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Illegal Immigration Chirps

03/15/21 The Human Catastrophe of Illegal Immigration

The hundreds of thousands of Illegal immigrants streaming across Mexico to enter the United States is a humanitarian crisis for both the American people and these immigrants. Illegal immigration can bring with it crimes, drugs, disease, terrorism, and negative economic impacts on Lower-Class Americans. This illegal immigration has also brought about increased governmental spending on social services and other essential government services for these illegal immigrants. And make to mistake about these impacts, as these impacts have huge economic, time consuming, resource consumption, and health and safety impacts on Americans, as well as increased drug addictions, diseases, and violence upon Americans. No matter what language is used to describe these impacts, it all comes down to a catastrophe to America.

While most of these illegal immigrants are good people trying to do what is best for themselves and their families, many of them are not so good and utilize the services of bad people, thus helping to fund these bad persons. Drug running, violent gang members, some terrorists, sexual slaves, unaccompanied minors, young adults masquerading as minors, plus the physical dangers of illegal border crossings has accompanied this illegal immigration. The impacts on Americans of illegal immigrants that have COVID-19 and other infectious diseases are potentially catastrophic. In the time of high unemployment because of the Coronavirus Pandemic lockdowns, the importation of low-skilled workers from illegal immigration depresses the job market for low-skilled Americans, especially as the low-skilled Americans need to be paid minimum wages while low-skilled illegal immigrants often work for less than the minimum wage.

Opening the borders or ‘Catch and Release’ does not solve these problems, and indeed, it is likely to increase these problems as these policies increase the flow of illegal immigrants. Quarantining these illegal immigrants until they have background checks and health screenings is not practical, as many have no or falsified backgrounds to check, and the physical and fiscal impacts of quarantine and health checks can be overwhelming, not to mention the psychological impacts on those that are quarantined and the sociological impacts of having internment camps in America.

Much of the Human Catastrophe of Illegal Immigration was reduced by the immigration policies of President Trump, while the immigration policies of President Biden have increased the Human Catastrophe of Illegal Immigration. Therefore, let us not focus on the words of candidate Biden but the deeds of President Biden, for actions speak louder than words. Or has been said:

"Well done is better than well said."
 - Benjamin Franklin

Modern Journalism has also impacted this situation, as the underreporting, misreporting, or non-coverage or of this crisis has led to a skewered perception of Americans about this crisis. Modern Journalists have also adopted a mantra of "Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and See No Evil" when it comes to "Progressives/Leftists" and "Democrat Party Leaders" words and deeds about this crisis. Indeed, the opposite is true for those that would oppose Democrats, and Progressives/Leftist policies on this crisis as their mantra is "Hear All Evil, Speak All Evil, and See All Evil” for Republicans and Conservatives. Perhaps we should stop calling them 'Journalists' and hereafter refer to them as 'Propagandists', which would be a more accurate term for what they are practicing with this crisis.

When examining this crisis, we should all pay close attention to the results, rather than the rhetoric, of this crisis. Becoming results-oriented is to become solution-oriented, and the solution to this illegal immigration crisis is of utmost importance to all Americans.

02/01/22 High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Article II. Section. 4. Of the United States Constitution states:

“The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

When most people think about the term ‘High Crimes and Misdemeanors’, they are often confused or unknowing of the meaning of the modifier ‘High’. They also make the mistake of misconstruing the conjunction ‘and’, as the proper interpretation should be ‘High Crimes or High Misdemeanors’. The question is then, what do the terms ‘High Crimes’ and ‘High Misdemeanors’ mean. My new Article, “Other High Crimes and Misdemeanors”, examines this topic.

In this article, I conclude that I could support the impeachment and conviction of a President, Vice President, and all civil Officers for violating their Oath of Office under the interpretation of this clause as including abuse or dereliction of duty. However, it is only under the extraordinary circumstances that are so serious as to call into question the republican nature of our government or the dissolution of the balance of powers between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of our government that impeachment and conviction are warranted. It is only when these issues arise that we need to consider the removal of a President and others by impeachment and conviction under the interpretation of abuse or dereliction of duty as “high Crimes and Misdemeanors”.

