The debate about deportation of illegal aliens has really reached a strange place. At the moment, what we know is that the new Trump administration is planning to launch a massive effort starting from day one after the Inauguration to deport criminal illegal aliens. That means that gang members, drug pushers, robbers, rapists, murders and the like who are here illegally will be sought out and deported. Despite the focus on criminals, the liberals are lining up to declare that they will oppose this effort. For example, the mayor of New York said that the city would not cooperate with the effort and would do what it could to prevent it.
Think about that. The illegal immigration debate has now gotten Democrat office holders pledging to protect criminals from deportation. Maybe I'm wrong, but my guess is that an overwhelming majority of Americans support the idea of getting rid of the criminals included among the illegal aliens. Even Hillary Clinton promised during her losing campaign to focus first on deporting criminal illegal aliens. The announced position of the Obama administration is that criminal aliens are to be the focus of deportation efforts. Now, it is true that no one believed that Obama or Clinton would ever actually deport anyone while Trump is likely to follow through on this plan. Nevertheless, it is truly bizarre to think that the Democrats are trying to appeal to the American people by protecting criminals.
To a certain extent, this debate mirrors the abortion debate. Poll after poll shows that Americans are strongly against partial birth abortion, a late term procedure in which the baby is partially delivered only to have his or her head crushed by the doctor. These are children who could survive if separated from the mother. Nevertheless, because banning partial birth abortion would mean limiting abortion rights in a small way, the Democrats oppose this in order to satisfy a vocal part of their base.
The reality is that protecting criminals from being deported is not popular now and it is unlikely to ever be popular with the American people. Nevertheless, now that the election is over and the Democrats lost, they are still lining up in support of this unpopular position. As I said above, it is really a strange place.
Think about that. The illegal immigration debate has now gotten Democrat office holders pledging to protect criminals from deportation. Maybe I'm wrong, but my guess is that an overwhelming majority of Americans support the idea of getting rid of the criminals included among the illegal aliens. Even Hillary Clinton promised during her losing campaign to focus first on deporting criminal illegal aliens. The announced position of the Obama administration is that criminal aliens are to be the focus of deportation efforts. Now, it is true that no one believed that Obama or Clinton would ever actually deport anyone while Trump is likely to follow through on this plan. Nevertheless, it is truly bizarre to think that the Democrats are trying to appeal to the American people by protecting criminals.
To a certain extent, this debate mirrors the abortion debate. Poll after poll shows that Americans are strongly against partial birth abortion, a late term procedure in which the baby is partially delivered only to have his or her head crushed by the doctor. These are children who could survive if separated from the mother. Nevertheless, because banning partial birth abortion would mean limiting abortion rights in a small way, the Democrats oppose this in order to satisfy a vocal part of their base.
The reality is that protecting criminals from being deported is not popular now and it is unlikely to ever be popular with the American people. Nevertheless, now that the election is over and the Democrats lost, they are still lining up in support of this unpopular position. As I said above, it is really a strange place.
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