In perhaps the most powerful image yet showing that President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Border Czar Tom Homan are carrying out the president's plan to mass-deport illegal aliens, beginning with "the worst of the worst," Noem accompanied a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in "sanctuary" New York City early Tuesday morning, to, as Noem put it, nab "dirt bags."
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Meanwhile, like clockwork, universities across America are vowing to defy federal immigration enforcement.
In the latest example, as reported by Campus Reform, Fordham University (in New York) President Tania Tetlow sent an email to the university community on Tuesday, vowing to continue supporting illegal aliens as the Trump administration continues its crackdown.
In classic university-speak, Tetlow absurdly called illegal immigration a “deeply complicated policy issue, [and] the subject of nuanced and robust academic debate on a university campus."
Huh?
So here's the deal, Ms. Tetlow. You and your fellow academics can have your "robust academic debates" in your no-longer-hallowed halls of academia bubble until the proverbial cows come home, but a strong majority of American citizens—from across the political spectrum—have long had enough of millions of illegal aliens waltzing into this country, some of whom have committed horrific crimes, but knock your smug self out.
Tetlow nauseatingly wrote:
[S]ome members of our Fordham community . . . are losing sleep worrying about the fate of undocumented loved ones, [and that] international students may worry about travel bans and visas.
I have struggled to write this message because it is not within my power to reassure those in pain. ... In this Catholic university founded for immigrants, I can remind us that one of the strongest exhortations of our faith (and of Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religions) is to ‘welcome the stranger.'
Not to be harsh, but oh boo-hoo.
Coupla questions, Madam President.
Have you attempted "reassure those in pain" whose children and other loved ones have been brutally murdered or raped by illegal alien criminals who should never have been in this country? Of course you didn't. Do you "worry about the fate" of other innocent Americans who might suffer the same fate, God forbid? Again, of course you don't. Finally, would you "welcome the stranger" into your neighborhood if they had been convicted of a vicious crime in his country of origin? Careful, Ms. Telow, your blatant hypocrisy is showing.
The left clearly longs for days of this clown show.
George Washington University Professor and political pundit Jonathan Turley weighed in Thursday on university plans to defy federal immigration enforcement, suggesting that participating universities might find themselves in a "precarious position."
Various university and college presidents have reaffirmed their support for undocumented students and staff ... However, the Los Rios Community College District [which covers American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College, and Sacramento City College in California] seems to have laid out a more concrete plan to oppose federal enforcement, a plan that was referenced in a January 28 email.
The email states that “there have been reports all over the country of increased immigration raids in association with Executive Orders tied to immigration enforcement” and seeks to address the “[f]ear … widespread throughout the undocumented and ally communities about their safety and the safety of their families and loved ones.”
The email, titled “Compact in Support of Undocumented and DACA Students and Employees," includes eight positions.
Los Rios will do everything in its power to fight for the rights of our immigrant and undocumented students and employees and will always do everything possible to uphold the values of our institutions.
Los Rios stands with state and local leaders who have pledged to do everything possible to defend the rights and protections of immigrant and undocumented Californians.
Los Rios commits to advocating for a permanent legislative solution to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and a pathway to citizenship for our immigrant communities.
Los Rios will immediately provide additional resources to our Undocumented Resource Centers.
The Los Rios Police reaffirms its commitment to not participate in immigration-related activities, including arresting and/or detaining students, consistent with organizational values and state law.
Los Rios will protect students’ rights and confidentiality and will not share the immigration status of students or employees.
Los Rios, its colleges, and partners will do a full review of internal policies and regulations to ensure that we are doing everything possible to protect the rights of students and employees.
The Los Rios Colleges Foundation will create Dream Center Funds with resources for each college, administered by the Undocumented Resource Center on each campus. The Foundation will encourage other community members, employees, and private and corporate funders to give support to undocumented students to help remove critical barriers to their success ... .
Not to rain on the Los Rios Community College District parade, but the federal government trumps (pun intended) state and local government in the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
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Turley continued, singling out the sixth position above:
Number 6 is particularly interesting in promising an active role to conceal or withhold immigration status information.
We have been down this road before. Schools previously fought this battle over efforts to bar military recruiters. While I have been a vocal supporter of gay rights on many fronts, I was one of those who opposed the litigation that my law school joined. At the time, I stated that it was not only a clear loser on the law but also represented a type of hypocrisy: We insist that we cannot allow discrimination, but if money is at stake, we will allow it.
In Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc., 547 U.S. 47 (2006), the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the federal government, under the Solomon Amendment, could constitutionally withhold funding from universities if they barred military recruiters from interviewing students.
The Solomon Amendment denied federal funding to an institution of higher education that “has a policy or practice … that either prohibits, or in effect prevents” the military “from gaining access to campuses, or access to students … on campuses, for purposes of military recruiting in a manner that is at least equal in quality and scope to the access to campuses and to students that is provided to any other employer.” 10 U. S. C. A. §983(b) (Supp. 2005).
I'm not a constitutional scholar, but it appears that universities that remain defiant — through defiant actions — are likely to end up on the short end of the illegal alien stick.
However, as Turley further explained:
In Rumsfeld v. FAIR, Chief Justice John Roberts noted that such laws could run afoul of the unconstitutional conditions doctrine “if Congress could not directly require universities to provide military recruiters equal access to their students.”
"[T]he question is," as Turley summed it up, "whether universities, particularly state institutions, want to go down this road of confrontation rather than cooperation."
Any bets?