It is under these criteria that I believed that the two impeachments of President Trump were unwarranted. However, it is under these criteria that I believe that the impeachment and conviction of President Biden are warranted. With all the current problems in America under the Biden Administration, one problem stands out as impeachable – the illegal immigration crisis at our southern border.

President Biden has flouted the will of Congress by the laws that were passed regarding immigration, and he has substituted his own will regarding immigration. He has allowed illegal immigration of persons that have not been vetted for disease and criminal backgrounds, nor terrorist connections. He has enriched the criminal cartels in Mexico who exploit these illegal immigrants for money and other nefarious purposes. He has made it easier for illegal drugs to be smuggled into America. He has relocated these illegal immigrants under cover of darkness to States and localities ill-equipped to deal with these illegal immigrants, thus imposing a social and financial burden upon these States and localities to police and support these illegal immigrants. In doing so, he is changing the demographics in the next census, thus affecting Congressional districting. He has also opened the possibility of these illegal immigrants voting in State and local elections and the possibility of their voting in future Federal elections.

In all his actions and inactions, he has violated his Oath of Office to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, breached the separation of powers between the branches of government, and not faithfully and equally enforced the laws. Consequently, he has abused his powers and is in dereliction of his duties.

It is imperative that this situation be corrected forthwith, for to not do so will forever change America in ways that are unconstitutional and without the approval nor consent of the American people. If President Biden is not removed for his actions and inactions, then it is also possible that future Presidents may determine that they can also act unconstitutionally and suffer little or no consequences.

I, therefore, call for the immediate impeachment, conviction, and removal of President Biden for his unconstitutional actions and inactions.

01/22/23 Jesus Was a Refugee

In an advertisement by He Gets Us, they point out that Jesus was a refugee. This is most certainly true, as a refugee is an exile who flees for safety. When learning of the birth of a new King of the Jews, King Herod became enraged and threatened by a new potential ruler and ordered all males two years old or younger to be killed. With Herod’s henchmen bearing down on Bethlehem, Joseph and Mary fled with their young child to Egypt. Imagine the circumstances. Two young parents grab their toddler and whatever they can carry on their backs and flee the country. There was no safety for them in their homeland, so the only option was to seek foreign soil.

Yet, the subtle message of this advertisement through the imagery they present is that the people migrating across our southern border are refugees. This is most certainly not true, as most of them are not migrating for safety reasons but for economic reasons. America has always had a proud history of admitting refugees, and refugee status is still a valid reason for immigrating to America. We have also had a history of allowing immigration for economic reasons, especially when land was plentiful and opportunity abounded in America. It is only in the last century that we have restricted immigration for economic reasons, and only because land and opportunity became scarcer in America. Yet we still do allow immigration for economic reasons, but only through an orderly process of approval.

The illegal immigration that is occurring on our southern border is not an orderly process, nor is it approved. Most of these illegal immigrants are not refugees but are immigrating for other reasons. As such, they are illegal immigrants and should be treated as such.

Let us continue to admit refugees and lets us continue to admit economic immigrants through an orderly process of approval. Let us not continue to admit illegal immigrants, as they have no right to immigration under our laws. Illegal immigrants also have no moral right to immigrate as they please, as this is the seed of the destruction of a nation. As President Ronald Reagan has said, “A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.” Therefore, do not confuse the status of these illegal immigrants as refugees. They are not refugees, and they should not be thought of or treated as refugees.

He Gets Us should not be proud of this advertisement, as it twists the story and meaning of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus’ migration for a political agenda purpose. No Christian or Jew should ever twist the Bible for political agenda purposes, for that denigrates the meaning of the Bible stories in directing us in how to live a moral and ethical life.

