Crank asks . . . what else will Rubio be rolled on?
Victor Davis Hanson writes today in National Review Online:
Does being on public assistance years after arrival in this country, like the Tsarnaev family, no longer qualify a resident alien for deportation?
Does being investigated by the FBI for apparently loud and public expressions of support for anti-American radical jihadists not mean much?
In short, if a Tamerlan Tsarnaev cannot be deported, then perhaps no resident alien can be under any circumstances.
I am sure that in theory there are all sorts of laws to the effect that asylum seekers must prove that they would be in constant peril in their homelands (cf. Obama’s Aunt Zeituni and Uncle Onyango), that they must become self-sufficient residents of the United States (cf. Aunt Zeituni and Uncle Onyango), that they must not break American laws (cf. Aunt Zeituni and Uncle Onyango), and that they must not promote anti-American activity. But what do such theoreticals matter if, for reasons of laxity or political correctness or connectedness, these statutes are ignored — and, in the Boston case, ignored to a degree that led to murder and mayhem on a vast scale?
These paradoxes will resonate with those skeptical of comprehensive immigration reform. We expect boilerplate and loud administration assertions of border security, well-publicized benchmarks for self-sufficiency, grand talk of the avoidance of crime, and continued emphasis on long-term residence, but — once de facto amnesty is conceded — all these requirements, like most of current immigration law, will not be worth the paper they are written on.
Hanson’s entire article, always erudite, always worthy, is available here.
One can wish that Marco Rubio will read this piece and take its insights to heart. My own feeling, however, is that Senator Rubio, newly oblivious to the fact that it was the Tea Party which sent him to Washington, now sees that his path to a GOP nomination for President in 2016 is with Karl Rove’s cash and the media’s temporary support (“temporary” until he gets the nomination and the media does a “McCain” on him).
As far as I am concerned the “endorsement” Marco received from Chuck Schumer as “a valuable asset” in foisting the “Gang’s” immigration bill on the American people, makes him a forever unacceptable candidate for president . . . how can he be trusted?
Incidentally, I am waiting for Rush Limbaugh to comment on how Rubio flat out lied to him about how he (Rubio) would oppose any proposed legislation which did not insure solid border security.
