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Posted: Jun 01, 2017 12:01 AM

Samuel Johnson, the witty grammarian, dictionary compiler, and literary critic could put down the worst offenses with lightning fast rapier wit. One comes to mind in connection with the latest push for amnesty in Congress: Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Meaning? Every man lacking moral fiber will justify his plunge to unseen depths of depravity by waving the flag of his nation: I broke the law for the sake of my country! The more subtle criminalsincluding ambitious politicianswill pull out the patriotism card to get elected or to explain away bad votes. In the final calculation, they push to give themselves a personal advantage, often at the expense of the very country which they claim to champion: Look at all the flags on my website! Vote for me!

How does this unpatriotic play for patriotism connect with illegal immigration? A lighter form of amnesty is floating around, this time from Congressman Jeff Denham (R-CA). His ENLIST Act (H.R. 60) seems like a common-sense proposal. If illegal aliens meet key requirements and serve in the United States military, they can receive legal status. Sounds goodat first. If men and women put their lives on the line for the United States, why not reward their self-sacrifice with citizenship?

Historical references are crucial to explain why this proposal should be court-martialed and sent to the firing squad. During the waning era of the Western Roman Empire, the Romans recruited mercenaries from Germanic and Gallic tribes to restore their armed ranks. The allegiance of these outsider-soldiers sided with the commanding officers, not the Roman Emperor and Empire. The same barbarians recruited for their adopted homeland would eventually turn on their own neighbors and nation. This threat of internal dissension and demise cannot be ignored or overlooked. Citizenship is about embracing values, not just defeating foreign invaders.

Despite these serious concerns, Congressman Denham (R-Turlock) has introduced this measure repeatedly, and now fellow California Congressman Darrell Issa (whos giving conservatives more reasons not to support him in the upcoming election) has signed on. These and other Republicans (especially in California) are paying attention to Democratic talking points rather than fired-up Re-TRUMP-licanswho are fed up with amnesty and politicians who ignore the needs of American citizens.

Since these pro-illegal policies pushed by these politicians would endanger our country, why do they push this narrative? Why are these scoundrels in Washington targeting illegal alien veterans? They are banking on the idea that this small measure will temper criticism from angry constituents. In Santa Ana, California, a liberal sanctuary city right in the heart of conservative Orange County, California, Congressman Lou Correa hosted a town hall for illegal aliens (another one shut down by feckless liberals in the face of raging Trump supporters demanding the rule of law). Correa started off about the fear imposed on immigrant (read, illegal alien) communities. He then switched over to his upcoming visit to Tijuana to visit with deported veterans. They had green cards, but they broke the law (They got into trouble, according to Correa), and thus they were deported.

One woman attending Correas town hall denounced the illegal aliens whom Correa was championing. When he had mentioned their previous service in our military, her criticism dampened somewhat. Whos going to speak against military service for the United States, right? These amnesty panderers think that mentioning the word veteran will excuse crimes of the past. Wrong, I say! Military service is not a Get Out of Jail Free card. Every veteran should be thanked for their service, but it doesnt mean they can commit crimes or limit the rights of everyday citizens.

Many times this year alone, liberal veterans have tried to silence my criticism: Are you a veteran? Have you fought for this country? My retort: You fought for my right to speak. Are you now undermining your own efforts by telling me that I cannot be here?

Veterans who commit crimes should be tried, convicted and sentenced, just like the rest of us. They fought for the rule of law overseas, and they are called to abide by those standards here. Read up on Randy Duke Cunningham, a Republican congressman who once represented San Diego County. He was convicted of bribery and corruption charges in 2005. During the sentencing hearing, his defense attorney pled for clemency because of his military service. No deal, said the judge.

This rule of law thing seems to escape amnesty panderers like Correa, however. The illegals who served in our military should have never enrolled in the first place. They should not have been in our country! Lets have true standards, please! Besides, if the ENLIST Act becomes law, EXPECT more illegals rushing into our country to enlist for legal status. No deal. Its time to put aside the memes and patronizing half-measures of our politicians. They want to play the patriotism card to sell their constituents on partial amnesty, and I am having none of it. Once again, I will share with you the list of 200yes, that manycosponsors for Denhams ENLIST Act. Tell them No Way.