01/25/24 How States May Respond to Illegal Immigration

In a series of articles by Rob Natelson, he examines the Constitutional questions and summarizes state powers over immigration and military force—particularly the power to respond to illegal border crossings. For those interested in the Constitutional questions and state powers in resolving the open borders problem we currently face, I would recommend these articles:

Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas sent a letter to President Biden after a Supreme Court decision that gave Border Patrol agents permission to slash state-installed razor wire at the border. Governor Abbott argued in this letter that Texas has a "Constitutional right to self-defense", explaining that the White House had failed to hold up its end of the Constitutional compact that guarantees the federal government will protect its 50 states and territories from external invasions. He noted that by not taking action to quell the influx of illegal immigrants over the past three years, President Biden has failed to meet his constitutional duty and, as such, Texas has the constitutional right to protect itself against invasion. This letter and his actions are certain to generate constitutional issues that will reverberate throughout America. This letter can be viewed here.

11/25/24 Criminal Acts by State and Local Officials

Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump's "border czar" nominee, threw down the gauntlet to Democrats who plan to defy Trump's mass deportation of illegal aliens, underscoring that to do so is a federal crime under the Criminal Resource Manual “1907. 8 U.S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens” which defines several distinct offenses related to aliens. Subsection 1324(a)(1)(i)-(v) prohibits alien smuggling, domestic transportation of unauthorized aliens, concealing or harboring unauthorized aliens, encouraging or inducing unauthorized aliens to enter the United States, and engaging in a conspiracy or aiding and abetting any of the preceding acts. Most telling is the paragraph on:

“Harboring -- Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(iii) makes it an offense for any person who -- knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation.”

Homan made it clear that the feds would not attempt to commandeer state and city officials. He acknowledged that such officials have no duty to help federal immigration agents. But they may not interfere with the agents in the execution of their duties or take affirmative steps to conceal or shield illegal immigrants from federal law enforcement.

Under the U.S. Constitution, the Constitution and Federal Laws are the supreme law of the land, and under several Supreme Court rulings, immigration is the sole prerogative of the Federal government. Thus, State and Local officials can have no say on immigration or the actions of the Federal government concerning immigrants, illegal or otherwise, if the Federal government is acting constitutionally. They can only constitutionally challenge such laws in a federal court of law, and to have such laws overturned is unconstitutional.

Consequently, sanctuary city and state laws are unconstitutional and a violation of the aforementioned U.S. Code. In addition, State and Local official who obstructs Federal officials in the performance of their legal duties and responsibilities in apprehending illegal immigrants are engaged in Federal criminal acts subject to arrest and prosecution. If these city and state officials do obstruct Federal law officials in the apprehension of illegal immigrants, I would recommend that they be cuffed, arrested, prosecuted, and fined and imprisoned if found guilty. Otherwise, the rule of law is being violated by city and state officials, which invites nothing but chaos in our society.

02/28/25 Nullification

Nullification is when a State or Local government attempts to negate Federal Law or Regulations in their Legislative Jurisdiction. However, Article VI of the Constitution has a paragraph that states that:

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”

Thus, when any State or Local government attempts to negate Federal Law, it is in violation of the Constitution. There were various Nullification attempts in the 19th century, none of which succeeded, and Federal authority remained supreme. We fought a Civil War as a result of several State's attempts to nullify their adoption of the Constitution as a result of fears that the new Federal Government, under the control of President Lincoln and a Republican Congress, would restrict or outlaw slavery. The Civil War established that no State could withdraw from the Union and that no State could defy Constitutional Federal authority. Any disputes between state or local governments and the federal government are to be resolved constitutionally through the federal judicial process or by changing the law in Congress.

Alas, we are currently in a Nullification crisis. I speak of the current States and local governments that have Illegal Immigrant Sanctuary laws. The Constitution assigns all authority over immigration to the Federal government, which the Supreme Court has affirmed on multiple occasions. Consequently, when State and local governments have sanctuary laws that defy or negate Federal powers over immigration, they are Nullifying the Constitution. Such Nullification should not be allowed to exist and should be stopped forthwith. Any elected official who attempts to carry out these sanctuary laws is in violation of the oath of office to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Any judge who upholds these sanctuary laws is also in violation of their oath of office to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. They should be removed from office and barred from any position of trust or honor in the United States. Any person who attempts to interfere with the implementation of immigration laws should be prosecuted and punished to the fullest extent of the law for obstruction. No reasoning nor excuses are valid for nullifying the Constitution or obstructing immigration law enforcement, and no quarter should be given to those who do so.

