In George Orwell’s 1984, the Celebration’s three chief slogans had been “battle is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is energy.” The British creator was referring to the way through which totalitarian regimes (be they communist or fascist) have interaction in semantic acrobatics and inverting the which means of phrases to imply the precise reverse of how they’d historically been understood. Sadly, President Biden’s homeland safety chief, Alejandro Mayorkas, who just lately referred to mass amnesty for unlawful aliens and tolerating mass unlawful migration on the southern border as “justice,” has engaged in equally Orwellian linguistic manipulation.
The troubling assertion was made throughout a listening to on November 16, earlier than the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) requested Mayorkas “[w]hat must be a better precedence of the USA Authorities? Securing our border or giving amnesty to unlawful aliens who’re already right here?” The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) head responded – or reasonably tried to keep away from the query and have it each methods – that “[j]ustice is our precedence. That features securing our border and offering aid to those that qualify for it beneath our legal guidelines.” When pressed additional by the Arkansas senator, Mayorkas said that border safety and mass amnesty are “inextricably intertwined.”
Frustratingly, he refuses to even acknowledge that mass unlawful migration could also be dangerous and unjust to People, or that his beloved pet mission of mass amnesty is unfair to each law-abiding People and authorized immigrants who adopted the principles – two teams that, by the way, must cowl the numerous prices of amnesty.
And what “legal guidelines” is he referring to? The amnesty snuck
into Joe Biden’s “Construct Again Higher” spending invoice has not cleared the Senate.
To this point, U.S. regulation nonetheless says that these dwelling within the nation illegally are
topic to removing, whatever the DHS secretary’s private preferences.
Cotton additionally requested Mayorkas whether or not he was “happy”
concerning the record-breaking numbers of unlawful border crossings this yr. The
secretary’s reply is kind of telling: “No, I’m not, however worse is to promulgate
and operationalize a coverage that defies our values as a nation.” He didn’t
outline precisely what he means by “our values as a nation,” however, apparently, in
Mayorkas-speak it’s tantamount to a permissive unlawful migration free-for-all
and coddling and rewarding those that violate our legal guidelines and borders.
Predictably, he additionally repeatedly referred to the Trump administration’s zero tolerance coverage as “merciless” within the context of Sen. Cotton’s questions concerning the $450,000 per particular person payouts the Biden administration is planning to reward sure unlawful aliens with for struggling the implications of breaking our legal guidelines. Apart from the truth that People are actually separated from their youngsters and households once they break the regulation, Mayorkas and his ilk look the opposite manner when People and immigrants alike are killed on account of crimes dedicated by unlawful aliens. In truth, when requested about unlawful alien crime throughout a March Home listening to, Mayorkas acquired offended and claimed the query was “terribly disrespectful.” As within the totalitarian dystopias chastised by Orwell, the anger of the powers that be is directed not at those that commit wrongdoings, however at those that level them out. However what are a number of victims if the top result’s the supposed “justice” of amnesty? One has to interrupt some eggs to make an omelet, proper?
One strikingly apparent factor about Mayorkas’ verbal
gymnastics throughout hearings is his wrestle to weasel his manner out of giving
straight and sincere solutions to direct and easy questions. He absolutely
understands that his is a dropping case if expressed bluntly and overtly. However he
stated sufficient to display what his priorities are, as in the event that they weren’t already
obvious throughout the previous a number of months of his failed management on the DHS. Nonetheless,
Mayorkas must do not forget that his wage is paid for by American taxpayers,
and it’s his job to serve People and their greatest pursuits. As an alternative, he
chooses to focus primarily and, in truth, solely, on the needs and wishes of
international nationals. His is a textbook case of a authorities official overtly and
overtly flouting his duties – and that has nothing to do with the basic
Western understanding of justice.
