Immigration Enforcement - Arrogance, Hypocrisy & Stupidity

The Obama Administration has it all !


Sessions Responds to ICE Chief Remarks on Arizona Law [Daniel Foster]

The other day I passed along the news that John Morton, the nation's top immigration cop, told the Chicago Tribune the federal government would "not necessarily" enforce the Arizona immigration law by processing illegals arrested via it.

Appearing on Fox News today, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) rebuked Morton and said that the failure to enforce the law would amont to “not fulfilling the responsibilities of his office.”

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODE2YTkyNmU1Y2IzN2NiN2U5MjA4MGRkZjc3ODVkMzg=



That Ain't Hay, It's The USA [Mark Steyn]

Kate McMillan has an interesting juxtaposition:

A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

That would be John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As he sees it:

The law, which criminalizes being in the state illegally and requires authorities to check suspects for immigration status, is not “good government,” Morton said.

I gave a speech for the Goldwater Institute in Tucson a few weeks back, and several people came up from the border to see me. Like many letter writers I've heard from since, they told tales of living in remote properties where every night illegals cross their land. They lie awake at night frightened for their children and listening for footsteps in the yard.

In effect, the sovereignty of the United States of America no longer applies in this territory - and John Morton and the Department of Homeland Security are entirely cool with that.

On the other hand:

FRANKLIN, Vt. — This is one sleepy border crossing.

At the Morses Line Port of Entry, on the U.S.-Canada border, the border station is located smack-dab in the middle of a Vermont dairy farm.

On average, 2 1/2 cars pass through an hour. The pace is so slow that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who man it have been known to fill out their days by driving golf balls in an adjoining meadow, shooting skeet or washing their cars.

As (I'd wager) the only National Reviewer ever to use the Franklin crossing, I would say that's a fair description. But that was until the stimulus came along!

The government, which got $420 million from the federal bailout to modernize land ports like this, wants to spend about $7 million to build an expanded station. To do it, the government says, it needs an adjoining 4.9-acre parcel now used to grow hay and corn.

Owners of the Rainville dairy farm were told last week that if they won't sell the hayfield for $39,500, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use eminent domain to seize it.
"The arrogance of it is breathtaking," said Brian Rainville, 37, whose parents and two brothers run the 220-acre farm and milk 80 cows on it. "Why are we being asked to make that kind of sacrifice when they can't demonstrate a public need?"

The public need is national security, according to Customs and Border Protection... "Our airports, seaports, and land ports of entry are all part of an interconnected security network to facilitate entry and exit to and from our country," the agency said in a statement Tuesday. "When we fail to fortify one, we weaken the entire system, putting our national security at risk."
So what? On the southern border your national security is "at risk" as a matter of policy. Why can't a Vermont dairy farm get the same deal?

(PS Bonus points if you spotted that the title of this post comes from the 1941 Republic Picture Sis Hopkins, in honor of the impending centenary of the great Frank Loesser.)

Obama Bash Drive By Thursday Post

What is the CIC up to these days:

Daniel Pearl: Obama Disrespects Daniel Pearl in idiotic comments.

http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/05/18/word-to-obama-daniel-pearl-was-not-beheaded-because-he-was-a-journalist-he-was-beheaded-because-he-was-an-american-and-a-jew/

"And obviously the loss of Daniel Pearl was one of those moments that captured the world’s imagination because it reminded us of how valuable a free press is, and it reminded us that there are those who would go to any length in order to silence journalists around the world. What this act does is it sends a strong message from the United States government and from the State Department that we are paying attention to how other governments are operating when it comes to the press. "


Obama fetes Mexican Prez Calderon; let's Calderon trash Arizona's effort to combat illegal immigration and joins in the bashing; Obama admin gives Calderon standing O in Congress including Biden, Holder, Napolitano and all Dems. Disgusting.

Here's what O said today:

President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon joined hands Wednesday in blasting Arizona's controversial immigration law, with Obama calling the legislation a "misdirected effort" after Calderon slammed it as discriminatory.

Obama, speaking next to Calderon during Wednesday's state visit, called the tough immigration law a "misdirected expression of frustration over our broken immigration system."

"We're examining any implications especially for civil rights because in the United States of America, no law abiding person -- be they an American citizen, illegal immigrant, or a visitor or tourist from Mexico -- should ever be subject to suspicion simply because of what they look like."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/19/mexicos-president-blasts-arizona-immigration-law-white-house-visit-1351636523/


Meanwhile, Iran continues to run amok over Obama's failed outreach and toothless sanctions efforts; and North Korea beats the war drums after South Korea finally admits that the North did indeed torpedo the SK submarine in an act of war.

What else ?

Well, the stock market is crashing; Europe imploding; jobs losses are still increasing; the beat just goes on.

Hope and Change, baby !

Woody Allen: Let Obama Be Dictator !

Spoken like a true Kool Aid drinker:

Woody Allen has a strange take on the democracy that allowed him to become rich and famous.

