Dale Wilcox of the Immigration Reform Law Institute, writing for The Hill:
Click here, and make sure you understand which side of the discussion the IRLI, legal arm of the Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR) is on.
So it isn't the chaos of muddying the waters for the lives of the millions of men, women, and children who have come to America seeking a better life, or the abomination of treating economic refugees humanely, it's the travesty of the laws (invalidated presidential executive orders in this case) not being applied evenly and fairly across the land. Wilcox at IRLI excoriates the Obama administration in advance for a predicted 'end-around' the Hanen/Fifth Circuit judgment might produce in other states and circuits, and bemoans the fate of "minorities, single-mothers, the elderly, the mentally handicapped, teenagers, recent legal immigrants, etc." who have "traditionally worked these jobs". In other words, the mostly white and legal poor and not the brown and Ill Eagle really poor. Gotta keep our class distinctions carefully delineated, even if racists like Wilcox intentionally conflate and obfuscate them.
Immigrants and the nativist backlash to them has now become, in the immediate wake of BREXIT, a global political concern. A British MP has already paid for her activism for a humane resolution with her life, at the hands of a modern-day Bill the Butcher. And a right-wing British politician has already made a wildly inappropriate statement about it.
The coming fall election for a new prime minister in the UK is going to mirror in many aspects the choice we have in the United States between Trump and Clinton. It doesn't change anything about the predictable Electoral College result -- except in the small number of swing states, like always -- but it is going to be a loud, shrill national discussion during the two nations' political football seasons.
Update: Starring Raw Story as Captain Obvious.
Unless, you know, a global recession takes precedence. Not to worry: the bottom-feeding capitalists already have advice for those who are waking up this morning scared about their stock portfolios. As long as the wealthy don't suffer too badly, allegedly the rest of us will get more trickle-down instead of devastation. If we're lucky.
Update: Charles' take is somewhat thin and antiseptic, but he does have some good links to the immediate reactions from the usual Democratic/liberal-but-not-so-much-progressive sources.
The 4-4 split affirms the Fifth Circuit’s decision to maintain Judge (Andrew) Hanen’s injunction establishing a binding precedent in that circuit only. But one key, closely related-question arises: will the underlying injunction apply across the country as Judge Hanen intended or will it be likewise limited to the Fifth Circuit by the Supreme Court. If the former, the Justice Department, pro-amnesty attorneys-general, and open-borders groups will be using all their firepower to challenge it in states where they’ll argue the precedent doesn’t apply leading to conflicting rulings around the country. If the latter, DAPA will basically go into effect nationwide because a ‘confined injunction’ against freely moveable people is absolutely meaningless. In other words, chaos is inevitable.
Click here, and make sure you understand which side of the discussion the IRLI, legal arm of the Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR) is on.
So it isn't the chaos of muddying the waters for the lives of the millions of men, women, and children who have come to America seeking a better life, or the abomination of treating economic refugees humanely, it's the travesty of the laws (invalidated presidential executive orders in this case) not being applied evenly and fairly across the land. Wilcox at IRLI excoriates the Obama administration in advance for a predicted 'end-around' the Hanen/Fifth Circuit judgment might produce in other states and circuits, and bemoans the fate of "minorities, single-mothers, the elderly, the mentally handicapped, teenagers, recent legal immigrants, etc." who have "traditionally worked these jobs". In other words, the mostly white and legal poor and not the brown and Ill Eagle really poor. Gotta keep our class distinctions carefully delineated, even if racists like Wilcox intentionally conflate and obfuscate them.
Immigrants and the nativist backlash to them has now become, in the immediate wake of BREXIT, a global political concern. A British MP has already paid for her activism for a humane resolution with her life, at the hands of a modern-day Bill the Butcher. And a right-wing British politician has already made a wildly inappropriate statement about it.
The coming fall election for a new prime minister in the UK is going to mirror in many aspects the choice we have in the United States between Trump and Clinton. It doesn't change anything about the predictable Electoral College result -- except in the small number of swing states, like always -- but it is going to be a loud, shrill national discussion during the two nations' political football seasons.
Update: Starring Raw Story as Captain Obvious.
Republicans cheered after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday thwarted President Barack Obama’s plan to offer millions of undocumented immigrants relief from deportation, but any sense of triumph might last only until the November presidential election.
If recent history is a guide, the stalled cause of immigration reform could energize Hispanic voters in support of likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, hurting Republican Donald Trump’s chances of reaching the White House.
Unless, you know, a global recession takes precedence. Not to worry: the bottom-feeding capitalists already have advice for those who are waking up this morning scared about their stock portfolios. As long as the wealthy don't suffer too badly, allegedly the rest of us will get more trickle-down instead of devastation. If we're lucky.
Update: Charles' take is somewhat thin and antiseptic, but he does have some good links to the immediate reactions from the usual Democratic/liberal-but-not-so-much-progressive sources.
