State Governors On Immigration Of Syrians
BY Herschel Smith
9 years ago
Several Governors have gone on record opposing the immigration of Syrians to their states. Let me focus on just one.
THEREFORE, I, BOBBY JINDAL, Governor of the State of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:SECTION 1: All departments, budget units, agencies, offices, entities, and officers of the executive branch of the State of Louisiana are authorized and directed to utilize all lawful means to prevent the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the State of Louisiana while this Order is in effect.
SECTION 2: The Louisiana State Police, upon receiving information of a Syrian refugee already relocated within the State of Louisiana, are authorized and directed to utilize all lawful means to monitor and avert threats within the State of Louisiana.
SECTION 3: All departments, budget units, agencies, offices, entities, and officers of the executive branch of the State of Louisiana are authorized and directed to cooperate in the implementation of the provisions of this Order.
SECTION 4: The Order is effective November 16, 2015 and shall remain in effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the Governor, or terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the City of Baton Rouge, on this 16th day of November, 2015.
This is mighty weak tea. Here is how this works. The U.S. government takes the state of Louisiana to court and gets a federal judge to say that Louisiana cannot use any means to prevent this from happening. Done. Then it happens because Jindal is too weak to stop it, has no moral compass, and cannot stomach what it will take to keep the people of his state from having to let Syrians ensconce there.
What he could have done if he actually believed what he said is promise that any federal agent or other federal employee who enters the state to ensconce Syrians in Louisiana will be arrested and thrown in the state penitentiary, with Syrians put back on buses to Washington, D.C.
But he didn’t say that, he won’t do it, and this order is as toothless as any other governor’s order who tries to stop this without using the power and force of his office without regard to federal judges.
On November 17, 2015 at 8:08 am, Lina Inverse said:
Yeah, Jindal in particular is a weak slimeball. “Anarchists” attacked a dinner he was sharing with a couple of other area governors, and they slipped out the back with their guards, leaving their people to fend for themselves. His top money person and her boyfriend were set upon by these thugs, broke his jaw and severely injured her to the point she needed metal to put her leg bones back together. She got no support from Jindal, and no effort was made by the State Police to bring the perpetrators to justice (the New Orleans police where on the side of the perpetrators, one of the reasons it was so bad).
I would expect it is in part cultural, since dot Indians are infamous for not giving a s*** about anyone not in their subgroup (there are about 40,000), especially if of a lower caste. But maybe sort of thing is so common in the GOPe we don’t have to go that far. But if he doesn’t give a s*** about the people on his staff, we can be very sure he doesn’t for us peons.
Maybe I’d vote for him to keep Hillary out of the White House, but that’s about it, and he’s coming across as such weak tea in the nomination race it’s clear I won’t have to worry about that.
On November 17, 2015 at 12:14 pm, Archer said:
I see a whole lot of “authorized and directed to use all lawful means“, but I don’t see much “authorized and directed to expend resources“. How you gonna pay for that order, Bobby?
It’s like GCA ’68 technically allowing non-violent felons to petition to have their Second Amendment rights restored. It’s written into the law, but Congress has never authorized funding for the review boards. Thus, no rights restoration.
So the agencies of the State of Louisiana are “authorized” to prevent resettlement by Syrian refugees. They’re “directed” to do this. But they’re not funded for it. So unless their employees start volunteering above and beyond their normal duties, it’s not going to happen.
Weak tea, indeed.
On November 18, 2015 at 5:43 pm, DAN III said:
Archer, the funding is implied. The staatspolizei are already being paid. It is just an additional mission.
On November 18, 2015 at 6:22 pm, Archer said:
The funding may be implied, but unless the budget/appropriations change, it’s not there.
Here’s a “for instance”: A while back, the Oregon State Police (OSP) commissioner imposed a new policy that when a background check for a gun transfer (which in Oregon goes through the OSP background check unit, not directly through NICS) is denied for any reason (including a false positive), an OSP officer will be dispatched to that location to investigate.
“Just an additional mission”, right?
Not so fast. There’s no budget for extra officers to cover this “additional mission”, which means this new mission will be taken on at the expense of their other, existing missions. Like patrolling the state’s highways, responding to crimes-in-progress or investigating afterward, making arrests, etc.
The result? Most officers realize where their priorities should be, and unless they’re not busy (which is rare) and in the immediate vicinity (also rare), this policy generally goes unheeded. All because no matter what’s implied, there’s no actual funding/resources to carry out the executive’s policy decision.
I for one appreciate Gov. Jindal’s intent, but unless there’s money for it, state agencies won’t be actively “prevent[ing] the resettlement of Syrian refugees” or “monitor[ing] and avert[ing] threats within the State of Louisiana”. At best, state agencies can only refuse to cooperate with federal agencies on the issue.
Better than nothing, I suppose, but a far cry from what the response should be.
On November 18, 2015 at 6:25 pm, Herschel Smith said:
Yea. Weak tea. Brewed for consumption by the ignorant masses.
On November 19, 2015 at 4:09 am, DAN III said:
“Weak tea”. Better than no tea.
On November 19, 2015 at 4:26 am, DAN III said:
“….a far cry from what the response should be.” Agreed.
For me the response should be a coup d’etat on the criminal barack hussein soetoro obama. Army and Air Guard units should be deployed to stop all invasions/incursions by invaders brought into fUSA by the Marxist soetoro-obama and his State Department. Constitutional militia employed in every state to stop and remove the invaders. Guard elements to Move-to-Contact on D.C. and the West Wing. Arrests. Trial(s). Punishment(s).
“Enemies Foreign and Domestic”. Stand by one’s oath. Current and former .mil.
We are experiencing a “soft” revolution by soetoro-obama and his multitude of supporters imbedded throughout fedgov and stategov. There is only one solution to this attack by the illegal Indonesian/Kenyan. It is the above.
On November 17, 2015 at 10:19 pm, fatebekind said:
He did next to nothing during the BP oil spill.
On November 18, 2015 at 7:13 am, freeinaz said:
I’d rather see every governor who is against these refugees issue arrest warrants for Jeh Johnson and Obama once the refugees are deployed to their states against the governors and peoples wishes.
On November 19, 2015 at 4:30 am, DAN III said:
If memory serves me I believe J. Johnson is now a big shot with the NFL. No longer active fedgov.