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“…Guests using a birth certificate as citizenship documentation are reminded that only an original state-issued birth certificate is acceptable … Guests 16 years of age and older are also required to present a physical government-issued photo ID…”
Disney Cruise Line no longer accepting photocopies of guest birth certificates
Really?!? You need to prove citizenship with state-issued documentation for a Disney cruise, but not to VOTE??!
…whether they are federal or local. Same pocket gets picked in the end: yours.
So my question is this: If the open border crisis is “…crushing city budgets…”, leading to demands for federal aid, why should we believe that shifting the costs to the federal government won’t just crush their budget instead? Is it really any different if the money comes from federal taxes rather than local taxes?
The real solution is to enforce federal immigration law and stop illegal immigration. How about we try that instead of breaking our federal budget, eh?
(* For those who are acronym-challenged, “Not In My Back Yard”)
New York City is clearly a “sanctuary” city – notice how they welcome illegal immigrants:
NYC Mayor Adams sues bus companies dropping off migrants for $700M
But, wait – isn’t the only real question here whether or not these “immigrants” wanted to go to New York? Haven’t the courts already decided that free travel is a right guaranteed by the Constitution? If so, then who is New York to limit their means of travel by punishing those who transport them?
Hypocrisy aside, it seems that New York really wants to treat these “immigrants” as second-class citizens. I hope the courts recognize this New York law restricting travel for what it is – an infringement of constitutional rights. In any event, the real problem is the Biden administration’s failure to secure the border – not Texas attempting to spread the joy!
PS: So what happens when immigrants living in New York pay to bus in their illegal relatives, and then register them for state services so that they don’t have to pick up the tab for their support? I wonder how many of them will be charged under this statute? Since there’s no political benefit, my guess is none…
…how much money the border states will get, assuming New York gets their requested $654 million from FEMA. My guess? None.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says ‘migrant crisis’ under Biden administration has ‘destroyed’ city
New York has received ~4500 migrants/month, with ~55,000 arriving in the past year. For those of you who don’t understand the economic cost, it is reported that more than 34,000 migrants are currently wards of the city – at great taxpayer expense. Think not? From the same article cited above:
In a memo from the New York City Office of Management, reported by the New York Post, the city will spend an estimated $4.2 billion on costs related to migrants and asylum seekers that would be spent through June 30, 2023, and the end of fiscal year 2024.
And that’s just for New York. In contrast, last year migrant border crossings at border states exceeded 2.76 million.
Interestingly, back in August DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas criticized Texas for busing migrants to D.C. and New York, stating:
So the capacities of Texas are of no concern, only those of D.C., New York, and other liberal strongholds matter? DHS has allowed hundreds of thousands of “migrants” across the border each month, but Texas and other border states are expected to keep and support them all rather than “spread the joy” to the liberal sanctuaries who have demanding open borders in the first place?
RUFKM?!?
NYC Mayor Eric Adams is whining about receiving approximately 21,000 migrants since last year. Border towns like El Paso Texas receive nearly 30,000 in a single month. So let me see….. 21,000 per year vs. more than 300,000? RUFKM??
NYC Mayor Eric Adams pleads with White House for more help on migrant crisis
Adam’s solution? Put the federal government in charge of migrant travel, coordinating their movements so as to prevent their being shipped to NYC.
“I have a Republican governor dumping on my city,” Adams said.
Welcome to El Paso, where a Democrat President is dumping 1,000 illegal immigrants per day. By the way, based on the NYC population at 8.8M and the U.S. at 330M, NYC should have received some 55,000 immigrants last year – not a paltry 21,000.
Suck it up, Mr. Mayor, and put on your big boy pants. If you want to limit illegal immigration to the Big Apple, then limit it for everywhere else, too. Tell your fellow Democrat President Biden to get control of the border!
Trump had a policy that worked? A policy that the Democrats resoundingly opposed?
US, Mexico to announce deal reinstating Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy: report
Who’d have thought?
Now it’s the evil, exploitative employer taking advantage of the innocent illegal alien – who shouldn’t be here at all, let alone be employed:
Biden Administration Orders ICE To End Mass Workplace Raids
Why would the government do this to support illegal aliens? They can’t (or at least shouldn’t) vote. What does the current administration hope to gain? Well, I’ll tell you…
What if you were a U.S. citizen with a relative illegally residing in the United States? Would you want to be responsible for their care? Would you want to feed, cloth, and house them on your own dime? Or would you support an administration that either allowed them to support themselves or provided monetary support directly?
The administration is not looking for these illegal aliens to become citizens and vote Democrat some 10 years down the road (at least not in the short term). It is instead are trying to cement the support of existing voters who might otherwise be required – as “sponsors” of these extended family members and illegal immigrants – to provide support for their care and housing.
Once again, buying votes with our money…
Why would people support laws that encourage criminal behaviour?
New Jersey Assembly passes bill that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain professional licenses
Immigration is the sole domain of the federal government; states have no direct say in who is allowed to immigrate to the United States. When states pass laws like this they are aiding and abetting the violation of federal law, and should be penalized like any other criminal for their actions.
While I can appreciate the sentiment, I don’t think this will get past the courts:
Trump orders Census not to count undocumented immigrants for awarding congressional seats
President Trump’s alleged method to negate this incentive is fraught with problems. Trump’s claim (according to the news article above) is that the term “person” is not defined in the Constitution, in particular with respect to Article 1 Section 2 and the 14th amendment, and therefor he can define it to exclude illegal aliens. However, the 14th amendment includes the following text:
“…nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…”
I don’t think anyone would assert that the clause above would not also apply to illegal aliens (think about it…). Thus, the 14th amendment effectively includes illegal aliens in its definition of “person”. QED.
That’s not to say I disagree completely with Trump’s sentiments. Counting illegal aliens towards the apportionment of congressional representatives provides a perverse incentive for states to ignore – nay, thwart – immigration laws. Immigration is the sole domain of the federal government, and states should be taken to the woodshed for actively seeking to bypass the federal immigration system for their own gain. I just don’t believe that Trump’s position is tenable.
Better luck next time, Skippy.
Fox News and NPR are both reporting that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued regulations requiring foreign students to leave the country if their colleges go to 100% on-line classes due to Covid-19. Immigration supporters are against this new ruling. One immigration attorney is alleged to have said “This makes no sense.” However, it makes perfect sense.
The student visa program is not about people coming here to permanently live; it’s about people getting an education from an American university, then going home to do good with that education in their own country. If they can get that same education remotely, then why should they remain in the U.S.? To put it in a more clear light: If American universities had always been on-line only would we have allowed foreign students to come here at all, or simply given them remote access to our education system?
Many seem to consider the student visa program a path to more permanent residency. NPR quotes the same immigration attorney as saying:
“This is not the America that I think foreign students come to live in.”
Exactly.
Editors note: I would agree with foreign students remaining in the U.S. if the school’s transition to online classes were openly declared temporary. Classroom and group learning, in my opinion, offers a significant advantage over on-line learning, with classroom and study group participation being integral and necessary components for learning complex subjects. Forcing a foreign student to incur the expense of returning home only to come back to the U.S. the following semester would be an unfair burden to the student.