I am very much opposed to Nullification except in a very specific instance. If the Federal Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branch act in unison outside of their Constitutional powers, then the States need to exercise their powers under the Tenth Amendment and negate their unconstitutional actions. So far, in our history, this has not occurred, as most often the Supreme Court has ruled against such Legislative and Executive actions. However, it should be mentioned that the Supreme Court has not always been Constitutionally correct in its rulings, as I have written in my article "Supreme, But Not Always Right". It is only when all three branches of government act in unison that Nullification should occur, and hopefully, negotiations and compromise will resolve the issue before Nullification is considered. Let us hope that Nullification never occurs, as it would be a true Constitutional crisis and most likely rip apart our society.

The article on The Tenth Amendment website, “Nullification”, presents a different viewpoint, and this article should be considered when forming your own viewpoint on Nullification.

04/15/25 To Deport or to Not Deport

Mistaken deportation refers to the wrongful removal of an individual from a country, often due to administrative errors or misinterpretations of immigration laws. Recent cases, such as that of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, highlight the legal challenges and implications surrounding such deportations. The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must facilitate the return of Mr. Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, as he had an immigration judge order of non-deportation to El Salvador. The Supreme Court's decision emphasized the need for the government to clarify its actions regarding his return while acknowledging potential limits on judicial authority in foreign affairs. The Supreme Court's decision has also come under scrutiny, with U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer arguing that the U.S. “does not control the sovereign nation of El Salvador, nor can it compel El Salvador to follow a federal judge’s bidding.” as well as in Johnathan Turley’s article “A Writ of “Facilitation”? Court Issues Curious Order in the Garcia Case”.

There is some dispute whether Mr. Garcia was a gang member and engaged in criminal activities in America, but there is no dispute that he was an illegal immigrant. The Trump administration continues to allege that Mr. Garcia is “confirmed to be a ranking member of the MS-13 gang by a proven and reliable source,” something his relatives vehemently deny. Attorney General Pam Bondi commented that, "First and foremost, he was in our country illegally." and "In 2019, two courts, an immigration court and an appellate immigration court, ruled he was a member of MS-13, and he was illegally in our country." Bondi noted that is was now up to El Salvador, not the United States, to decide if they want to return him, stating that the U.S. would help "facilitate" that return by providing an airplane.

However, the Trump Administration has also admitted that Mr. Garcia was deported to El Salvador in an "administrative error". As for “administrative error”, all government actions are subject to an administrative error, as “To err is Human”. Such administrative errors should be corrected when uncovered and be corrected in an expeditious manner. In the case of Mr. Garcia, such correction is a Herculean task, as it requires the cooperation of a sovereign nation that now has custody of Mr. Garcia. I would suggest that the El Salvador authorities respond to this request for his return and that they hold legal proceedings to determine that Mr. Garcia was a gang member in El Salvador who committed illegal actions. If so, they would declare that he is a criminal under El Salvador law, and as such, he is serving his sentence, but they would be happy to return him after his sentence is served. If not, then they will, as a courtesy to America, return him to American custody.

The other question is if Mr. Garcia is entitled to full legal Due Process before deportation or if an immigration judge’s ruling and/or Presidential authority are sufficient to deport any illegal immigrant. In Mr. Garcia's case, there is also the question of whether he should have been deported to El Salvador and into their harsh prison system. This raises the larger question of whether Illegal Immigrants are entitled to full Judicial Due Process before being deported and if it is better to not deport thousands of illegal criminal immigrants for one illegal noncriminal immigrant to not be deported through an administrative error.

With upwards of thirty million illegal immigrants in America, it may prove to be a Sisyphean task to provide full legal Due Process to all of these illegal immigrants. It would take decades tying up the courts and at great expense to provide full legal Due Process to all illegal immigrants. The proponents of full legal Due Process for illegal immigrants realize this is a Sisyphean task, and their goal is to tie up illegal immigrant deportations so that the illegal immigrants may remain in America.

