A nation of law (Constitution) or a nation of men (feeling)

[irksomesauce]

The current illegal immigration/socialist brouhaha is a perfect battle example of the outright constitutional war about to totally explode in America...

Immigration and Nationality Act Section 237 (a)(1)(B):

Any alien who is present in the United States in violation of this Act or any other law of the United States is deportable.

American law states clearly that the instant any person illegally enters this country they have committed a misdemeanor in doing so and are deportable; the exact same charge and consequence is rendered by the law unto any who enter this country legally, but then illegally overstay their permitted entry.

The law also states that a person caught illegally entering America a second time has committed a felony, is deportable, and can be barred from ever being permitted to legally enter America.

This is the law of the land which everyone is supposedly under the jurisdiction of equally, and which every person who gives their oath to uphold the laws of this land must uphold just as equally...

...or, be charged as a perjurer and prosecuted for their perjury - at the least.

See the legal hammer issue about to say Hola! to your feelings, socialists?

And yet, instead of simply following the law of the land yourselves, you're going to further your own criminality by pimping to those who will be physically affected the most that they have your socialist feelings to count on, rather than the law of land which is bound to prosecute them to the fullest extent. Having absolutely no regard for the law of the land themselves, socialists neither care for anyone else's legal well-being...

Let that fact of life be recorded as the real hurt starts piling up.

 

[KingOrfeo]

No one is questioning the meaning of the law, only its wisdom. All laws and public policies are matters for public discussion.

 

[irksomesauce]

It is reported that more than 1 million illegals are still in America who've already been ordered deported; 8 million more or so illegals are currently in America having committed the felonies of fraudulently obtaining Social Security numbers and other ID. That doesn't even begin to put a dent in the millions more who simply entered America illegally and are simply still residing in America illegally.

If any of these folks had any respect for American law, they would voluntarily report to Immigration with the intent to address their crimes, humbly accept their legal deportation, and then immediately get in line with everyone else who's already in line because they treasure following the law more than intentionally violating it.

Those who are currently, intentionally violating American immigration law and those who are encouraging, aiding and abetting that illegal activity should be very clear:

The building protest against enforcing American immigration law comes with the intolerable risk of putting more in danger the lives of American law enforcement officers who take sincerely their oaths to uphold the laws of this land...

...any and every ounce of their blood spilled because of your intentional, illegal obstruction will be held fully accountable to your hands.

ICE offers an anonymous online tip form anyone can submit if they suspect illegal immigration activity; as things heat up, you may wish to more closely consider how allowing ICE to handle individual cases at their legal discretion may very well be the safest way for the violator's case to be handled overall:

https://www.ice.gov/webform/hsi-tip-form