Borders and people do not count, only the ACLU and the courts....

I read with interest the problems the town of Hazleton, Pa has encountered enforcing ordinances dealing with illegal immigration.

According to the web site containing news coverage of the incident,

“The measures, approved by City Council last month, would have imposed fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and denied business permits to companies that give them jobs. They also would have required tenants to register with City Hall and pay for a rental permit.”

“U.S. District Judge James Munley, ruling that landlords, tenants and businesses that cater to Hispanics face the prospect of “irreparable harm” from the laws, issued a temporary restraining order blocking their enforcement.”

“Hispanic groups and the ACLU sued Hazleton on Monday, contending the laws violate the Constitution because they trample on the federal government's exclusive power to regulate immigration.”

As usual the ACLU and the Hispanic groups were behind the court ruling and stopping of the legal enforcement. I did not ascertain if this was placed into law as a result of local voters or simply from a few public leaders. The article did go on to say this:

“Mayor Lou Barletta, who spearheaded the law, has argued that illegal immigrants have brought an increase in drugs, crime and gangs to the city. The city's lawyers on Tuesday cited a 10 percent increase in crime between 2004 and 2005 as a reason why the ordinances should be enforced.”

Apparently, this was a result of an increase in crime positively identified to the illegal immigration problem and attempts to not only curb the crime but to control a growing illegal situation in their city.

Like my fellow compatriot Wild Bill, I live in a western city with a large illegal problem that is only getting larger with the passing of each day. Whenever the voters in my city has attempted to do anything positive with this at the polls the ACLU has it stricken down at the higher court level. It has really become an exercise in futility and a total waste of time to even vote on any of the issues only to learn a few weeks later we were bad Americans trying to hold back our fellow humans. What a crock of bovine excrement that is!

We have four or five important propositions on our ballot dealing with various issues and ramifications of the illegal immigration problem and of course, I voted, as I believed and the sad statement to this, is it does not matter how I vote because the laws are stuck down when passed. I can safely assume that all propositions will pass as the Hispanic groups and the ACLU are predicting because people are just tired of fighting the system here and have taken the stance of either, why vote or why bother.

And the beat goes on, da de da de da……..