The next time your Congressman pushes this Amnesty for illegal alien veterans card, just give them a sample of Samuel Johnsons wit: Patriotism is the last resort of a politician er, scoundrel!

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Patriotism: The Last Refuge of an Illegal Immigrant Scoundrel ... - Townhall

Fake fliers purporting to be from Immigration and Customs Enforcement notifying people of how they can report an illegal immigrant were distributed around Washington, D.C., this week.

The fliers contained the logo from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and included details about the offenses related to harboring, encouraging or inducing and aiding or abetting illegal immigrants.

The posters also directed people to a phone number to call if they would like to report an illegal immigrant.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the fliers were not from the agency.

"Notices circulating in #Washington #DC are NOT from @ICEgov," Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on its Twitter account.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser also said the fliers were fake.

"We have been alerted to flyers regarding US Immigration and Customs Enforcement please know that these are not real. We have been in contact with @DCPoliceDept and @DCDPW to have them removed. And a reminder that we respect all DC residents no matter their immigration status. Washington, DC remains a sanctuary city #DCvalues," Bowser said in a series of three tweets.

In a tweet from her personal account, Bowser encouraged people who see the posters to tear them down.

"Tear it down! DC is a sanctuary city. Clearly the flyer is meant to scare and divide our residents. We won't stand for it. #DCValues," she said.

Read more here:
Fake ICE fliers in DC tell people how to report illegal immigrants - Washington Examiner

Sen. Ron Johnson is calling on Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to review the IRS's failure to crack down on "fraudulent overpayments" of the child tax credit to illegal immigrants under IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.

In a letter to Mnuchin sent last week and made public Thursday, Johnson, who chairs the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said the IRS is making overpayments to illegal immigrants who apply for the Additional Child Tax Credit, the refundable part of the child tax credit. Those payments are possible because applicants do not have to submit their Social Security number.

"Under the Obama administration ... the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continued to provide a significant incentive for illegal immigration by failing to prevent the issuance of billions of dollars in fraudulent overpayments of the Additional Child Tax Credit to illegal aliens," Johnson wrote in the May 26 letter. He cited a 2011 report showing that $4.2 billion was paid out to people who not legally eligible to work in the United States.

"Despite the administration's prioritization of border security and calls from Republicans, Democrats, and an independent inspector general for the IRS to correct this problem, the committee learned in recent testimony that the IRS, under Commissioner John Koskinen, allows these fraudulent overpayments to persist," he wrote. Johnson asked the Treasury Department to review those payments for possible fraud.

For years, people have filed for ACTC payments with their Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, including many who are living in the U.S. illegally or are foreign workers. Most recently, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration determined that the IRS paid out $3.4 billion to ITIN filers as of 2015.

"The IRS's failure to remedy this vulnerability on its own accord not only continues to cost taxpayers billions of dollars every year, but also provides an incentive for illegal immigration into the country," Johnson added.

The Wisconsin Republican asked the Treasury Department to brief the committee's staff on ACTC fraud by June 9.

Improper payments continue to be a problem for the IRS. According to the inspector general's report in early May, the rate of improper payments hovers around 25 percent for the earned income tax credit, the ACTC, and the American Opportunity tax credit, which benefits college students.

President Trump's budget called for major savings through new efforts to make sure illegal immigrants do not receive these credits.

Read Johnson's letter here:

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Ron Johnson demands IRS review of illegal immigrant tax credits - Washington Examiner

posted at 6:01 pm on May 31, 2017 by Jazz Shaw

Time Magazine had yet another article out this week about the plight of the undocumented community (meaning illegal immigrants) and how terrible things have been ever since President Trump took office. It seems like they come up with a different angle every few days to try to generate sympathy for those who cross our borders in violation of the law and push the narrative that the new White House administration is a heartless pit of blackness on par with Mordor. This weeks message is a poorly documented record of how fears of deportation are causing some victims of domestic abuse to not report the crimes of their attackers out of fear of ICE finding out. Of course, no names or numbers are provided beyond a generalized dip in the total number of reports in particular areas.

