A piece of legislation from the state of Iowa was signed into law by GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds back in April of 2024 that allowed authorities to take illegal immigrants into official police custody — I hear in some places they call that an “arrest” — and boot them back to their countries of origin. Unfortunately, a liberal judge who is a ne’er do well, decided to block the law, saying it’s “unconstitutional.”
Funny how the only time you hear some schmuck on the left ever talk about the Constitution in a positive light is when they have twisted it up and changed its meaning in order to benefit themselves and their agenda. Otherwise, it’s only purpose for them is toilet paper. And believe me, they wipe their mental, ideological fecal matter all over it on a daily basis.
Here’s more from the folks at the Daily Wire:
U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, wrote that Iowa’s “illegal reentry” law violates the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution and interferes with the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws, the Des Moines Register reported. The Department of Justice sued Iowa over the law last month, arguing that the state was “disregard[ing] the U.S. Constitution and settled Supreme Court precedent.”
The law, which was passed as Senate File 2340, allows state authorities to arrest and deport illegal immigrants who had previously been removed from the U.S. or denied entry into the country. It was set to take effect on July 1.
“As a matter of politics, the new legislation might be defensible. As a matter of constitutional law, it is not,” Locher went on to write. “Under binding Supreme Court precedent, Senate File 2340 is preempted in its entirety by federal law and thus is invalid under the Supremacy Clause.”
Locher pointed to a 2012 Supreme Court ruling on an Arizona law that allowed state authorities to stop and detain people suspected of illegally crossing the border. The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 — with Justices Anthony Kennedy and John Roberts joining three liberal justices — that the Arizona immigration law interfered with federal government enforcement of laws already on the books. Justice Antonin Scalia argued that the Arizona law did not conflict with federal law and even worked to better enforce federal law.
Hey, if this Locher fellow really cared about the Constitution and upholding the law of the land, why isn’t he in favor of securing the border and bringing the current illegal immigration crisis unfolding along the southern portion of the country to an end? It’s a bit odd ‘innit?
Say that in a British accent. You’ll thank me later.
Under the new Iowa law, illegal migrants could potentially serve a decade in prison for not coming into the country through the proper channels if they were arrested for committing a separate felony. A judge would then be required to submit an order for deportation of an illegal immigrant that was convicted of entering the U.S. unlawfully.
None of this would even be necessary if Joe Biden actually did his job and protected the United States from an invasion by illegal immigrants. And that’s what’s happening along the border we share with Mexico. Make no mistake about it.
Reynolds and Iowa Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird have vowed to appeal Judge Locher’s ruling, according to the Des Moines Register.
“I am disappointed in today’s court decision that blocks Iowa from stopping illegal reentry and keeping our communities safe,” Bird stated in her comment on the ruling. “Since Biden refuses to secure our borders, he has left states with no choice but to do the job for him.”
As Reynolds argued in Iowa, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton said that the Biden administration is failing to address illegal immigration. Paxton added that the state has a constitutional duty to protect its citizens “from violent transnational cartels that flood the State with fentanyl, weapons, and all manner of brutality.”
No matter how you slice the cheese, without secure borders and immigration law that is enforced, you don’t really have your own country. And the left doesn’t care if that’s true. All they want to do is win elections and gain more power. Doing so is the only way to destroy the current republic and rebuild it according to the blueprints of Marx.