Government is Failing in Protecting our Borders

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." --John Adams

John Adams is exactly right in the above quote. The "stubborn facts" are; The Federal Government has a Constitutional requirement to protect our borders, and ensure our country's sovereignty, and the Immigration and Naturalization Services has the responsibility to control immigration. Another "stubborn fact" is the Federal Government is doing neither.

Here are a couple quotes out of the Constitution that define the Governments responsibility in these areas:

Article IV, Section. 3. "The Congress shall have the power to dispose of and make all needed rules and regulations respecting the Territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or any particular state."

Article IV. Section. 4. "The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a Republican form of Government, and shall protect each of them against invasion."

The Federal Government has failed miserably in their responsibility to uphold the Constitution, and taking action to stem this invasion of our Southern border byMexico. With monumental hypocrisy the Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder has seen fit to sue the state of Arizona for passing immigration laws to protect their states sovereignty. Quite simply Arizona took action because the Federal Government failed in its responsibility to protect its borders, and contra illegal immigration. I think that the President and the Attorney General of the United States should have a good look in the mirror and, and upon reflection, an epiphany would occur; in the words of it would be Pogo; " We have met the enemy and it is us."

Although immigration issues are not a part of the Constitution per se, when the Civil War ended the states were faced with issues relative to immigration, and consequently, began introducing immigration policies. In 1875, the U.S. Supreme Court designated the regulation of immigration policies to the federal government, and not individual states. The first big wave of immigration to the United States began in the 1880s, and the government reacted by creating the Immigration Service in 1891. To deal with the high number of immigrants entering the country, the U.S. Congress introduced new immigration policies. The government introduced the National Origins Quota Act in 1921. The quota limited the number of legal immigrants to 3% of their current ethnic makeup in the United States. This immigration quota system was altered three years later and the percentage was lowered to 2%. In addition, Congress established the U.S. Border Patrol as part of the Immigration Service.

The whole point of the short dissertation on Immigration is to point out that the Federal Government established the immigration policies for the country, established the Immigration Services, and the U.S. Border Patrol. They (the government) seems to have not taken seriously these polices, and entities that are supposed to protect our borders, both country and state.

Again: "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." --John Adams

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