Immigration — Another Scandal and Another Reason For Impeachment

This Administration is a scandal machine. Everything they do is close to the line. Much of what they do is on the wrong side of this line.

In my recent book, twenty-six scandals were enumerated. Some  might be considered minor, but all show blatant disrespect and disregard for the Constitution and Rule of Law. Several are serious enough to represent valid  impeachment processes without consideration of others.

In comparison, Richard Nixon looks like an angel rather than a devil. Looking what is happening today versus the charges brought against Nixon is enough to understand how far this nation has fallen. Bring back the good, bad times!

Immigration Law Enforcement Scandal

The latest Obama Administration scandal is immigration. By my count that raises the number of scandals to 27, unless one wants to count this one more than once. Deciding unilaterally that immigration law will be ignored and not enforced should itself be an impeachable offense. No president has the power or right to arbitrarily choose which laws will be enforced and which ones will not, although Obama has ignored this constraint with respect to much more than immigration law.

Allowing such behavior is a threat to the balance of power  intended to protect citizens from tyranny.  George Will stated:

Obama, however, has perpetrated more than 40 suspensions of laws. Were presidents the sole judges of the limits of their latitude, they would effectively have plenary power to vitiate the separation of powers, the Founders’ bulwark against despotism.

Each violation of law provides  precedent for future presidents. It will be easier for successors to ignore the law than it is for Obama. Overlooking these infringements invites the move closer to dictatorship. That road is a one-way street. A return to previous conditions is rarely achieved without bloodshed.

Congress must act if this country is to survive in its current form. To the extent that Obama is guilty of violating the law, so too is Congress for ignoring these violations. The oath taken to uphold the Constitution is being violated every time Congress fails to act in these situations. This in itself is an impeachable offense, or at least was intended to be.

Is Immigration Part of a Bigger Scandal?

It appears the immigration mess may be worse than an unwillingness to enforce the laws of the country. A “smoking gun” apparently has been discovered that  indicates that the overrun of this country with immigrants, particularly the influx of children, may have been planned and orchestrated by government. If so, it is as serious a scandal as any of the other major ones. Furthermore, the “smoking gun” cannot be hidden. It is out in the open or soon will be.

In January of 2014 a DHS advertisement appeared seeking bids from vendors on a contract to provide assistance for “unaccompanied alien children.” The contract requested assistance for a specific number, 65,000, of unaccompanied children.  Curiously, that approximates recent numbers. Yet, DHS and ICE claim to be “surprised” by the current situation. Furthermore, in January the problem was much smaller.

Thomas Lifson provided additional detail and opinion on the bid.  His conclusion:

This stinks to high heaven. It is time to subpoena the people who placed the ad to give testimony in Congress. We may have a Cloward-Piven strategy on illegal immigration underway.

Joe Guzzardi provides additional detail and concludes:



Obama’s ongoing, unconstitutional refusal to enforce immigration laws plus his commitment to, as Fallon said, encourage more illegal immigration are likely impeachable offenses. On the behalf of Americans citizens whom Obama has sworn to protect, Congress has the moral responsibility to end this border surge immediately. 

It is beyond time that Congress step up and act against the obvious illegalities and corruption of this Administration. The President should be impeached and there is no shortage of grounds upon which charges can be brought.  That should be followed by the mass resignation of the cowards and lawbreakers in Congress whose inaction allowed this behavior to develop to such outrageous levels.

The country is close to not having an option against tyranny.  The threat  is far bigger than any individual scandal attributable to this Administration.