Monday, Sept. 27, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson settled a $2.2 million lawsuit with Greyhound Lines, Inc. that encourages and protects illegal immigration. The company was accused of allowing federal immigration officers to do “warrantless immigration sweeps,” and it will immediately cease cooperating with immigration officers.
However, the victory is not for “civil rights,” as the liberals and leftists claim, but rather another defeat of the constitutional duties of the federal officials to discourage illegal immigration and protect citizens from diseases, crime, and terrorism. This settlement also shows how major American companies would rather avoid bad news publicity than question the “rights” of illegal aliens.
Under the settlement, Greyhound is required to:
—Create a corporate policy that denies federal immigration officers permission to board its buses in Washington state without warrants or reasonable suspicion.
—Issue a public statement, in English and Spanish, clarifying that Greyhound does not consent to immigration agents boarding its buses without a warrant or reasonable suspicion.
—Place stickers on or near the front door of its buses stating that it does not consent to immigration agents boarding its buses without a warrant or reasonable suspicion.
What’s the point of being a legal, lawful citizen of the United States if illegal aliens are protected because federal officials tasked with preventing illegal immigration are limited in doing their job?
Once again, this case shows how Democrats would instead protect illegal aliens than protect Americans first and stretch the Constitution to include non-citizens who broke immigration laws. Excusing crimes, large and small, and rewarding criminals because of race and income is typical of Democrats.
If America continues to excuse illegal immigration and rewards illegal aliens with amnesty, jobs, welfare, free education, and free health care. In that case, we will continue to have a border crisis and a growth in poverty. To discourage all illegal immigration, including minors, we must punish it with arrests and immediate deportation.
We need “America First” federal immigration policies and legal opinions.