On immigrant surge, White House story falls apart
BY BYRON YORK | JUNE 16, 2014 | 2:58 AM
At any other time, the growing crisis on the Mexican border, with tens of thousands of unaccompanied young people crossing illegally into the United States, might dominate the news. Yet the situation has received less attention than it might amid the furor over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s primary defeat, the collapse of Iraq, the continuing Bergdahl matter, and Hillary Clinton’s book tour. They’re all genuinely important news stories, and they’ve crowded out disaster at the border.
But whether or not many people noticed, this was the week in which the Obama administration’s attempts to deflect blame for the border crisis fell apart.
Most of the illegal immigrants are what Border Patrol officials call OTMs. That is,
while they are crossing into the United States from Mexico, they are actually from other countries — in this case, mostly Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador — and are classified as Other Than Mexican immigrants.
Top administration officials have tried to attribute the surge in crossings to violence and poverty in those countries. “The situation is motivated primarily by the conditions in the countries that they’re leaving — El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala,” said Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. “Violence, poverty — I believe that is principally what is motivating the situation.”
For its part, the White House dismissed arguments from Republicans that President Obama’s DACA decree — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allowed thousands of illegal immigrants to stay in this country if they came at a young age — created, in effect, a magnet for young people to try to enter the U.S. illegally. At the White House briefing on June 9, deputy press secretary Josh Earnest was asked about statements from House and Senate Republicans “that this was sort of the byproduct of the president putting together DACA, and so, because of the way that that’s been sort of filtered through, immigrant children believe that they can cross the border and stay here.”
“I wouldn’t put a lot of stock in the ability of Republican members of Congress to divine the thoughts and insights of children in Central American countries,” Earnest answered. “My point is, I’m not sure this withstands a whole lot of scrutiny.”
https://washingtonexaminer.com/on-immigrant-surge-white-house-story-falls-apart/article/2549755
Democrats want illegal aliens to gain entry and citizenship to get more votes for Democrats and to “spread the wealth” that you and your family have accumulated through hard work.
Establishment Republicans want illegal aliens for cheap labor to support Big Business interests so that U.S. companies won’t have to pay higher wages to Americans.
Conservatives want to protect American workers and American tax payers from ILLEGAL immigrants. Conservatives are in favor of orderly, LEGAL immigration that matches the needs of our country and does not depress American workers’ wages. The often repeated idea tha there are jobs that Americans won’t do is mostly not true (and to the extent it is true, it is only true because our welfare system gives people incentives not to take those jobs — if they didn’t live as well as they do on the taxpayer’s dime they would take those jobs).
Bring back voting based on property ownership or taxes paid.
Don’t pay taxes – can’t vote (for representatives who decide how tax $$ are spent).
Your vote should be based upon a percentage of net taxes paid. Government is basically in the business of spending tax revenue, so it makes sense to me that voting should be alligned with this. I’m not so sure about the property ownership component, but it’s simply insane that my vote is equal to someone elses vote who’s only vested interest is getting more welfare.