Once again, our Southern border and the problems of mass immigration are in the news. A Supreme Court ruling Wednesday evening allows new Trump Administration directives to continue for the time being. A dissent written by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows their ignorance of history.

The Trump Administration policy issued in July had said that, in the most basic, immigrants who passed through a country, on the way to the United States, without seeking asylum, could be denied an asylum claim. If one is fleeing a country based on fear of persecution, it seems reasonable to expect that one would claim asylum in the first country one came to. While a judge in California blocked the new immigration rules, different portions of the regulations are being heard in the notorious Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. The Wednesday ruling is only temporary as the case wends its way through various courts.

The Washington Post headline “Supreme Court says Trump administration can begin denying asylum to migrants while legal fight continues” tells us that the Washington Post does not approve. The dissent by Sotomayor and Bader Ginsburg shows that they don’t know United States immigration history.

Here is an ABC video on this confused and confusing subject:

Bias much?

The opening of the Sotomayor dissent from The Washington Post:

No vote was recorded in the asylum case order, but Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted their disapproval of the court’s action in a strongly worded dissent.

“Once again the Executive Branch has issued a rule that seeks to upend longstanding practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution,” Sotomayor wrote.

That’s why the need to apply for asylum in the first country that they come to, Justice Sotomayor. We don’t know if they are truly seeking shelter from persecution. More from Sotomayor:

“Although this Nation has long kept its doors open to refugees — and although the stakes for asylum seekers could not be higher — the Government implemented its rule without first providing the public notice and inviting the public input generally required by law.”

This dissent from Sotomayor and signed by the notorious RBG shows a clear lack of historical knowledge and current events.

We, as a Country, have long blocked immigration and denied refugees. In 1939, the United States denied entry to 900 Jewish refugees who had a true fear of persecution and death. There have been periods of virtually zero immigration.

The Sotomayor dissent shows a terrifying ignorance of current events. The problems at the Southern border include human sex-trafficking, drugs, disease and violence. Sotomayor and RBG would rather the Border Patrol Agents be overwhelmed than allow reasonable immigration terms to be applied. They would rather crimes be committed against the immigrants, and citizens of our country be endangered, than provide reasonable restrictions.

As the Left, judges and Justices like Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg show their ignorance of history and current events, our Southern border continues to be breached and our agents overwhelmed and denigrated.

These rulings will bounce around every court in the land before ending back at the Supreme Court. Let us hope that the Justices will read a history book and review current events before then. The laws of the land shouldn’t be based emotions of two Justices.

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