Resolution on the Resettling of Ilegal Immigrants Including Unaccompanied Minors | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's note: Diane Rufino did a rewrite of this resolution for the Pitt County Commissioners that had already passed muster with the Brunswick County Commissioners. I made a few changes to reflect Beaufort County's concerns, and, effectively, on Monday, August 4, 2014, this resolution will be presented to the Beaufort County Commissioners for their passage.

    Agreed, by all who actually understand the governmental structure of this Republic, "All government is local."

Resolution on the Resettling of Illegal Immigrants Including Unaccompanied Minors

    WHEREAS, the citizens of Beaufort County, North Carolina recognize their duty as law-abiding citizens to act in accordance with the U.S. Constitution and the North Carolina Constitution, and are endowed with rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, which our government has been instituted to secure; and

    WHEREAS, the federal government is failing to protect the borders of our country in accordance with Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution; and

    WHEREAS, it is estimated that more than 90,000 illegal alien minors will arrive in the United States during 2014 and an additional 145,000 illegal alien minors during 2015; and

    WHEREAS, this country is a nation of immigrants, save a current minority, and in its earlier days, accepted individuals of any and every location, age, hue, combination and variety – subject, of course, to compliance with immigration laws;

    WHEREAS, that door of opportunity remains open for many of the poor, tired, huddled masses, yearning to be free, the presence of so many, now totaling over 250 million, has resulted in a severe burden on the country, in terms of resources, services, education, employment, and increased crime; and

    WHEREAS, this country has never experienced this type of crisis before, as those having sought entry generally valued the integrity of the family, honored the protection of their own children, and have respected the laws of the United States, and

    WHEREAS, the reason for the influx of minor children has less to do with the honest pursuit of a better life as much as it is the lawless policy of the current administration to open our borders and intentionally affect the traditional demographic in our country (a close look at the current situation shows that the minors hare been dumped here because of the explicit message they got from the United States government that as long as they get here to American soil, they will be permitted to stay); and

    WHEREAS, the economic plight of countries sharing the continent have now allowed and encouraged minors to travel alone at great peril, preventing the American assimilation process, founded upon principles of labor and education, and straining the already over-burdened facilities, employees, and funding of the naturalization community; and

    WHEREAS, the influx of school- age minors will have an adverse effect on our local school district educational funding, resources, campus security, public health and safety, as well as all county resources; and

    WHEREAS, this forced emergency reveals its irony in that now the illegal entrants run to the arms of the immigration officials, instead of trying to hide from them; and

    WHEREAS, this issue is not of Beaufort County's making, and is considerable in scope, and Beaufort County does not have the excess resources necessary for relief.

    NOW THEREFORE, the Beaufort County Commissioners, meeting in regular session, do hereby urge its government to uphold the laws of the land, cease any practices that would encourage minors and adults fleeing to this country for economic reasons, expand from contiguous jurisdictions immediate removal of any applicants while their case awaits a hearing, and refrain from housing any unaccompanied minors and adults in Beaufort County.