Accordingly, the real issue is what is the necessary authority to deport illegal immigrants and if noncriminal illegal immigrants should be deported at all. Progressives/Leftists and Democrat Party Leaders are in support of retaining illegal immigrants in America, while Conservatives and Republican Party Leaders want them deported. If we should decide to retain the noncriminal illegal immigrants in America, then we have opened our borders to any person who successfully illegally immigrates. This has serious implications for our economy and social services, as well as potential electoral impacts if at some future time we grant citizenship to these noncriminal illegal immigrants. There is also the question of if these illegal immigrants have children while they are in America. Are these children American citizens and entitled to vote when they become of age to vote? Alas, I believe that this citizenship of noncriminal illegal immigrants and their American-born children citizenship is the end game for Democrat Party Leaders and Progressives/Leftists, as they believe that these noncriminal illegal immigrants and their children will be future Democrat Party voters. If we should grant this citizenship to noncriminal illegal immigrants, it would have a pernicious impact on our national identity and potentially lead to a permanent Democrat Party rule over America.

Consequently, all illegal criminal immigrants should be deported immediately on an immigration judge's ruling and/or Presidential authority. If you are an illegal noncriminal immigrant, no matter how good a person or family member you may be, you should self-deport or be deported expeditiously to your country of origin and apply for legal immigration into America. To do otherwise is to reshape America into a country that it was not intended to be—a law-abiding Democratic republic dedicated to our American Ideals and Ideas and for the Liberties and Freedoms of all its inhabitants. And if you have illegally immigrated to America, your action in doing so has demonstrated that you do not share our law-abiding values. I would also say to those Americans who support allowing illegal noncriminal immigrants to remain in America that you are not showing your law-abiding values. To these same Americans, I would also say that if you do not like our immigration laws, then you should work to have them changed and not try to ignore or circumvent our immigration laws.

Addendum – On 04/16/25 the DOJ & DHS release the Kilmer Abrego Garcia documents that proved he was an MS-13 gang member, and that Garcia's wife filed two restraining orders against him for violence against her.

04/26/25 A Wave of Illegal Immigration Deserves a Wave of Deportations

As the Trump White House has argued about the wave of illegal immigration: “Over the last 4 years, the prior administration invited, administered, and oversaw an unprecedented flood of illegal immigration into the United States. Millions of illegal aliens crossed our borders in violation of longstanding Federal laws. Many of these aliens unlawfully within the United States present significant threats to national security and public safety.” President Trump’s executive order on January 20, 2025, called the arrival of the illegal immigrants into America an “invasion” that jeopardizes national security, and he started a wave of deportations of these illegal immigrants.

In response to this wave of illegal immigration, the Trump administration is supporting the legal precedent that due process can be waived or limited where immediate action is necessary to prevent harm to the public or to national security interests. He and many in his administration have also stated that a deportation order from an immigration judge is sufficient due process to deport an illegal immigrant. I would add that almost all of these illegal immigrants entered America without any due process to determine if they were legally eligible to enter America. I would also add that the Democrats who are opposing President Trump’s efforts on Due Process grounds never spoke of Due Process to allow for the entry into America of these illegal immigrants.

One way that the Trump administration is utilizing to address this issue is to revive the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport immigrants it alleges are gang members or terrorist sympathizers. “People who are enemies of the United States don’t have the same level of due process,” said border czar Tom Homan. “Immigration agents are the principal judges of whether or not a detainee has gang affiliations”, Homan said, and that “if they determine that there is an affiliation, that detainee’s rights to due process are limited”.

Hans A. von Spakovsky and Charles Stimson of the Heritage Foundation agreed with Homan. “It’s important to recognize that illegal immigrants don’t have the same due process rights as citizens,” they wrote. “For more than 100 years, the Supreme Court has held that the only due process to which illegal immigrants are entitled is what Congress gives them through federal immigration law.” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has noted: “The decisions of executive or administrative officers, acting within powers expressly conferred by Congress, are due process of law.”

