Congressman Raúl Grijalva hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will revisit a lawsuit challenging President Obama’s 2014 executive actions on immigration.
DAPA would benefit the parents of U.S. citizen and legal resident children with relief from deportation and a renewable three-year work permit. DACA II is an extension of the 2012 program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which also allows undocumented youth to remain in the country and issue renewable work permits. It is estimated that as many as 5 million people could benefit from both programs.
Grijalva says in a media statement that the Supreme Court’s “non-decision” leaves vulnerable people across the U.S. “suffering under an immigration system that splinters families and betrays our values.”
This case confirms why Republican members of Congress should get on board with appointing a ninth Supreme Court justice before Obama leaves office early next year. Not doing so “is toxic to our legal system and our society,” Grijalva’s statement says. “We are a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws, and both of those facts are betrayed by a political party that undermines the integrity of our highest court and attacks our president’s legal efforts to help aspiring Americans.”
“The silver lining is that a 4-4 tie is not precedent setting, and I hope that the Court revisits this vital issue with the urgency it deserves,” he says.
“I appreciate President Obama’s efforts to act where Republicans wouldn’t, but in light of this ruling, he must redouble his efforts to ensure innocent families do not continue to suffer. I will continue to work with this administration and the next to create a common sense immigration process once and for all.”
This article appears in Jun 23-29, 2016.
” I will continue to work with this administration and the next to create a common sense immigration process once and for all.”
And here I thought he was about to join OJ Simpson in the search for Nicole’ and Ron’s killer.
” a common sense immigration process once and for all.” .
This is what a common sense immigration program looks like to me, and most Americans would agree:
“In the first place we should insist that the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equity with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace or origin. But this is predicated upon the man’s becoming an American and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any flag of a nation to which we are hostile. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language…and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.” Theodore Roosevelt
So true Lou. I would have to guess they do not teach them the pledge of allegiance because it is to our flag. But this started with hyphenated Americans. Either you are or you aren’t. This is diluting our country, our might, and our greatness. Learn the language, assimilate…..
But you know what, we have had immigration reform jammed down our throats but were never allowed into formulating the plan. Just simply comply with what the left wants. This feels just like how my healthcare deductible was raised 400% while promising to save me thousands per year.
All trust has been destroyed by lying incompetent politicians.
Make Arizona Mexico Again.
The Grijalva’s and their army of white guilt liberals life long dream.
Raul has never stood for America.
Buenos dias, What,Again…
Would you mind if I nominate you for an award as this site’s “Most Boring and Predictable Poster?”
Immigration rates are too high. They are 6 times historic averages at a time when the country no longer has vast open space to put people.
“Common Sense” immigration reform, as proposed, would double legal immigration while doing very little about illegal immigration. Immigration is wonderful. People who have been here a long time deserve a way to legalize their status. But high immigration rates that are unsustainable damage the country.
Until real common sense immigration reform is proposed – reform that greatly reduces overall immigration – no one should be given legal status. That only encourages more illegal immigration. We’ve seen this with the waves of illegal immigration from Colombia after they were given temporary residency and 90% failed to show up for their hearings, word reached Colombia that if you just got across the border you were home free and we had additional waves.
Immigration reform can not be trusted to elected officials…of either party. The Democrats have given voting rights to convicted felons.
They have violated our trust.
Amen riorican!
If you add cold hearted, ignorant, unoriginal and misinforming to that nomination also…then Wrong, Again will win by a LANDSLIDE.
Nobody else will stand a chance!
Remember when Raul called for a boycott of AZ, thereby putting his own people out of work when Tucson resorts and hotels lost bookings?
I do Gandalf. It’s too bad his people don’t. He made everyone suffer for his racist agenda. No mas.
It never ceases to amaze me how ignorance abounds. Why do people come here? We ask them to! We invite them! We give them more money than they can get in their homeland and enough in fact that they can send money home. That applies to even the oft-stated hated druglords; would they be here if there wasn’t money to be made?
No, this non-decision only hurts the people we really want to be here. Those who come to work, live, grow and become an integral part of our communities. It only hurts those who contribute to our society and does nothing to stop the abuses. The Republicans got just what they intended by stalling the vote on Obama’s nominee. They pandered to the fear and achieved nothing positive for the United States. It is a vote for greed and exploitation over true prosperity and growth.
MarcBS. Well, the name sure fits. If you get the chance, put down the baby and pick up a history book. 2007, Sen. Chuck Shumer ( D- N.Y.) swore to block anymore of Bush’s Supreme Court nominations because he feared the court would lean too far Right. This was 19 months before the next POTUS would be sworn in. 2004 he swore to block Bush’s nomination of Charles Pickering to the Fed. Appeals Court. But that’s O.K. because Shumer is a liberal Dem.
Open letter to Grijalva, a communist —
You say —
…. “Illegals in US suffering under US Toxic legal system”
…. “We are a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws,
…. “US immigration system splinters families, and betrays
…. our values
WE say —
• If our legal systems is so toxic, why are illegals in a death grip insisting on staying here? What suffering?
• YES, we are a nation of “Legal” immigrants. What is it you do not understand about “illegal”?
• Our immigration system does not splinter families –
ILLEGALS DO!!! –
………WHO IS DUMPING CHILDREN AT OR BORDERS
…….. AND RUNNING?? ……….
• “Betrays our values”? – Since when do Americans share “communist” values?
• Since when do Americans use their children to become citizens of another country?
Grijalva you can feed that bull-shit to your communist constituents, but your bull-shit only reinforces why you and your illegals are discriminated against.
AN ILLEGAL IS AN ILLEGAL, is an illegal – what is it about that you don’t understand Grijalva? Or don’t “our” laws mean anything to you and your “illegals”?
BRAVO !! BRAVO!! BRAVO!!
Some times consistence makes life so comforting. In this case, Raúl Grijalva is for something and I disagree with anti-America- pro- illegal immigrant position he has take (and always does). So comforting to know this pseudo-American and I will always disagree in that it confirms that I am on the right track. Thanks Raúl Grijalva.
I put MarcBS”s comments in the shredder where they belong. I get 14 dislikes but not one attempt to dispute what I said, because they can’t. That’s what they really dislike. I love it.