CALLING IT RIGHT ON OBAMA – AT 9:21 A.M. ET: The hypocrisy of this man is record-breaking. From the Washington Times:
Republicans accused President Obama this week of “hypocrisy” after his administration sent threatening letters to states warning they could lose federal funding if they don’t cooperate with his plan to resettle 10,000 refugees this fiscal year.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said that was stunning because the president has repeatedly refused to pull federal funding from locales that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation agents — so-called sanctuary cities.
In fact, Mr. Obama has threatened to veto legislation that would force him to withhold funds from sanctuary cities, saying it would “lead to mistrust” between the illegal immigrants and state and local police.
But at a time when Americans already deeply distrust his refugee program, his administration warned governors Wednesday that they could lose federal money if they don’t cooperate in helping resettle Syrians in their states.
“States that continue to use ORR funding must ensure that assistance and services are delivered without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex or political opinion,” the Office of Refugee Resettlement said in a stern warning.
COMMENT: Yes, we are an immigrant society, but common sense is required to continue that tradition. The Constitution, as it is said, is not a suicide pact.
Our screening procedures are inadequate. And we can certainly ask some of our Arab "friends" to take some refugees, at least temporarily. We can also provide generous financial aid to make sure they receive proper health care, nutrition, and education. But we are at war, whether Field Marshal Obama wants to see it or not. Americans are asking for increased security, not for bigotry.
The basis of Obama's policies is not compassion for refugees. It is the doctrinaire ideology of the hard left, of which he is a part. If the refugees were coming from Britain, he'd make them stand in line in a snowstorm. Payback for colonialism, you know.
November 27, 2015 |