Originally Posted by
BorderBob
There were working theories about what would occur if Clinton had one the election, perhaps Electorally as Trump did, but flipped. What would have been the response of his followers. Now one must consider the possibility of Trump and many of his associates being frog marched from the White House. Money Laundering, not treason, but espionage. The Emoluments Clause to the Constitution, the case is building quickly.
What will his 36% of hard core support do?
To the immigration debate, a couple of things.
No one seems to speak to the other side of the debate, the attraction of American jobs and the employers too happy to hire illegals. We saw examples of it recently in the CoB. Folks more outraged at the closing of a few taco stands. Like those who state we should "build the wall" and secure the border before talking about immigration reform, we also need to secure our employment and lock out undocumented aliens from the lure of the American paycheck. Punishing aliens for working here is not enough. We must provide a closed means of certifying employment eligibility and then punish employers who willingly employ illegals.
Sanctuary Cities: Some local governments quite correctly have determined that the safety of ALL its residents is primary to their federal immigration status. I have yet to hear a cogent argument for how you do that. Certainly establishing a system where people are afraid to get help because they fear the local police serves neither the police or the community. And the law is pretty clear that detainers held by local police are not lawful instruments to detain aliens once the state case is completed. The courts have decided that one.
"Catch and release:" Is as old as the Border Patrol itself. We used to joke about it in the early 1980's. It was "Mutual of Omaha," catch them, tag them and set them free. But that is not an Obama construct.
Overstays: Non-immigrant visas are typically valid for 10 years. But a visa is only a "preclearance" approval to travel to the U.S. A visa only means you have applied and been processed foreign for the authorization to apply for admission to the USA. Airlines require valid visas to get on airplanes. Once you arrive and are inspected, you receive an I-94 form, which is your authorization to remain in the U.S. for a specified period. You can be refused admission to the USA. Your visa can be revoked at the border. But it will not be CBP which does that. State does that, sometimes after approval, sometimes based on actions at the border. Visitor I-94's are usually 6 months. Students are for "duration of status." As long as they remain bonafied students. Employed aliens, typically H1B's and the like are longer but defined and subject to reapproval.. Then you have the Visa waiver program (VWP), where citizens from certain countries will not require a visa pre-arrival. Those are typically tourist entries and are good for 89 days. Off continent visa waiver approvals require preapproval via ESTA, which is an online questionaire for which you complete certain biographical items. VWP applicants from Canada and I believe Mexico as well are not required to use ESTA, or at least weren't at the time I retired. Please not that as many, if not more "illegal" aliens held valid visas and I-94's but never left.
CBP Officers stopping people on domestic flights. It only occurred once but got a lot of social media attention. This is a personal opinion based on my training and experience, but I don't understand what authority those officers were operating under. On international flights, CBP officers have the full authority of the border search. Inbound and outbound. Even "pre-cleared" flights such as a Toronto to Buffalo movement is subject to reinspection in Buffalo under border search. But a domestic flight is "4th Amendement" territory. Seizure of a person (a stop) requires reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. If they knew who they were looking for they would have been in a stronger position to look for THAT person. Demanding identification from every person as a condition to deplane is in no law, rule or regulation I have ever heard of. But I worked in a land border environment, perhaps, and this is speculation, there is a rule in the airline statutes which require identification, but that would seem to fall to airline personnel under their carrier contract (ticket) Just a guess.
Hope this answers a few questions.
b.b.