SCOTUS Rejects Request to hear Environmental challenge to President Trump’s Border Wall Construction

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WINNING …

President Donald Trump won a major victory in the building of the border wall between the United States and Mexico when on Monday U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from a trio of conservation and environmental groups seeking to block construction.  The justices declined to consider the groups’ appeal of a lower court ruling that paved the way for the federal government to begin replacing border fencing in two locations and building wall prototypes.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request from a trio of conservation and environmental groups seeking to block construction of President Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The justices declined to consider the groups’ appeal of a lower court ruling that paved the way for the federal government to begin replacing border fencing in two locations and building wall prototypes.

The judge, U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, rejected the groups’ challenge to a 1996 federal law that gives the government the power to waive environmental laws to more quickly begin work on a wall. The Department of Homeland Security sought to sidestep the laws as it pursued the projects related to construction of the border wall.

The conservation groups said the 1996 law violated the Constitution because of the power it granted the federal government.

Curiel, however, said the Trump administration did not exceed its authority when it waived environmental laws as part of its efforts to build the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Trump administration asked the justices not to hear the case.

Mexico to Deport 500 Migrants Who “violently” and “illegally” Tried to Storm United States Border at San Ysidro Port of Entry

MEXICO DEPORTING VIOLENT MIGRANTS …

Reuters is now reporting that Mexico is going to deport approximately 500 migrants who violently tried to storm the  San Ysidro port of entry Sunday. This is in response to the illegal and violent actions of the migrants.

If there was ever a reason to build a wall and prevent such lawlessness from occurring, the time is now. No one has a problem with legal immigration, this is not it.

Mexico will deport migrants from a group of 500 who on Sunday tried to “violently” and “illegally” cross the U.S. border, the Mexican Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The statement added that Mexican authorities had contained the protest at the crossing between Tijuana and San Diego and that, despite heightened tensions there, Mexico would not send military forces to control 7,417 migrants from a caravan currently amassed at the U.S.-Mexico border.

President Trump Threatens to Shut U.S. Border with Mexico Permanently

MAYBE THIS IS WHAT IS NEEDED UNTIL ORDER CAN BE RESTORED …

From the UK Daily Mail,  President Donald Trump threatened to permanently close the U.S. border with Mexico on Monday, saying he’ll take the drastic action if members of a swelling migrant caravan are not deported back to their Central American homelands. Following the actions of this weekend where U.S. Border Patrol fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at a group of migrants as hundreds tried to storm the border and  who also threw ‘projectiles’ that hit border officers.  This nonsense must come to an end. Why would anyone want such people in the United States who would act this lawlessly?

At some point the people of the United States need to figure out whether we are a sovereign nation and conduct ourselves under the rule of law or if we are a third word country where anything goes. If we have no borders, then I also assume the assumption is there are no state borders and all property lines and fences mean nothing as well.

‘We will close the border permanently if need be’: Trump threatens decisive action unless Mexican government deports caravan migrants as hundreds storm border and officers fire tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of people

•  President Trump threatens to shut U.S. border with Mexico permanently if migrant caravan is not deported
•  He called on Congress to fund his border wall, declaring that the caravan is ‘not coming into the USA’
• Migrants threw ‘projectiles’ that hit U.S. Border Patrol agents on Sunday at the San Ysidro Port of Entry
• Officers responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of people as they neared the border
• Ultimately about 30 made it across, according to a report quoting a Mexican official
• Tensions prompted U.S. officials to close the crossing between Tijuana and San Diego
• Trump’s tweeted ultimatum played on TV screens Monday alongside images of screaming, coughing children
• Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she would not put up with the ‘lawlessness’
• Mexico vowed Sunday to deport about 500 who tried to ‘violently’ and ‘illegally’ cross the border

Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) Introduces Bill Making First-Time Illegal Border Crossing a Felony … Zero Tolerance for Illegal Entry Act

IT’S A START …

As reported at Town Hall, Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) has introduced a bill that makes first time illegal border crossing a felony. The bill is called the Zero Tolerance for Illegal Entry Act. First I would like to say to all in Congress past and present, how in the hell is it a frigging misdemeanor to violate our borders? What the hell have you people been doing for the past God knows how many years?!? SHAME ON YOU ALL!!!  How is it not a felony already for an individual to violate our sovereignty? That is a crime.

The bill makes illegal crossing into the United States a felony with a prison sentence of one year and one day. It also as Rep. Black explains, “if they were to try to come back to the United States at another point in time through a legal means, they would either not be accepted or it would be very difficult for them to come into the United States so it’s a real deterrent.”

Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) introduced a bill Tuesday which would make a first-time illegal border crossing a felony rather than a misdemeanor. Speaking with Townhall, Rep. Black explained how this change, along with others, creates simple disincentives against coming to the United States illegally.

Black explained the two, main features of her Zero Tolerance for Illegal Entry Act.

First, the bill would make first-time illegal border crossings a felony with a prison sentence of one year and one day. First-time illegal border crossings are currently misdemeanors with a prison sentence of six months or less.

“Now the important thing about that,” Black explained, “is that if they were to try to come back to the United States at another point in time through a legal means, they would either not be accepted or it would be very difficult for them to come into the United States so it’s a real deterrent.”

This is the difference between a politician looking to become Governor of Tennessee and a common sense thinking individual. A deterrent? YOU WANT A DETERRENT!!! I will give you a deterrent and what the penalty should be for a Zero Tolerance for illegal entry. ZERO means zero and if you wanted to really see illegal crossings go down, provide a real deterrent. A year in a US jail is easier that making the the illegal crossing. I am all for legal immigration and believe changes need to be made to make provisions that make sense for what is best for the United States. However, illegal crossing needs to be stopped and it would appear that both Republicans and Democrats never wanted to. The bill should read as follows:

1. First time offense for illegal crossing into the United States is a felony with a 10 year prison sentence.
2. After you have served your 10 years, you will be deported back to place of origin at illegal’s expense.
3. Upon convicted of first time offense, you will never be allowed to legally enter the United States EVER.
4. Your immediate family will also not be allowed to enter legally either if previously convicted of a felony crossing … there is some reverse chain migration.

These politicians need to suck it up and protect our borders. Not kinda protect them or not give a damn at all. Illegal is illegal. Treat it that way. There is a right way and a wrong way to enter the United States. To all the immigrants that come to America legally, WELCOME!!! For the others.

ICE Raids Southeastern Provision Meatpacking Plant in Bean Station, TN; 97 Illegal Immigrants Arrested

THE ICE MAN COMETH … ICE ARRESTS 97 ILLEGALS AT MEAT PROCESSING PLANT IN TENNESSEE.

Federal ICE agents arrested 97 illegal immigrants at a meat processing company in rural Bean Station, Tennessee. The raid at Southeastern Provision was the largest workplace raid in a decade. Of the 97 arrested, ten people were arrested on federal immigration charges, one person was arrested on state charges and 86 immigrants were detained for being in the country illegally. The feds began investigating Southeastern Provision months ago after Citizens Bank employees noticed that the meat packing company was withdrawing large sums of cash every week,  more than $25 million since 2008. According to a federal affidavit, the family-run meat packing plant is under criminal investigation for allegedly evading taxes, filing false tax returns and hiring immigrants in the country illegally. It is alleged the facility failed to report $8.4 million in wages and to pay at least $2.5 million in payroll taxes for dozens of undocumented workers. So much for mandatory E-verify. This is just another effort if removing the illegal work “magnets”.

Federal officials arrested 97 immigrants at a meat-processing plant in rural Tennessee on Thursday in what civil rights organizations said was the largest single workplace raid in a decade and a sign that the Trump administration is carrying out its plan to aggressively ramp up enforcement this year.

Ten people were arrested on federal immigration charges, one person was arrested on state charges and 86 immigrants were detained for being in the country illegally, Tammy Spicer, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in a statement Friday. All of those arrested are suspected of being in the country illegally, she said. Immigration advocates said most were from Mexico.

The raid on Southeastern Provision in Bean Station, Tennessee, follows arrests at 7-Eleven stores and other workplaces nationwide. Last year, the nation’s top immigration official said he had ordered agents to increase the number of work-site inspections and operations by “four or five times” this year, to turn off the job “magnets” that attract immigrants who are in the country illegally and punish employers who hire them.

The National Immigration Law Center and other immigrant advocates said the Tennessee raid was the largest since the George W. Bush administration and deployed many of the tactics of that era, with a surprise blitz of the factory and streets blocked by state and local authorities. ICE officials would not say where the raid ranked in terms of size.

“People are panicked,” said Stephanie Teatro, co-executive director of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, a statewide organization that came to the small town and set up intake centers at local churches where relatives could report their loved ones missing. “People are terrified to drive. People are terrified to leave their homes.”

Of the 86 immigrants arrested on civil immigration charges, ICE released 32 but did not explain why. The remaining 54 were being detained, but the agency did not provide their names or say where they were being held.