As Vice President JD Vance has said, “[The Democrats] don’t want border security. They don’t want us to deport the people who’ve come into our country illegally. They want to accomplish through fake legal process what they failed to accomplish politically: The ratification of Biden’s illegal migrant invasion.”

This Democrat illegal immigrant kerfuffle isn’t about law, order, or the Constitution. It’s about delaying the Trump Administration policies through legal Lawfare for the purpose of running out the clock on the second Trump presidency and an attempt to nullify the 2024 election results, as I have written in my Chirp on “04/21/25 How To Nullify an Election”. Thus, the Democrat's cries and wails of due process not being applied for illegal immigrants are but a ruse for (supposedly) political gain. Accordingly, Americans should not buy this ruse and support President Trump’s wave of deportation of illegal immigrants.

Ed Brodow, a conservative political commentator and author of ten books, recently penned a column, “Should Due Process Stop Trump From Deporting Illegals?” in which he explores this issue in more detail. I would highly recommend this column to all, as it is well worth the read.

05/05/25 Legal and Illegal Immigrants

Democrat Party Leaders and Progressives/Leftists just cannot bring themselves to say “Illegal Immigrants”. Whenever they pontificate about the illegal immigration issue, they only say “immigrants”, thus equating illegal and legal immigrants. But they are not equal. Legal immigrants are welcome in America, and they have most of the rights and privileges of citizens. Illegal Immigrants are lawbreakers in that they enter America illegally. Their rights and privileges are limited, and they can be deported for illegally entering America.

Accordingly, Democrat Party Leaders and Progressives/Leftists are engaged in verbal sophistry to confuse Americans as to the status of illegal immigrants. They are also stoking fear in legal immigrants with their rhetoric of deporting “immigrants”. Legal immigrants should have no fear of being deported unless they engage in criminal activities, and they are afforded expansive Due Process rights in any deportation efforts. Illegal immigrants have limited Due Process rights as they are de facto engaged in lawbreaking by entering America illegally.

Illegal Immigrants are also consuming government social services for which the American taxpayer funds, while most illegal immigrants are not paying taxes. This is an undue burden on American taxpayers and should end. It is also true that gang members, terrorists, drug runners, and human traffickers are illegally immigrating into America, thus endangering Americans. Drug addictions, robberies, burglaries, assaults, rapes, and even murders are being perpetuated by a considerable number of illegal immigrants, making our streets unsafe and instilling fear in citizens and legal immigrants of being the victim of these crimes. Accordingly, Americans are living under a cloud of fear from illegal immigration.

It is important that Americans distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants. Americans should be welcoming and supportive of legal immigrants (which most Americans are) but also be opposed to and support the deportation of illegal immigrants. It is important that Americans recall the preamble to the Constitution:

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

To allow illegal immigration is to violate the principles of the preamble of the Constitution, as illegal immigration makes these goals difficult, if not impossible, to achieve.

05/06/25 Illegal Immigration Can Benefit America

The proponents of illegal immigration, mostly Progressives/Leftists and Democrat Party Leaders, like to declare that most illegal immigrants come here to improve their and their family's lives, and they contribute to the economy by taking low-paying jobs that Americans do not wish to do. While this may be true for many illegal immigrants, it is not the whole story.

Many of the jobs they take are under the table and, therefore, not income taxable, and many of these jobs are below minimum wage. These unreported below-minimum-wage jobs also make for more profitability for businesses that employ illegal immigrants, and it keeps the labor costs of goods and services to a minimum, which benefits Americans. However, illegal immigrant workers deprive American citizens and legal immigrants of the opportunity for employment at minimum wages. Many illegal immigrants send a portion of their wages to their relatives back in their homeland. While this may be good for their families back in their homeland, it is not so good for the American economy. The wages earned in America should be spent in America, as this helps America’s economic vitality.

