Immigration

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio’s frivolous lawsuit

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Babeu-ArpaioCrazy Uncle Joe Arpaio and his disreputable attorney Larry Klayman from Freedom Watch continue their losing streak for this frivolous lawsuit. The Court really ought to impose Rule 11 sanctions on Arpaio and his disreputable attorney for frivolous litigation. See, Federal judge tosses Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio’s frivolous lawsuit, and Court of Appeals is skeptical of Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio’s frivolous lawsuit.

Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia ruled against Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio. Talking Points Memo reports, Appeals Court Smacks Down Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Obama Immigration Lawsuit:

A federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit brought by Sheriff Joe Arpaio challenging President Obama’s immigration executive order Friday.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed with a lower court’s decision that Arpaio — the Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff known for his anti-immigration antics — did not have standing to bring the challenge, which sought to block the Department of Homeland Security from implementing the new programs.

“We conclude that Sheriff Arpaio has failed to allege an injury that is both fairly traceable to the deferred action policies and redressable by enjoining them, as our standing precedents require,” the decision’s author, Obama-appointee Justice Nina Pillard wrote in the Opinion (.pdf).

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‘The Donald’ makes my point: calls for deportation of all undocumented immigrants

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Cartoon_18.14Donald Trump has a lot of company in the Tea-Publican Party, which has become the modern day equivalent of the xenophobic,  nativist anti-immigrant Know Nothing Party of the 19th Century. I keep telling you, the GOP is now the Mass Deportation Party.

As if to make my point, “The Donald” went there yesterday and explicitly called for mass deportations.

Greg Sargent writes, Donald Trump and the Cattle Car Caucus:

Well, it was bound to happen eventually: Donald Trump has finally made a genuinely useful contribution to the public debate.

In an interview with CNN, Trump went farther than I’ve seen any Republican presidential candidate go on immigration, explicitly pledging to carry out the mass deportation of all undocumented immigrants:

Trump said Wednesday in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash that as president he would deport all undocumented immigrants and then allow the “good ones” to reenter the country through an “expedited process” and live in the U.S. legally, though not as citizens.

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The secret of The Donald’s success: he is the GOP

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John McCain’s ‘illegitimate’ son, Little Lindsey Graham, came to the defense of dear old “Dad” on an appearance on ABC’s This Week on Sunday. Graham: Trump ‘appealing to the dark side’ of politics:

“I think he’s appealing to the dark side of American politics. He is not offering solutions to hard, complicated problems. He is basically selling fear and prejudice,” Graham said.

Cartoon_18.14So basically “The Donald” is doing what the conservative media entertainment complex does on a daily basis. This is its business model.

And Little Lindsey Graham, who is always clutching his pearls and screaming “We’re all gonna die!” before collapsing on his fainting couch, is hardly someone who can criticize Trump for selling fear. That’s his shtick.

As for the “dark side” of American politics, “The Donald” has a lot of company in the Tea-Publican Party, which has become the modern day equivalent of the xenophobic anti-immigrant Know Nothing Party of the 19th Century. I keep telling you, the GOP is now the Mass Deportation Party.

Greg Sargent of the Washington Post reports today on the CNN poll which substantiates this harsh assessment. Big majority of GOP voters favors mass deportation, poll finds:

This new poll finding, courtesy of CNN, is not all that surprising, but it is very illuminating of the demographic challenges the GOP faces right now: A big majority of Republicans believes that the government’s main focus on immigration should be not just on stopping the flow of illegal immigrants, but also on deporting those already here.

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GOP Latino Voter Outreach: House votes to punish sanctuary cities

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How’s that GOP Latino Voter Outreach program working out for ya? This is not going to go down well for you.

And what is up with Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, yet again?

The Hill reports, House votes to punish sanctuary cities:

ImmigrantsHouse Republicans passed legislation on Thursday that would deny federal funds to sanctuary cities. [Map: Sanctuary Cities, Counties and States | Center for Immigration Studies]

The bill, passed 241-179, would withhold certain federal law enforcement grants to cities that have policies designed to shelter illegal immigrants from deportation.

Sanctuary cities have come under heavy scrutiny in the wake of Kathryn Steinle’s death on July 1 in San Francisco. Authorities charged Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez with her killing. Lopez-Sanchez, who is in the U.S. illegally, has a history of felony convictions and has been deported five times.

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Democrats accused House Republicans of bringing up the bill in part because of real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s focus on illegal immigration and sanctuary cities; they dubbed the bill the “Donald Trump Act.”

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Judge tells it like it is in Arizona DACA drivers license appeal

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Arizona continues to appeal Governor Jan Brewer’s denial of drivers licenses for DREAMers eligible under the  federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, after losing in federal court.

Arizona was in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week, and Judge Harry Pregerson reached his limit with the state of Arizona.

Howard Fischer reports, Judge rips Arizona’s effort to withhold driver’s licenses:

Arizona-Dreamers-Drivers-LicensesFederal appellate judges grilled an attorney for the state Thursday over Arizona’s efforts to deny licenses to “dreamers,” with one suggesting it was nothing short of racism.

Judge Harry Pregerson pointed out that those in the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program have been driving legally since a trial judge ordered the state to reverse its ban and begin issuing them licenses in December.

“We know — at least I know — that no horrible thing has happened on the highways of Arizona since this went into effect,” he said during arguments here.

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