Comments on: Homeland Security: Caring for the Wealthy and Connected since 2002 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/homeland-security-caring-for-the-wealthy-and-connected-since-2002 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Michael Tedesco http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/homeland-security-caring-for-the-wealthy-and-connected-since-2002/comment-page-1#comment-31637 Michael Tedesco Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:35:53 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=3925#comment-31637 That was what I meant to cover with the "ignore U.S. law" NY Times link but true, true. What a douche bag. That was what I meant to cover with the “ignore U.S. law” NY Times link but true, true. What a douche bag.

]]> By: DM Metzger http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/homeland-security-caring-for-the-wealthy-and-connected-since-2002/comment-page-1#comment-31629 DM Metzger Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:17:13 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=3925#comment-31629 You left out the most damning (in my mind anyway) piece from that article. <blockquote><p>The fence wouldn't solve our immigration crisis. It would simply divert crossings to other places along the 2,000 mile border. It would do nothing about the 12 million unauthorized migrants already here. In fact, nearly half of all illegal immigrants entered the country legally and overstayed their visas, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is right in assessing the fence as a waste of money.</p><br/><p>Moreover, Congress has ceded too much power to Chertoff. <strong>In 2005, it granted him the authority to waive laws while prohibiting federal appeals courts from reviewing his decisions, undermining the system of checks and balances enshrined in our Constitution</strong>.</p></blockquote> You left out the most damning (in my mind anyway) piece from that article.

The fence wouldn’t solve our immigration crisis. It would simply divert crossings to other places along the 2,000 mile border. It would do nothing about the 12 million unauthorized migrants already here. In fact, nearly half of all illegal immigrants entered the country legally and overstayed their visas, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is right in assessing the fence as a waste of money.

Moreover, Congress has ceded too much power to Chertoff. In 2005, it granted him the authority to waive laws while prohibiting federal appeals courts from reviewing his decisions, undermining the system of checks and balances enshrined in our Constitution.

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