Illegal immigrants are not integrating themselves into American society by adopting American values and norms, and they maintain a separate identity that is not conducive to American values and norms. Illegal Immigrants are also consuming government social services for which the American taxpayer funds, while most illegal immigrants are not paying taxes. This is an undue burden on American taxpayers and should end. It is also true that many gang members, terrorists, drug runners, and human traffickers are illegally immigrating into America, thus endangering Americans. Drug addictions, robberies, burglaries, assaults, rapes, and even murders are being perpetuated by these illegal immigrants, making our streets unsafe and instilling fear in citizens and legal immigrants of being the victim of these crimes. Accordingly, Americans are living under a cloud of fear from illegal immigration.

Finally, Democrat Party Leaders and Progressives/Leftists are advocating a road to citizenship for these illegal immigrants and their children. These advocates are also insisting that any children of illegal immigrants who are born in America are legal citizens of America. They often utilize this rationale to oppose the deportation of illegal immigrants who have had children born in America as deporting an American citizen as manifested in the child, or breaking apart of families by deporting the illegal immigrant but allowing the children to remain in America. This path to citizenship for illegal immigrants will have long-term consequences if enacted. It will change the voter demographics across America, and the Democrat Party Leaders are hopeful that it will expand the rank and file of the Democrat Party and make the Democrat Party a majority party for many decades. This is the primary reason that Democrat Party Leaders and Progressives/Leftists support illegal immigrants remaining in America, as obtaining and retaining political power is the ultimate goal for them.

Consequently, the idea that illegal immigration can benefit America is a falsehood, as the disadvantages of illegal immigration far outweigh the advantages of illegal immigration.

It is for these reasons that I have added “Illegal Immigration Can Benefit America” to my list of "The Biggest Falsehoods in America".

05/09/25 A Little Practical Wisdom

In the discussion of deportations of illegal immigrants, one of the questions is what Due Process Rights do illegal immigrants have, which also raises the question of who has Due Process Rights in America. In America, an American citizen has full Due Process Rights that cannot be abrogated except in a time of war or national emergency. Legal immigrants and Visa residents in America have limited Due Process Rights, as they are in America under a promise of good behavior and not to be involved in any criminal actions. If an immigration judge finds that legal immigrants and Visa residents are involved in criminal actions or engaged in behavior contrary to the restrictions of their immigration or Visa, they should be deported, and their Due Process rights are limited to an appeal to an Appellate Immigration Judge. If someone is found to be an illegal immigrant by an immigration judge, then they can be deported immediately by order of the immigration judge. Illegal immigrants' Due Process rights are limited to having a hearing in front of an immigration judge, with the possibility of an appeal to an Appellate Immigration Judge under very limited circumstances.

This issue of Due Process Rights is not new nor unique in American history. It goes back to the very beginning of our Constitutional Democratic republic, and has been adjudicated by the Supreme Court several times in our history. It was also addressed by political leaders throughout our history, as exemplified by the comment by one of our Founding Fathers and the third President of the United States:

“Whether circumstances do not sometimes occur which make it a duty in officers of high trust to assume authorities beyond the law, is easy of solution in principle, but sometimes embarrassing in practice. A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen: but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property & all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.”
 - President Thomas Jefferson

One of the most illuminating comments about civil liberties and the application of law and due process rights come from a Supreme Court Justice and a co-counsel at the NAZI Nuremberg Trials:

“[t]his Court has gone far toward accepting the doctrine that civil liberty means . . . that all local attempts to maintain order are impairments of the liberty of the citizen. The choice is not between order and liberty. It is between liberty with order and anarchy without either. There is danger that, if the Court does not temper its doctrine logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.”
 - Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson

Consequently, those advocating for full Due Process Rights for non-citizens are “absurdly sacrificing the end to the means”, and in their advocacy, they will “convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact”. We would all do well to remember one of my Pearls of Wisdom, “Do the Right Thing for All”, and apply “a little practical wisdom” when deciding on Due Process Rights for non-citizen residents of America.

Otherwise, to ignore “The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger” is to jeopardize our nation, and the “scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property & all those who are enjoying them with us” would occur.