Politics Gov. Kate Brown asks AG to sue the White House, strengthens sanctuary law

Just waiting for the EO making all federal grants go poof for states and cities ignoring federal immigration laws. You know it's coming.

 

Good.

 

And I thought Kitzhaber was an embarrassment...

 

My green card says Bimart on the bottom but that guy at the Home Depot said it's totally legit.

Wonder how far it'll go when she's reminded that pot is still a federally controlled substance and illegal to possess, cultivate and sell? And that $20+ million you took in from taxing it last year? Nope.

 

Live look at Kate Brown!

 

Not really. The taxes are still paid either way, but sanctuary cities and states would get no federal dollars back.

 

They'd better hope that Gorsuch isn't confirmed because I can't see that action surviving a Supreme Court challenge unless the 4-4 gridlock remains. The tax man always wins.

 

What's so freakin' stupid about the illegal immigration issue is that it would take about two minutes for reasonable representatives from both sides to forge a deal that would resolve it:

We've got 11 million or so undocumented people here and there's no reasonable way to think that we're ever going to deport them. Give them permanent resident status and green cards so they can work and pay taxes. They go to the end of the line to gain citizenship. In exchange, there's a realistic effort to control the borders by whatever are the most effective means and we establish an e-verify system to prevent people without proper documents from getting jobs. We put the screws to any employers who violate the law.

Damn! What's so hard about this thing?

 

Exactly. Deporting people is a waste of time. Make it impossible for them to make a living, find housing, drive, etc. and they will leave. It's that simple.

 

Been there, done that, Reagan.

It crushed the unions and gave us the slave wages we have today.