The "Scoop" director said it would be a cool idea for President Barack Obama to be dictator for for a few years.

Why?

So he could get things done without all the hassle of opposing views getting in the way.

In an interview published by Spanish language newspaper La Vanguardia (that we translated), Allen says “I am pleased with Obama. I think he’s brilliant. The Republican Party should get out of his way and stop trying to hurt him.”

But wait - there's more!

The director said "it would be good…if he could be a dictator for a few years because he could do a lot of good things quickly."


Somewhere, Thomas Friedman is smiling ....

What is Wrong w/ the State Department ?

Let us count the ways ....

Here's a big one:

The State Department Doubles Down on the Islamist Mosque in Virginia [Andy McCarthy]

Yesterday I noted the State Department's showcasing of the Dar al-Hijra Islamic Center in a film about Muslim life in America — despite the mosque's longstanding ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, its virulent Islamist ideology, its support for the murderous Hamas organization, its notorious Islamist imams and elders (including al Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki), and the ties of some of its worshippers to the 9/11 attacks and the Fort Hood massacre. Then, we learned that the federal government has struck a deal to pay Dar al-Hijra a whopping $582K just for this year (i.e., about one-tenth what it cost the Saudis to build the place), purportedly because the Census Bureau needs work space — y'know, because there are like no federal facilities anywhere near Falls Church, Virginia.

Now we learn that State is doubling down. Steve Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism is reported today that:

The State Department wants its next wave of diplomats to learn what Muslims in other countries think of America. To do that, it is sending a class to Anwar al-Awlaki's former mosque in Falls Church, Va. this Sunday, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has learned.
As we reported Tuesday, federal law enforcement officials view the Dar al-Hijrah mosque as home to Hamas operatives and others linked to terrorist financing and "bad orgs." In addition, it was home to two years to Awlaki, a charismatic, American-born cleric now living in Yemen. He is considered to have been inspirational to the accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, failed airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and Times Square bomber Faizal Shahzad. As a result, he may be the only American the CIA is authorized by the President to kill.
Awlaki has been gone for eight years, and mosque leadership publicly disavows him, but Alwaki's radical preaching was well established during his time there. The 9/11 Commission Report found that Awlaki knew two of the hijackers and that one, Nawaf al-Hamzi, followed Awlaki from San Diego to Virginia in early 2001, "an appearance that may not have been coincidental."
According to a mosque invitation to its members:

"Dar Al-Hijrah will host a group of adult students from the Foreign Service Institute (college). They will be joining the diplomatic corp and will be working in largely Arab Muslim countries.You are invited to join us for small group discussions with our guests regarding the attitudes and perspectives that immigrants from Muslims countries had about America before arriving and how their understandings have changed. Brothers and sisters, this is our chance to help these Americans understand the culture, customs and attitudes of Muslims in our home countries."

The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) visit is an informal event organized by the students, an official said. Dar al-Hijrah was selected because it is a large mosque that is conveniently located for the group.

While not all mosque members maintain radical views, its leaders and many members have attracted law enforcement scrutiny for years. According to reports between 2002 and 2007 obtained by the IPT through a Freedom of Information Act request, Dar al-Hijrah "has been under numerous investigations for financing and proving (sic) aid and comfort to bad orgs and members." Another report said the mosque was "operating as a front for Hamas operatives in U.S."

The rest of Steve's report, including a description of the Dar al-Hijra heavyweights who've been prominent supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Palestinian branch, Hamas, is here. Steve also notes that Rep. John Carter, a Republican whose Texas district includes Fort Hood, has called for the lease to be severed. Carter had some stinging words for Janet Napolitano's Homeland Security Department: "The purpose for creating this cabinet-level agency in 2002 was to coordinate all agencies of the federal government to prevent any more radical Islamic attacks like 9-11. Eight years later and they can't even tell a federal agency they're renting office space from the very mosque involved with the 9-11 attacks, and that has seeded this past year's assaults through the likes of Al-Awlaki."

Refreshingly, some Muslims are speaking up publicly against our government's relentlessly cozy relations with Islamist elements. Hedieh Mirahmadi, who heads an anti-extremist group, complained that the State Department should expand its horizons. "They have this set of go-to people that they approach," she said, "and they keep going back to that list.... With the controversy surrounding Dar al-Hijrah now, I wouldn't want to send the message to the world that this is Islam in America."

Will SCOTUS Nominee Kagan's Paper Trail see the light of day ?

Byron York wants to know:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Will-the-Senate-see-Kagan_Ss-long-paper-trail_-93725434.html

New Obama SCOTUS Nominee

No fingerprints ? Some commentary here ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR2010051103192.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704250104575238352553148916.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=533720

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR2010051104341.html

Terror supporters at US universities ....

There is an interesting video to watch here, as David Horowitz makes a speech at a "college" in CA and takes Q&A from ignorant supporters of terrorism and genocide.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzI5YmEwYjZmNGVhZmQ4NTIwNmM4MjRhZmJjMDg4M2Y=