Since President Trump took office, the hotlines of the Tahirih Justice Center in Houston, which advocates for victims of sexual and domestic violence, have been inundated with calls.

But the women and men reaching out arent just reporting instances of abuse. Executive Director Anne Chandler says callers queries center on one of Trumps biggest domestic priorities: immigration. During routine screening calls, those seeking helpfrom sex trafficking victims to those escaping abusehave asked lawyers if they will report them to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

One caller that I was handlingI was simply just trying to coordinate follow up with that client and explaining that I wasnt going to get to her matter for another week, Chandler recalls. She paused and said Are you going to report me to ICE? In the past 19 years, I havent had a caller ask me at the end of a conversation. The community is scared.

The article goes on at length with other anecdotal evidence being offered, mixed in with plenty of quotes from victims advocates without ever once making note of the fact that few illegal aliens not wanted for other, more serious crimes actually wind up getting deported. We simply dont have the resources to process everyone in the country illegally. (At least not yet.)

The focus, of course, remains firmly on women who are suffering abuse at the hands of their domestic partners. You can sense the concern of the authors in every paragraph. But theres one other thing they dont seem to be aware of, or at least dont care to mention. Some of their cohorts in the effort to #RESIST! Trump by thwarting immigration enforcement have come up with some rather unusual views on just how serious domestic violence is. Anyone remember this story out of Denver last week?

In case you dont, allow me to refresh your memory. The City of Denver was also worried about the mean old people from ICE and DHS deporting immigrants (generally ones with green cards in this case) who had been arrested for other crimes. If anyone receives a sentence of one year or more on a wide range of charges they are automatically reported to ICE and can have their paperwork cancelled and be processed for deportation. So the geniuses in Denver decided to take a number of minor offenses and reduce the maximum sentence on them to under a year so they could be classified as petty crimes.

The citys solution? Simply take a bunch of those relatively petty offenses and reduce the maximum penalty to less than 365 days. Just like that, the move takes the crimes (and their perpetrators) off the radar of immigration authorities.

Its not a novel approach to protecting immigrants, but coming as a direct response to President Trumps crackdown, its particularly timely.

So what qualified as relatively petty offenses in this grand solution? You guessed it. Assault and first or second instances of domestic violence. So if we combine the complaints coming out of todays story with the one in Denver, those female illegal immigrants are in really rough shape. They dont want to call for help because they fear they might be deported, but if they do call for help, the government wont take them seriously because domestic abuse is no big deal.

And all of these directly opposing efforts are being done to make it harder for ICE to do their jobs and enforce the law. This is some first rate schizophrenia on display here (a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception). You claim you want to help these illegal immigrants, but you seem to be doing them even more harm. Perhaps youre really not trying to help anyone and are instead simply trying to score cheap points against the Trump administration? Admittedly, thats just a guess.

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The pro-illegal immigration left is officially suffering from schizophrenia - Hot Air

The final day of a Texas state legislative session turned ugly when rowdy protesters showed up to speak out against the new state law banning sanctuary cities.

Republican State Rep. Matt Rinaldi called Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the protesters, some of whom carried signs saying they were illegal immigrants.

Democratic Rep. Poncho Nevrez and other Hispanic lawmakers were outraged.

Nevarez and Rinaldi engaged in a shoving and shouting match that collected several other lawmakers.

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Nevarez allegedly threatened Rinaldi a number of times, saying he would "get him" on his way to his car.

"I'll put a bullet in your head," Rinaldi shot back.

He later said the 'bullet' comment was meant in self-defense.

Nile Gardiner, former aide to Margaret Thatcher said on "The Fox News Specialists" that Texas is leading the way in cracking down on sanctuary cities.

"The idea that you can have cities that violate the rules of the land ... is absolutely preposterous," Gardiner said.

Top terror prosecutor Andrew McCarthy disagreed.

"If they want to have a policy that's more open to people of questionable pedigree in terms of their legal right to be here, that's okay with me. I just don't want to pay for it," McCarthy said.

Watch the exchange above.

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Shoving Match, Threats Explode in Texas Capitol Over Illegal Immigration - Fox News Insider