ACLU of
New Jersey asks Christie to NOT withdraw from federal refugee program, by
Ann Corcoran, 5/4/16
They are talking big about not being
bothered by the news from Kansas and New
Jersey, but believe me they are getting
nervous!
Who is “they?” That would be
the open-borders cabal that includes the American Civil Liberties Union (as we
are learning here), and Human Rights First (see our previous post). It surely includes the nine major federal contractors responsible for placing refugees in your towns as well.
If they
are so confident that refugee resettlement can continue without slowdown if a
governor takes the state out of the program, then why is the ACLU bothering to
badger Christie?
For new readers, it all began
recently with the move by the Tennessee
legislature to vote to sue the feds on States’
Rights grounds.
Once a state opts-out of the program
(TN opted-out nearly ten years ago), the federal government claims they can
simply assign a non-profit group to run things for the federal government in
that state. But, it’s looking like they haven’t a legal leg to stand on and so if a
governor withdraws his/her state and follows up with step #2—suing the federal
government when they assign a non-profit group to determine how state and local
tax dollars are expended—this program could be ground to a halt.
Here is what we just learned from North Jersey.com:
TRENTON — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey is calling
on Republican Gov. Chris Christie to reconsider withdrawing from a federal refugee
resettlement program.
The group sent Christie a letter
Tuesday arguing that the state has a long history of welcoming refugees from
across the world.
Christie’s office did not
immediately reply to a message seeking comment.
The group says the letter comes in
response to the Christie administration’s decision last month to notify the
U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program that it intended to pull out.
For new readers, in addition to New
Jersey and Kansas, these (below) are the so-called Wilson-Fish states where the
federal program is being run by mostly unaccountable-to-the-taxpayers
non-profit groups.
Folks
in NJ and Kansas need to thank your governors and urge them to take step#2!
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2016/05/04/aclu-of-new-jersey-asks-christie-to-not-withdraw-from-federal-refugee-program/
Big news! Kansas watching Tennessee on
refugee lawsuit, but bigger still, so is Texas! by Ann Corcoran 5/3/16
Big news! That’s for sure! Texas?
Maybe Maine and Florida? From Michael Patrick Leahy writing at Breitbart a few hours ago!
Gov. Sam
Brownback’s recent decision to withdraw the state of Kansas from the federal
refugee resettlement program may be just the first step in a full-fledged
battle with the Obama administration over state sovereignty issues.
If more governors opt
out, thus throwing the program into bureaucratic chaos, Obama might not get his
Syrian Muslim quota. Boo hoo!
“We are aware
of the legal argument and watching for developments,” Gov. Brownback’s
spokesperson Eileen Hawley tells Breitbart News about the lawsuit the Tennessee
General Assembly has declared it will file on Tenth Amendment grounds against
the federal refugee resettlement program.
Hawley’s comment is just the latest
indication of growing state resistance to the Obama administration’s efforts to
increase the resettlement of Syrian refugees, even in states that have made
clear they do not want them.
Several states currently participating in the
program may be considering withdrawing as well. “Our contract is up in one
month and we are currently evaluating our options,” a spokesperson for Gov.
Greg Abbott of Texas tells Breitbart News. The spokesperson was referring
to the contracts between the State of Texas and
local resettlement agencies, or VOLAGs, for the operation of the federal
refugee resettlement program in the state.
“The Governor in conjunction with the
refugee coordinator” were identified by the spokesperson as the responsible
parties evaluating current options. [One
option is to opt-out!—ed]
Sources tell Breitbart News that Maine and Florida
are two additional states that may be considering withdrawal from the federal
refugee resettlement program.
Remember readers, the feds
argue that if states opt-out as provided for in the original 1980
Act, the feds can simply assign a non-profit group to run the
program in the state. The Thomas More Law Center claims that such action
is not constitutional according to the Tenth Amendment.
Additionally, it appears to critics that
the Wilson-Fish amendments do not contain the authority for the federal
government to pass on to an unelected, non-governmental entity the right to
make decisions which expend state and local tax dollars.
This is a two-step process and in order
to possibly succeed, the state must withdraw, become a so-called Wilson-Fish
state, and then file a lawsuit described in the Breitbart story, continue reading here.
Maybe if the whole system is thrown into
legal chaos, Obama won’t get all of his Syrians in by September 30th.
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