Re-posted by Nicholas Stix
Obama’s Dyslexic Immigration Policies
By Daniel Horowitz
September 29th, 2014
Conservative Review
While everyone in the political world is focused on the elections and our involvement in the Syrian civil war, Obama has implemented yet another administrative amnesty for illegal aliens. This time he is using our military – the pride of the nation – as a visa mill to legalize his future voters. Congress has a responsibility to clamp down on this illegal and dangerous unilateral action.
Republicans in Congress will have two opportunities to address Obama’s administrative amnesty via military service. When Congress returns for the ‘lame duck’ session in November, they could potentially pass the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which oversees all of our military-related policies. They will also vote on the annual budget bill, which is set to expire on December 11. Republicans should not allow those bills to pass through the House unless there is a provision explicitly prohibiting the Pentagon from recruiting illegal aliens to serve in the military.
It is also likely that Republicans will have an opportunity to fight back against the lawlessness during the confirmation hearings of the next nominee for Attorney General. Nobody has been more complicit in rubber-stamping Obama’s lawlessness than Eric Holder. Now that he is stepping down, Senate Republicans must go on record refusing to confirm any nominee who does not publicly swear off administrative amnesty. Many Republicans believe that the president should be granted wide latitude in choosing cabinet officials, as long as the nominees are qualified. But anyone who refuses to uphold the law is inherently unqualified to serve as Attorney General.
Last Thursday, the Department of Defense announced a new policy allowing military recruiters to target illegal immigrants under the auspices of the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest, or MAVNI. According to the Military Times, MAVNI, which is designed to recruit foreign nationals with special language skills, would be expanded to include those here illegally but granted amnesty under Obama’s DACA program. Obama is literally creating his own laws by using his initial lawless action as the baseline.
Aside from the obvious problems stemming from lawlessness and encouraging illegal immigration, this particular act is even more pernicious given the inherent threat to our national security. The screening process for the DACA program is essentially a farce because 99.5% of applications have been approved.
Last year, Judicial Watch obtained a wealth of information through a FOIA request detailing how DHS ostensibly gutted all background checks for DACA applicants, including the requirement of a valid photo ID. Just this past year, scores of illegals have been apprehended from countries that represent a security risk. Now, any illegal alien with a shady background can be admitted into our military.
What is most appalling about inviting illegal aliens into our military is that it comes at a time when so many American servicemen are being forced into retirement. Thousands of soldiers from each branch of service, many of whom served valiantly in Afghanistan and Iraq, are losing their jobs due to Obama’s unprecedented downsizing of our military. Yet, these veterans will now have to make room for undocumented Democrats.
Sadly, this is not the only recent example of Obama’s moral and intellectual dyslexia as it relates to immigration, national security, and the misuse of our military. Several weeks ago, Obama announced that he was sending 3,000 soldiers to “fight” the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
In addition to exposing our soldiers to a deadly disease while treating them like health professionals and social workers, this policy is completely backwards as it relates to our national security. The focus of any effort to protect America from deadly diseases, much like defending against Islamic terrorism, should be securing our homeland and points of entry, not needlessly risking the lives of our soldiers overseas. Yet, amazingly, Obama has signed another amnesty order, staying all deportation orders for Liberians living here without visas.
In addition to those here illegally, the Center for Immigration Studies estimates that roughly 200,000 people from countries stricken with Ebola are here legally on visas. Once again, our national security is being sacrificed on the pagan altar of political correctness and our military is being used as a guinea pig in this effort to fundamentally transform America.
Fortunately, our Founders already established checks and balances to protect against an imperial president. There are many candidates running this cycle as constitutional conservatives, but how many of them are committing to using the power of the purse to rein in these lawless actions?
Instead of standing for nothing and hoping for a miracle in November, Republicans must provide a bold contrast by putting our military, borders, and national security first.
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