22 Things the President could do right now to address the border crisis. Hint: Most are simply asking him to enforce the laws already on the books. 1. End the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that he unilaterally and unconstitutionally implemented in 2012. 2. Rescind the Morton memos on prosecutorial discretion to allow ICE to detain, process, and remove any illegal alien with whom they come into contact. 3. Rescind the 2012 changes to ICE detainer policy so that ICE can once again place detainers on any illegal aliens encountered in prisons and jails. 4. Call up the National Guard 5. Withhold all aid from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador until they take clear steps to stop the flow of people seeking to illegally enter the United States. Specifically, Mexico must cease issuing transit or other temporary visas to Central Americans seeking to travel to the United States, unless the Central Americans can provide proof that they have a visa to enter the United States legally. 6. Withhold aid from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador until they also agree to take back their nationals who are found removable from the United States. If they do not agree to take back their nationals, all immigrant visas should be withheld as well. 7. Require HHS to provide accommodations for UACs within 100 miles of the border. 8. If HHS identifies a relative of the minor who is living in the United States, require DHS to determine the legal status of that relative. If the relative is illegally present, he relative should be delivered to the minor for reunification, and both should be processed for removal. 9. Establish temporary, emergency immigration courts at the National Guard detention facilities and the HHS accommodations for UACs to expedite the removal proceedings, while still providing aliens the due process the Immigration and Nationality Act requires. 10. Build the fence required by the 2005 Secure Fence Act. 11. Order ICE to resume worksite enforcement efforts, including the removal of illegal aliens apprehended at worksites. 12. Implement the biometric entry-exit system that Congress first enacted in 1996. 13. Require verification of legal status through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program for all federally funded benefits. 14. Stop using taxpayer money to advertise welfare benefits, such as food stamps, in foreign countries. 15. Order the Department of State and USCIS to enforce the public charge provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 16. Order USCIS to resume issuing Notices to Appear to aliens who commit fraud in their immigration benefits applications. 17. Order USCIS to stop granting waivers to entire classes of illegal aliens. 18. Order the IRS to investigate and prosecute Child Tax Credit fraud. 19. Order the IRS to investigate and prosecute Earned Income Tax Credit fraud. 20. Order the Department of Justice to file lawsuits challenging sanctuary policies in cities and states, since they violate Federal law. 21. Honor existing, and encourage additional, 287(g) agreements with state and local law enforcement. 22. Stop punishing, and start encouraging, states to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:15:44 +0000