Another day, another lie
The occupant of the Oval Office Tuesday addressed law enforcement officials at the White House, saying that amnesty for illegal aliens is “the right thing to do for our safety and security.” As reported by the Weekly Standard, he said, “Our broken immigration system makes it harder for our law enforcement agencies to do their job.” This, against the backdrop of a Monday report issued by the Center for Immigration Studies saying the president’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement released 36,007 criminal aliens last year while they were awaiting deportation hearings. Among them were those convicted of murder, rape, kidnapping and assault. It’s the president’s system that is a threat to safety and security.
CBS News reported that Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, Jennifer Vaughn, said, that “despite professions of a focus on removal of criminal aliens”, the administration policies “frequently have allowed political considerations to trump public safety factors and, as a result, aliens with serious criminal convictions have been allowed to return to the streets instead of being removed to their home countries.” No joke. The 36,007 individuals represented nearly 88,000 convictions, including: 193 homicides; 226 sexual assaults; 303 kidnappings; 1.075 aggravated assaults; 1,160 stolen vehicles; 9,187 dangerous drugs; 16,070 drunk or drugged driving–these are convictions, not mere charges!
These figures coincide with our government’s historical records. The Washington Post reported in August 2013 that Justice Department statistics indicate the cost of incarceration in the US was $80 billion in 2010. The US population increased by about a third since 1980, but the federal prison population has grown by about 800 percent. Interesting that these statistics track with 2009 criminal illegal aliens in federal prisons increasing 7 percent since 2005 and a 35 percent increase in state and local jails since 2003. GAO estimates that illegal aliens had an average of 7 arrests, primarily for immigration and drug offenses, costing $1.6 billion a year from 2005 through 2009 (latest statistics available).
Somewhere along the line, we as Christian Americans need to stand up for the truth and call a lie a lie and a liar, a liar. This president is making statements, not only on illegal aliens, but on many subjects, that defy common sense, discernment and even truth. In fact, he often is telling the exact opposite of truth and passing it off as a common known fact. We need to call him and the rest of the politicians of both parties who practice this propaganda what they are: liars. Our leaders live in an Isaiah 59:14 world, where “judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.” You know, we have a voice; we have a say. We need to use it.
