While the latest Homeland Security figures reveal a sharp decline in
immigration enforcement—more illegal aliens are being released in the
U.S. than arrested—states across the nation are passing laws to
accommodate those who should be deported.
It’s a combined state-federal movement aimed at helping illegal
immigrants assimilate in this country. The feds do their part by failing
miserably to remove the undocumented and, rather than crack down on the
offenders, states reward them with rights that should be reserved for
legal residents and citizens. It’s a lawlessness that’s striking every
corner of the country.
Let’s start with the feds. Though the Obama administration claims
it’s enforcing immigration laws, that’s hardly the case. The Homeland
Security agency responsible for doing this, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), now releases more illegal aliens than it arrests and
removals have declined more than 35% since 2009. The alarming
information was published this week in a conservative political news
magazine that obtained “leaked internal statistics” that also show arrests declined in every part of the country, including up to 62% in one region.
In 2013 ICE encountered more than 700,000 illegal immigrants who
should have been deported, the story says, yet fewer than 200,000 got
removed. It gets better; most of the candidates were found in jails
across the country, which indicates a criminal history or at the very
least a brush with local law enforcement. Incredibly, ICE released way
more illegal immigrants—including established criminals—into communities
throughout the nation than it arrested.
That makes the second part of this team effort all the more enraging.
A growing number of states are accommodating illegal aliens by passing
measures to grant privileges such as driver’s licenses and discounted
tuition at public colleges and universities. In 2013 an astounding 437
laws and resolutions related to immigration were enacted by local
governments, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures
(NCSL), a bipartisan group that aims to preserve state power in the
federal system.
This marked a 64% increase in immigration-related laws enacted in 2012, the NCSL reveals in a special report issued
this week. In all, legislators in 45 states and the District of
Columbia passed 184 laws and 253 resolutions involving immigration, the
report says. Four states—Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey and
Oregon—passed measures to give illegal immigrants discounted in-state
tuition at public colleges, the report says, bringing to 15 the number
of states that offer illegal aliens the taxpayer-funded perk.
Eight states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland,
Nevada, Oregon and Vermont—joined New Mexico, Utah and Washington to
offer illegal aliens driver’s licenses. This is a highly controversial
issue that’s ignited outrage and has left some holdout states with hefty
legal bills. Just last summer an illegal immigrant sued
Nebraska for “unconstitutionally” denying her a driver’s license.
Arizona has also spent money defending its order banning illegal
immigrants from obtaining licenses.
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