Government is now what many of them spoke against. It is a government of tyranny. A government of lawlessness. Illegal immigration is tyranny against the American People. They allow it to satisfy greed.
Our Founding Fathers intended for us to be a nation of laws and not men.
Jul 25, 2015
| Blog Post
Our Founding Fathers intended for us to be a nation of laws and not men. The idea behind this was that while kings could be capricious, the law was not. It was steady and constant and applied equally to the rich and the poor. This has been one of the cornerstones of what made America exceptional. People could base business investments and life decisions on government being consistent in its application of the law.
I believe the ire around sanctuary cities more than anything else has been about another breach of this trust. For the administration to say we will look the other way in the application of federal immigration law represents a challenge to something much more significant than the immigration issues at play in each sanctuary city. It represents a challenge to people’s faith in the even application of law in this country, and if that breaks down all breaks down in our republic.
For this reason, I voted in favor of the Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act which passed the House last night by a vote of 241 -179. Trey Gowdy is a member of the judiciary committee and summed up the issue in his closing statement on the bill here. It’s worth a view.
This bill simply denies sanctuary cities and states from receiving grant money from three programs within the Department of Justice, which are designed to aid state and local law enforcement agencies in enforcing the law. It seems to me common sense to say that if they refuse to enforce federal laws, they should not get the federal funding associated with doing so.
https://sanford.house.gov/media-center/blog-posts/our-founding-fathers-intended-for-us-to-be-a-nation-of-laws-and-not-men