Obama Fails on Immigration

Despite agonizing requests from AZ Governor Jan Brewer and TX Governor Rick Perry to the White House, requesting National Guard deployments to help both states fight illegal immigration, it clearly appears President Obama is turning a deaf ear to his state counterparts.  Monday, the governors met with federal agents sent by the White House, citing that President Obama plans to deploy 1200 additional National Guard soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border.

 

However, the governors expressed frustration saying the deployment "simply wasn't enough." 

 

Gov. Brewer requested a minimum of 3,000 troops, while Gov. Perry previously requested 1,000 as far back as January '09.  Instead, Obama answers with deployment of 524 troops to Arizona, 250 to Texas, 224 to California, and 72 to New Mexico.  Another 130 would man a national liaison office.  Brewer also requested more aerial support, including unmanned drones to watch the border.  To date, those requests remain unaddressed by the White House.

 

The meetings Monday follow months of heated debate sparked by the passage of a new Arizona law in April, which generally requires police investigating crimes or other incidences to ask people about their immigration status if there is reasonable suspicion, a law that two-thirds of Americans support according to a recent poll.

 

Numerous states also have similar immigration laws making their way through state legislatures, or are considering similar laws to help curb illegal immigration and drug smuggling.

 

However, what is most amazing is the fact that Mexican president Calderon has come against the AZ law, and even received a standing ovation and applause by members of the U.S. Congress in a recent state visit to our country.  Yet, Mexico's immigration policy is less tolerable than the U.S. law.  

 

Calderon should be embarrassed by the fact his economy and lack of job opportunities are the primary reasons his citizens are fleeing their country!  Why doesn't he work with the U.S. to create better conditions and opportunities for his people so they wouldn't have a reason to flee the country? 

 

You don't see many illegal Canadians crossing the borders up north in pursuit of a "better life."  After all, Canada and the U.S. have very similar opportunities, and if anything, Americans may be moving up north for job opportunities if the government keeps killing the economy and raising taxes.  Maybe we should re-route the Mexicans to Canada since the U.S. is running out of opportunities.

 

In a recent story on one of the major news networks, many Mexicans are going back to their country because they "no longer see America as a land of opportunity."  While that is a sad statement, it may end up being the foundation of Obama's immigration reform bill.  Kill the American economy and no one will WANT to come here for opportunity.

 

And I wonder what other countries will do when there is a mass exodus of Americans fleeing our country, pursuing other lands of opportunity?

 

Hopefully, we will never allow it to get that bad.  America is STILL the greatest nation and land of opportunity out there, but it won't be for long if we don't act fast to stop illegal immigration.

 

And the debate will continue...

 

Second Amendment Upheld by Supreme Court

For once, the government has actually ruled in favor of the original U.S. Constitution with its second major ruling on gun rights in three years.  On Monday, the Supreme Court extended the federally protected right to keep and bear arms to all 50 states, which puts an end (at least for now) to ongoing state and local governments trying to impose laws preventing citizens from owning guns. The decision will be hailed by gun rights advocates and comes over the opposition of gun control groups, the city of Chicago (which recently enacted a city-wide handgun ban), and four of the justices, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the five justice majority saying "the right to keep and bear arms must be regarded as a substantive guarantee, not a prohibition that could be ignored so long as the States legislated in an evenhanded manner."

The ruling builds upon the Court's 2008 decision in D.C. v. Heller that invalidated the handgun ban in the nation's capital. More importantly, that decision held that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms was a right the Founders specifically delegated to individuals. The justices affirmed that decision and extended its reach to the 50 states.

While there are many arguments for the second amendment, giving rights to American citizens to bear arms, many have erupted, saying the right to bear arms only increases the chance for criminals to create harm for American citizens.  However, many studies have shown that crime rates are lower in areas where gun ownership is common.  Gee, I imagine it has something to do with the fact criminals are more afraid of getting shot themselves!

While there are obviously those who are criminally minded and would use guns as a weapon against our society, it is important to remember that criminally minded people would use anything as a weapon to get what they want - whether it be a knife, fist, car, club, baseball bat, or gun.  So, banning citizens from handgun ownership would not solve any problem.  To do so would mean the locales would have to ban anything and everything that could be used as a weapon in an attempt to lower crime.  It simply is impossible and would not work! 

Instead, the right to gun ownership provides the citizenship the safest and best way to protect their property and themselves.  We salute the Supreme Court for upholding one of the basic tenets of our U.S. Constitution.

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