I don’t know about you but I purposely avoided the president’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. I was sure I’d enjoy myself much more by listening to Mark Levin for an assessment, and he certainly didn’t disappoint.
 
One of the most outrage-inducing aspects of the event wasn’t what Obama said (for the most part it’s all just the usual lofty rhetoric laced with lies) as what he did – and didn’t do ~
 
Obama Invites Illegal Immigrants to His Big Speech, Still Refuses to Meet With ICE Agents

Last night, six illegal immigrants attended the State of the Union address as guests of President Obama in an effort to bolster his calls for immigration reform.

Just stop and let that sink in for a minute…
People who broke our federal laws –
are invited to sit in a place of honor –
at a national event –
by the chief law enforcement officer in the land.
Could the president more openly thumb his nose at regular law-abiding rubes like us who pay his salary?!
 
Adding insult to injury is the fact that he – and our feckless congresspeople – still refuse to discuss the illegal immigration crisis with the guys on the front lines.
 
For more than a year now Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been trying to meet with anyone in D.C. who’ willing to listen to the truth about our porous borders and the attendant security risks to legal Americans. And the ruling elite, Democrats and Republicans alike, simply ignore them!
 
Chris Crane, an ICE officer and National ICE Council president (representing 5,000 ICE agents, officers, and employees), has every right to be indignant ~

“This is symptomatic of the President’s continued demonstration of contempt for immigration officers and his blatant disregard for Congressionally-enacted law. ICE officers are forced every day to release violent offenders back into the streets; we are prohibited from enforcing immigration violations and document fraud and from cracking down on illegal employment; we are prohibited from enforcing public charge law to protect taxpayers; and we are forced to catch-and-release illegal aliens who are not ‘priorities’ even when officers’ believe there is a threat to public safety.”

Never mind that the vast majority of average (legal) Americans don’t support amnesty ~

According to a new Gallup poll, only 3 percent of Americans support granting an illegal immigrant the right to live and work in the U.S. Immigration lags at least a half dozen other more pressing problems that include an out of touch Congress, which 21 percent identified as their top concern. Following the dysfunctional government are the economy, 18 percent; unemployment, jobs and health care, each at 16 percent and the federal budget deficit, 8 percent. The poll ranked immigration so low that it isn’t mentioned in the report’s original summary.

 
And never mind that Chris Crane makes impassioned appeals for responsible border control ~

“We are pleading with House Republicans to stand up to the Obama Administration’s abuses and to support ICE officers. I am therefore alarmed to read that House Republicans are working with prominent amnesty proponents instead of reaching out and working with ICE officers. Any immigration principles crafted by House Republicans should be crafted in consultation with the ICE personnel who know firsthand what is wrong with our immigration system and how to fix it,” Crane said. “House Republicans must work with ICE officers, and investigate the abuses and misconduct at DHS, before moving any legalization bill – otherwise, they are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
 
ICE officers do not have the connections, funds or votes that powerful special interests and billionaire CEOs can deliver. We are just 5,000 law officers responsible for enforcing immigration law for tens of millions of visa holders and illegal immigrants in all 50 states and two territories – it is a losing battle that puts American safety at risk. But we hope to have justice and a concern for public safety on our side, and I hope House Republicans will support us in our uphill fight to ensure the constitutional rule of law in America.”

… The Politburo on the Potomac couldn’t care less!
 
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