Comments on IAEA

For John, BLUF:  There is a lot we don't know about the President's "Amnesty" Program.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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From Eric,♠ at the blog ¡No Pasaran! ("Behind the Façades in France") we have a look at President Obama's recent action regarding immigration.

"Caesarism — Obama’s Executive Order is an open invitation to the teeming masses around the world: we are paying people to come here illegally"

It turns out the promised Executive Order hasn't yet been written, or at least signed, since it is not on the White House Web Site for Executive Orders.  What we do have is a White House Fact Sheet, titled "Immigration Accountability Executive Action".

But, back to Eric, I think that it is quite possible that in parts or in whole it is illegal.  The question is, will the courts find it so?  The reason I mention the courts is because while the House might be able to issue articles of impeachment if it is widely viewed to be illegal, Senator Harry Reid does not have a proper sense of the rule of the US Senate and of the US Constitution to throw his weight behind conviction, and that is what would be required.♥  So, to the first question.  Has the President embarked, ever so finely, on a path of Presidential Rule by Executive Order, or what Eric suggests is Caesarism.  Interestingly, Eric allows that word to be traced back to The Founding Fathers.  As we know from history, Caesarism is a bad thing.  Even Shakespeare got that point.

The second point is the degree to which the President's move has made it open season on illegal immigration to the United States.  His "Fact Sheet", the IAEA, says he will use what was learned from stemming the flow of unaccompanied children to staunch the flow of future illegal immigrants:

The President’s actions increase the chances that anyone attempting to cross the border illegally will be caught and sent back.  Continuing the surge of resources that effectively reduced the number of unaccompanied children crossing the border illegally this summer, the President’s actions will also centralize border security command-and-control to continue to crack down on illegal immigration.

So, the question is, will the increase in resources match the increase in attractiveness to those wishing to come here however they can?

And, of course what will be the impact on those waiting patiently for their number to come up on the legal entry contest.  Will they begin to wonder if they too should find a coyote to bring them across illegally, hoping for an inclusion under some existing or future amnesty?♦

Back to the White House "Fact Sheet", there is a mention of a three year period:

By registering and passing criminal and national security background checks, millions of undocumented immigrants will start paying their fair share of taxes and temporarily stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation for three years at a time.

Three years would be November of 2017, well after the new President is Inaugurated.  The new President will have options.  He can just let things roll over, allowing a new three year period, or he can determine that he has to renew the three year period and opt to do so or not, or he could just issue a new Executive Order, abrogating the whole thing.

In the mean time, the idea of taxes being collected sounds good…

Share of US Individual Income Tax Payments, including payroll taxes, by Income Group, 2010. Source data, US Congressional Budget Office, December 4, 2013 report. See http://cbo.gov/publication/44604.  Mattnad.  From Wikipedia.

But, one imagines that most of those who will fall under the Executive Order will be paying little income tax.

Yes, we have a lot yet to learn about this Presidential Executive Action.  And I am not counting on the Main Stream Media to help out the average voter.  Too much Gruberism.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  I like the question on his profile.  I believe the answer is yes.
It is possible that sufficient Democrat Senators will rise up and demand impeachment by the House, but I wouldn't count on it.  Most of them probably don't really know who Ben Franklin was.
♦  Then there is the psychic impact on those who are here legally, but haven't gone from Green Card to Citizenship, like my oldest Granddaughter's Husband.  To what degree will this new influx slow the immigration machinery and delay his citizenship.  The supplemental question is, will those under the IAEA end up paying the same amounts of money my Granddaughter and her Husband have paid out?