* “Building a physical wall across the southern border is not reality.”
Is that wall along the Israeli border just a mirage in the desert, then? Maybe Brooks should ask his son, who’s serving in the Israeli Defence Forces.
* Brooks is right that the Republican Party is at an immigration crossroads. So is the United States, if it has not already started down the road to Brazil-style developing world status.
But why does anything need to be “passed.” Laws passed by Congress are so 20th Century! Has not Obama shown us the way by expansive executive orders, statutory rewriting masquerading as interpretative regulations, and prosecutorial discretion as affirmative immigration policy?
Donald Trump needs to be prepared to govern extra-constitutionally and defy the courts and Congress (“Mr. Justice Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it,” statement by Andrew Jackson). It’s a drastic remedy but nothing less will save the United States, if it is not already past saving.
* Brooks is the left’s favorite conservative rather like Aunt Jemima is the klan’s favorite negro. He seems to believe that presentation is everything, and if he comes across as extremely erudite, nobody will notice his inconsistencies. Or wrong calls.
* As a lawyer whose practice includes some but not all aspects of immigration law, I assure you Brooks really is a moron as the poster above wrote. He has no clue as to the multiple facets of immigration law and his perception of it is likely limited to Mexicans. The entire system does not need reform. In fact, most of the problem lies in the enforcement area where we sometimes have an utter lack of enforcement; a lack of lawful enforcement or erratic enforcement by local level functionaries varying widely from location to location.
As one example, all visa applicants from whatever country must provide documentation of an American financial sponsor. Sometimes, the sponsor must provide tax returns as proof of ability to support the applicant so the applicant doesn’t become a supplicant while visiting. But none of that applies to illegal aliens present in the country. As every visa applicant knows, getting here is the problem because once here, it is difficult to be deported. The process of removal takes years via the immigration courts and, often, the alien just disappears before his case is even adjudicated. If ever located, the process is re-started.
Reformation is not needed so much as consistent enforcement of the body of law as written.
