And as Brietbart reports, the illegal will testify with an ICE agent who can’t arrest him.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Breitbart News has learned that one of the witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on immigration next week will be outspoken illegal immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas–who will be seated at the same table as Chris Crane, leader of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement employees’ union that is suing the government over Obama administration rules that make it very difficult for ICE agents to arrest illegal immigrants.
Vargas, who works as a journalist, arrived in the U.S. from the Philippines at the age of 12, but is not eligible for the administration’s new guidelines because of his age. He will be speaking for his advocacy organization, Define American. Other witnesses include Janet Murguía, president of the National Council of La Raza (“The Race”); high-tech pioneer Steve Case; and Jessica Vaughn of the Center for Immigration Studies.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will also be speaking before the committee. She is named as a defendant in the suit that Crane’s union has brought. Last year, ICE agents questioned Vargas, following his arrest by the Minnesota State Patrol, when he presented officers with an invalid driver’s license. Ultimately, no charges were filed against Vargas, despite his status and apparent violations.
The system is hopelessly broken with mis-prioritizing, unfair and uneven enforcement, and most significantly, a refusal by the government to apply common sense measures to protect the border.
If we aren’t going to prosecute offenders, we have only one option; change the law. Codify in legality what we already do in practice. Decriminalize crossing the border and allow unlimited immigration from anywhere at anytime.
But cowardly politicians won’t do that. They would rather pretend that illegally crossing the border is still a serious matter and that they are interested in halting the flow of illegal aliens into the country. The entire issue of immigration reform is a sham unless a real effort is made to prevent millions more illegals from coming into the country. Otherwise, in 10 years, we’ll have to go through this nonsense all over again.
“The entire issue of immigration reform is a sham unless a real effort is made to prevent millions more illegals from coming into the country.”
It was time to militarize the border 30 years ago.
At this point nothing shot or mass deportation followed by the US Army on the border with orders to shoot to kill will solve the problem.
Since as you pointed out our politicians won’t do that, instead ten of millions of illegals will stay, raise families…oh and vote Democrat for Pimp Daddy Obamee’s nation of takers.
Oh, we won’t be going through this nonsense again, I assure you of that. No matter whatt happens. “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Try for a third time, stand the eff by.”
Will keep on harping upon this issue…amnesty for those LEGAL ALIENS already in line awaiting their LPR’s and subsequent citizenship.
Immigration reform is an oxymoron…so is the “panel!!!”
Why? because Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to some supposedly 2 million illegal aliens already in the USA. This balloned to 4 million, a few years later…sure did backfire!
Here’s an education course on current Immigration statistics in Feb 2013.
https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do;jsessionid=bacQTNNeHtxgl6AeqI1Yt
This shows 16 different catagories any Legal Alien MAY APPLY for LPR Status and future citizenship. May take upwards of 15 years.
There are four processing centers in the USA: Vermont, Nebraska, Texas and California. There are more than 50 USCIS Immigration field offices across the USA.
The most numerous case number is the I-129 and I-129F catagories. The next highest is the I-539. Total possible case catagories = 51 This doesn’t include “adjustment of status”cases.
There are countless millions of applicants already LEGALLY awaiting patiently their adjudications for each of their petitions….millions, upon millions, upon millions both in the USA as well as overseas.
Question!! Why should, illegal alien border jumpers (illegally in the USA) receive special treatment (move to the front of the lines) when there are already countless millions of Legal Aliens, filing proper documentation for LPR status and future citizenship, either here in the USA or in their countries of origin????HUH???? Where’s the “Rule of Law?” Why even consider amnesty for illegal aliens? Why not amnesty for Legal Aliens already in line awaiting their adjudications????Pray. Amen!!! We The Elite People of culture of corruption in Washington DC sure do know about Kabuki Theatre and flim-flammery!!! RNC/GOP, smoke-and-mirrors!!!!!!
– have already exited it and are sitting on the Committee.