The President, Immigration Law, Constitutional Law and the Supreme Court

As this article is being written our nation’s president is preparing to go before the nation to announce that he will unilaterally change the currently established immigration law and with the stroke of his pen, he will provide immediate amnesty to millions of people who have broken that immigration law. He has said that he is going to do this because he believes the law needs to be changed and congress has not responded to his personal values and beliefs. He will state, therefore, that he is justified in doing so. His sworn oath of office speaks to the contrary: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."  We are a nation of laws and I believe the actions of this president are, without question, the execution of a planned political power grab and I believe this action is constitutionally wrong and should not be permitted. 

This article is intended as a reminder to all of you that the design for this nation provides us with a safety net to be used to examine presidential actions and determine their validity. Our government exists only for the people not for political vanity, posturing or individual power. This is what we are. The teachers I experienced in my youth carefully described in great detail a government of written laws designed to make and keep us free.

The Preamble to our Constitution reads as follows: “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 (sic), promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United states of America.”

The plan for this nation was not accidental. It was diligently studied, discussed and written. Our constitution established three equal branches of leadership. Each branch has specific written powers and responsibilities and each was designed to prevent the rise of absolute power in any of the other branches. If that horror were to happen then all of the efforts of the framers to secure freedom for them and us would have been in vain. These branches are: the Legislative, the Executive and the Judicial. I strongly urge, no, I demand that our nation’s Supreme Court, the third and often forgotten branch, to immediately exercise its appointed duty and powers and proceed to closely examine the stated goals and actions of our president in the light of constitutional law. The court’s justices must immediately determine for him and all of the members of the Legislative branch and all of the people of this nation that what he has chosen to do is either legal or not legal. Failure to act as they were intended runs the risk of a great tearing of the fabric of our constitution and a very large step toward the end of our days as a nation.

Immigration and the Rule of Law

There are two target audiences for your consideration in this posted article. The first audience is all who are citizens by birth. The second audience is those of you who will join us through the legal path known as naturalization.

Are we really a nation of laws? The correct answer is a resounding, yes! Can an American citizen or even its president  intentionally break a written law just because they believe or feel strongly that the law is wrong or unjust? The correct response is a resounding, no! These two questions are at the very heart of today’s newspaper, radio and television immigration arguments. The basic concepts in support of Immigration and Rule of  Law are clear. The fact that our current president is contemplating amnesty for an extremely large number of illegal foreign citizens already here flies in the face of our nation's laws and the 14^th Amendment to our Constitution. I believe our president is acting illegally in support of peoples who are here illegally. We have laws and we have an agreed upon method to change a law. Any other course of action should be impossible.

I am a citizen of the United States, by birth right. I want you to know that I want to extend to all peoples the right to pursue the American citizenship dream with me. I hold and demand only one requirement. Do not break the law of this great nation and live among us in deceit. If you follow the law and become a naturalized citizen, you will enjoy the same benefits of all who came before you. Carefully read Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to our Constitution below. Those words make it clear that the  freedom you seek is as close as naturalization and that citizenship by birth and by naturalization are equal and guaranteed to you by our Constitution. It should be obvious to you at this point that this is really what you are looking for and that all of the hard work you will face as you seek to become that naturalized citizen is worth it! 

14^th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America

Section 1. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

So what is the basic law for immigration?  The following two paragraphs are direct quotes of information from a FindLaw's web site. The site  used in this article is for general illustration purposes only.

Basic Immigration law encompasses a wide range of situations that involve a person from a foreign country coming to the United States, whether for a temporary visit or with the intent to live permanently in the U.S. (as a citizen or as a legal permanent resident). FindLaw’s “Immigration Law Basics” section provides a bird’s eye view of the immigration process, including a glossary of immigration terms; an overview of immigration in general; and helpful primers to help you get started with your particular immigration needs. Also provided are links to primers on getting a green card; working in the U.S. as a foreign national; helping a family member adjust his or her status; and more. See more at: http://immigration.findlaw.com/immigration-overview/immigration-law-basics.html#sthash.ohfNVXry.dpuf

Crossing the border by land, sea or air can be a time-consuming and tedious process. But proper preparation, and knowing what to expect when crossing the border, can go a long way toward making the experience as swift and painless as possible. Tighter security screenings at border checkpoints were phased in following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. United States citizens, lawful permanent residents and citizens from other countries all must present a passport and/or some other approved travel document when entering the U.S. Border crossing checkpoints also involve a series of questions, baggage inspections and other security procedures. Most Canadian citizens (as well as those from Bermuda) do not need a visa to enter the U.S., but must present an approved travel document. Mexican citizens (including children) must present a passport and a visa for entry.

We are, indeed, a nation of laws.  It is only through our citizen's and our government's continuous and conscious belief and support of our laws that we will remain free. 

Nuclear Senate and Presidential Hubris Questions Remain

To all of the people who participated in the November 4 mid-term elections, Thank You! Without question, I am ecstatic with the results because I sense the beginning of a possible respite from the cancerous growth of the progressive movement in our nation.

However, this election begs for answers to two questions:

Question number one: Will the Republican Party take advantage of this opportunity to pronounce the Nuclear Senate established by Harry Reid and the Democratic Party dead in the water or leave it untouched and use it in vengeance against that party? I sincerely hope that it is destroyed. This is a golden opportunity for all elected Senators from both parties, not just the new majority party, to do the right thing. The right to filibuster is important to all of us because it is a protection against the abusive rule and tyranny of those who are a part of a majority. That is why democracies fail and why the United States of America is a republic.

Question number two: When will our president finally come to grips with his personal hubris and truly make an effort to be the leader that this nation needs and deserves? For this man to tell this nation that he has heard the one third who voted in this latest election and then state that he also heard the voices of the two thirds who didn't vote is classic hubris. A simple thesaurus search reveals hubris as arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, self importance, superiority and superciliousness. Clearly, he lives and breathes excessive pride and is on a path toward his own personal nemesis. From the Greek, nemesis is literally ‘retribution’. The antonym for hubris is humility. I hope that he chooses wisely.