by Michael Connelly
Since
I live in Texas, I am painfully aware of what is happening on the Texas border
with Mexico and on the borders of Arizona, New Mexico and California. Thousands
of children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras are crossing the border
every week. Many of them are teenagers with known affiliations to violent gangs
such as MS-13. They are not being detained to be deported, but in many cases
being sent to American cities where the gang is active.
Many children and adults that are
being literally bused into our country illegally are also ill with the
dangerous swine flu, tuberculosis, and chicken pox among other diseases. Some
are being treated at U.S. taxpayer expense, but most of the illegals are not
even getting basic medical exams before being placed in our military bases or
sent to facilities in cities and towns around the country. We are looking at a
far reaching and potentially deadly medical crisis.
None of this seems to really interest
Obama, probably because his policies, including refusing to enforce immigration
laws and issuing executive orders to institute the so called “Dream Act” that
Congress refused to pass, are the cause of this crisis. All of that violates
Article 2, section 3 of the constitution that requires the President “to take
care that the Laws be faithfully executed…” Clearly, Obama has no intention of
fulfilling his oath of office and obeying the Constitution.
In addition, another major concern
being ignored by Obama is the known fact that criminals and potential Islamic
terrorists from Yemen, Iran, Somalia, and other Middle Eastern and African
countries are using the open border as an opportunity to enter the U.S. and set
up shop. High ranking military and Intelligence officials fear terrorist
attacks within the U.S. are imminent.
However, Obama has no time during his
visit to Texas to go to the border and see the crisis for himself. He is doing
the one thing that really interests him, fund raising for Democrats for the
upcoming election. Citizens of Texas and other border states are demanding that
something be done and so Obama proposes spending billions of dollars to house,
feed, cloth, educate, and otherwise care for people who are knowingly and
wantonly violating our laws.
There is a way to stop this invasion
and it is contained in our Constitution. The states can take action on their
own in a manner that would protect our borders and strike at the heart of the
Obama administration and its unconstitutional policies. Article 1, Section 10
of the Constitution states in paragraph 3:
“No state shall, without the consent
of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in times of
Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a
foreign Power, or engage in War, unless
actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.”
(Emphasis added)
We are being invaded and not just by
innocent children as the leftist media would have you believe. We are being
invaded by criminals and terrorists from numerous foreign nations. American
lives and property are in danger as are the economies of many states, not just
those on the border.
Therefore, I am calling on the
governors of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California to exercise the power
and authority granted to them by Article 1, section 10 of the U.S. Constitution
and use whatever resources are necessary, including the National Guard, to seal
our southern border. It will not be cheap, but it will certainly ultimately
cost less than having hundreds of thousands of additional illegals come in and
overwhelm the state economies.
Everyone who lives in these states
needs to contact their governor and state representatives to encourage this
action. People in other states should contact their elected officials to get
them to support any such actions taken by these four states. Otherwise,
disaster is imminent.
Michael
Connelly
Constitutional Law Alliance
