Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Obstructionist Government isn't Good Government

  If a government entity were asked to process marriage applications, and 1,000 came in, and it only processed 100, that wouldn't be considered good government. If a government entity didn't fulfill its mandated job, wouldn't that be dereliction of duty?
  So, why is it okay with us that the San Ysidro Port of Entry is processing only 100 applicants a day? Neither is this good government. If as many as many as 10,000 might show, shouldn't efforts be made to process their applications in a timely manner?
   Don't you want good government? Isn't that the goal? Or, do you argue for a government that stands in the way of its own job?
  In an unprecedented move, thousands of soldiers called to the border. And yet not many -- if any --  additional workers to process the applications. Is this justice? Well, is it just to be denied due process of law? Is it even constitutional?
   This goes beyond whether you are going to accept or deny their applications. This is a question of whether you will give these migrants their day in court. Argue, if you will, that many court cases take six months before they come to trial. I will argue that in this case, you are putting them off a purpose -- without just cause.
   I read how 70,000 vehicles come through the gates each day at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Seventy-thousand! Plus, another 20,000 people walk through the pedestrian entry each day.
   That's got to be more than 100,000 people a day! You cannot tell me the San Ysidro Port of Entry and the two other port of entries in the San Diego area cannot be retrofitted to process more refugee cases.
   If government has a job, and it doesn't do it, that isn't good government. And, if government stands in the way of justice, why is that not to be considered obstruction of justice?
 

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