No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it. ---- Our immigration laws are constitutional and necessary.
those who give aid and support to illegal aliens are criminals On Jun 2, 8:52 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to > enforce it. 16 Am Jur 2d § 177, late 2d § 256. Judges must of course, obey > and enforce the constitution and laws themselves, e.g., Matter of Hague, 412 > Mich 532; 315 NW2d 524 (1982).At 09:33 AM 5/31/2011, you wrote:It is being > done in the name of immigration enforcement and cracking > down on illegals. > ---- > and totally justified > Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. is just another catholic trying to thwart > our immigration laws and an idiot. > On May 31, 8:04 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Tragedy of Immigration Enforcementby Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.Here’s > > the problem. If you give government a job to do, even one that seems > > justified in the abstract, it will use its power to make a terrible mess in > > practice. This is true in a host of areas from welfare to warfare, but it > > is even true in the complicated area of immigration. > > Just imagine this. The owners of Chuy's Mesquite Broiler in Phoenix and 13 > > other locations around western states have been kidnapped from their > > popular restaurants and dragged to jail. This will be followed by trial, > > and certain personal bankruptcy. They could face 80 years in prison. In the > > raid, "Homeland Security" stole their computers, their accounting and > > employment records, and walked out the door just like a gang of thieves. > > The only difference is that these thugs operate under the cover of the law. > > And what evil did these restaurateurs do? Were they poisoning people, > > stealing customers’ wallets, secretly running an assassination conspiracy, > > sending in the predator drones against people they hate, or what? To lock > > anyone away for life is a shocking sentence, so surely the punishment must > > fit the crime. Pyscho sniper-murderers have gotten less. > > What they are alleged to have done is hired people who don’t have the > > proper bureaucratic forms filled out for them. That’s all. Nothing more. It > > is being done in the name of immigration enforcement and cracking down on > > illegals. The workers themselves are untouched by any of this. Their > > benefactors and the benefactors of society are the ones being targeted with > > police-state tactics. > > The government is busting up a whole series of voluntary labor > > relationships that are designed to provide people with good food. Let us be > > clear: to the extent that many people object to illegal immigration, it has > > nothing to do with those who go to work and make an honest living doing > > things like working in restaurants. The problem with illegal immigration is > > related to other issues that drive people crazy, like going on welfare, > > engaging in actual (not pretend) crime, and demanding tax-funded support > > services. > > People finding jobs to do and other wonderful commercial things is a > > praiseworthy aspect of immigration, legal or illegal. In fact, there are > > millions of jobs in this country that would simply not be done at the > > current price without such immigration, and this is true in a vast range of > > industries from housing to horticulture. American natives think too highly > > of themselves to accept these jobs at the market price. > > And it is this very thing that government, given the power to enforce > > immigration statutes, wants to crack down on, not by rounding up workers, > > which would be bad enough, but by criminally prosecuting the business > > owners themselves, the people who are not only providing jobs but also > > providing good food for the public. The whole thing boggles the mind. > > But the utilitarian will object. Yes, these tactics are rough, with results > > that are regrettable for property owners and those who like to dine out, > > but at least it helps address our nation’s problems with illegal > > immigration. > > But will it? If mainstream employers are afraid of lifetime jail terms, > > they will not hire. And that leaves only marginal employers to pick up the > > slack. These include drug operations, fly-by-night underground businesses, > > gray markets, prostitution rings, and other things from the seedier side of > > life. > > Or the result could be no employment at all, which means turning to crime > > itself. In other words, these efforts attempt to stop the best part of > > immigration and enhance the worst. For this we can thank the government. > > Try to think of this issue in terms of the risk to attempting illegal > > immigration. No one on the other side of the border, faced with a porous > > fence, is thinking: I’ll take this risk only on the condition that I can go > > to work for Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler. > > No, they will come anyway. In order to eliminate every possible job > > opportunity for immigrants, the Obama administration will have to jail and > > terrorize vast numbers, destroying the commercial life of major swaths of > > the country. This is a catastrophic plan that amounts to a fundamental > > attack on liberty, and the nationalization of the service industry. (I > > should add that I prefer illegal immigration to legal, since we have far > > too many citizens able to vote themselves other people’s property, and too > > few people who want to work hard for a living.) > > Just as George Bush used national security as the great excuse to shred the > > Bill of Rights, the Obama administration is using illegal immigration as > > the excuse to achieve the socialist dream of bringing employer-employee > > relations entirely under government purview. It is a form of > > micro-nationalization. > > And why? Socialist ideology plays a role here, and another authoritarian > > anti-market ideology, protectionism. But if you look closely enough at this > > enforcement, you will find the hand of Obama affiliated big labor unions at > > work behind the scenes. It’s not that they are against immigrants. The > > unions hate any employee who works for the going market wage. As their > > power and influence continues to fall, if not in DC, they are resorting to > > ever more desperate tactics to shore up their slipping cartel. > > You can see, then, that this crack down has nothing to do with nationalism > > or racialism or securing the borders or anything else. It is all about > > bolstering the power of the state and its unions over the American economy, > > and making the rest of us > > poorer.http://lewrockwell.com/rockwell/tragedy-of-immigration-enforcement181.html > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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