all those who oppose illegal immigration, I will support whoever runs against him in the future.

[mrsmel]

That's the left for you-the important thing is what you call them (illegal aliens), not what you do about their law-breaking. Why call them illegal anything, since it seems there's nothing they can do for which they can be punished? If anything, they get more rights than a law-abiding legal citizen, the legal citizen just gets the "privilege" of paying their way-college, entitlements, welfare, healthcare, you name it, they get free (to them) and we the law-abiding tax-paying citizens get to pay for it.

Maybe we'd all be better off if we just went into Mexico and came back over claiming to be an illegal Mexican border-jumper.

When the law-abiding tax-paying citizen has been ground into the dust so hard he can't even support himself and family anymore, who's going to pull this wagon?