Two Boston Columnists View Effect of Limitless Immigration

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Massachusetts already is a sanctuary state — it doesn’t matter if there’s a law on the books or not, illegal aliens don’t need no
stinkin’ laws!
Just an EBT card, or three, or 10.
The whole country is one
big sanctuary, unless you’re an American.
Perhaps you recall the late Auntie Zeituni, Obama’s aunt, living in public housing in South Boston. Until she got “asylum,” like the Tsarnaevs, she was an illegal. She admitted it on TV.
Obama’s Uncle Omar — he was the rarest of illegal aliens. He actually had a job. He had a driver’s license, too, one that he had obtained illegally, but no one ever dared confront him about it.
Remember when Deval Patrick decided to grant illegal aliens in-state tuition at public colleges? He couldn’t get it through the Legislature, so he just issued an executive order.
Last week on my radio show I asked Gov. Charlie Baker if he’d ever rescinded that illegal, high-handed handout.
Answer: Of course not.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2015/08/carr_with_or_without_new_immigration_laws_we_re_living_in

Carr: With or without new immigration laws, we’re living in a sanctuary state of mind
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
By: Howie Carr
Boston Herald

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Gov. Jindal knows our immigration system needs to be overhauled with action — not talk. He said the president must shut the porous border immediately and together with Congress implement a legal immigration system — where laws are respected and enforced versus ignored or selectively enforced by liberal officials who support sanctuary cities and the many illegals who exploit them.
“Congress needs to pass my package of bills, called Partners In Crime. We need to say, ‘Mayors, councilmen, if you are going to flaunt federal law, there should be two consequences.’ One, they should be criminally liable as accessories. They should be held liable for the crimes committed by illegals in these so-called sanctuary cities,” Jindal said. “Second, we will say to the families, ‘We will give you the opportunity to hold them civilly liable. You can sue not only those officials who are allowing these sanctuary policies but also those who refuse to prosecute those officials.’ ”
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“There is no question that illegal immigration is exacerbating crime problems in many American communities, including Massachusetts,” Jessica Vaughn, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, told the Herald.
“One problem is that the Obama administration has been gradually dismantling enforcement and allowing too much illegal settlement. But local policies play a big role, too,” she said.
It’s time to defund sanctuary cities and hold officials accountable for refusing to enforce the law. If not, we’ll continue to see more American families destroyed at the hands of criminal illegals.
This should infuriate every legal immigrant and American among us.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/adriana_cohen/2015/08/adriana_cohen_immigration_laws_costing_american_lives

Adriana Cohen: Immigration laws costing American lives
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
By: Adriana Cohen
Boston Herald