Immigration Law Enforcement Put On ICE By Obama

Investor's Business Daily ^ | February 7, 2013 | IBD EDITORIALS

[raptor22]

Rule Of Law: A federal judge rules that border agents can proceed with a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of DHS directives ordering the agents to break the law — or have their careers threatened.

When those charged with enforcing existing federal law on immigration have to sue their bosses to be allowed to do their jobs, it doesn't say much for the prospects of immigration reform being hammered out in Congress, allegedly a legislative priority of a president who picks when, how and if he'll enforce the law.

On Friday, Federal Judge Reed O'Conner ruled that 10 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and officers do have standing to challenge in federal court the so-called Morton Memo on prosecutorial discretion and the Dream directive on deferred action.

The ICE agents filed their lawsuit in October following a memo issued in June by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano offering deferred action and employment authorization to illegal aliens under age 31 who meet certain criteria similar to those outlined in the Dream Act, which had failed to pass Congress on three occasions.

With a stroke of the pen, and contrary to the laws passed by and the intent of Congress, Napolitano granted de facto amnesty to 800,000 people.

[rarestia]

I wonder if this generation’s ABSCAM is going to involved the DoJ. Seems destined to become the most corrupt DoJ in the history of this country.

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[apoliticalone]

Good! If we don’t start holding government officials accountable for something, we’ll never get the genie of honest government back in the bottle.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks raptor22.

...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said. [Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST]

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[lentulusgracchus]

Why didn't he just say, "Time for the GOP to dump social issues completely and become a party of fussy CPA's"?

I mean, who cares about lesbian rapists overrunning the Seven Sisters or drug dealers on high-school campuses (oh, hell, go for it -- elementary school! Hook 'em while they're totally defenseless!)? Who cares about Satanic cults or animal-killing rings? With kids getting into druidism and Candomble? "What-ever! What-everrr! I'll do what I want!" < /off Eric Cartman>

Go for it, Rand -- see if you can make budget austerity sand public thrift work for us as a political rallying banner in a carnival atmosphere of hedonism and solipsism.

[beachn4fun]

a memo issued in June by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano offering deferred action and employment authorization to illegal aliens under age 31 who meet certain criteria similar to those outlined in the Dream Act, which had failed to pass Congress on three occasions.

Makes you wonder what other dark room deals are made by their elected officials that the American citizen doesn't know about. So much for serving THE PEOPLE. They're worried more about the feelings of illegals than the legal American citizen. Sad state of affairs.