A test: Do you actually believe no one is above the law?

Can I ask you a few questions, honestly? Just between you and me.

Do you believe that no person should be above the law?

Do you believe society is more orderly when everyone plays by the same rules, and obeys the law?

Do you understand that immigration law is written by Congress, and enforced by the executive branch?

Do you understand that Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Patrol, the FBI, DEA, ATF, etc., are all federal agencies charged with enforcing the law?

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If you are one of those people shouting to keep ICE out of your community, what are you really saying?

You are saying the law should not  be enforced on people you like.

You are saying some people are above the law.

You are saying that you don’t believe that everyone should play by the same rules.

In other words, you are unAmerican.

I can’t put it any more plainly than that.

This is separate from the discussion,  a necessary one, about what we should do with the many millions of illegals in this country. I believe in putting the hard-working, trouble-free illegals on a road to legality, after they come forward and make amends. My plan is very similar to one suggested by then-President Barack Obama. He, and I, agree they have broken U.S. law. Joe Biden was the first President who failed to condemn illegal entry — until it was too late.

Immigration law is legal, and it is not racist. Of the top 10 nations from which we accept immigrants, not one is white.

Illegals are not only “brown people.” They come from all around the world, including from nations that wish to harm us. And many have entered without leaving a trace.

While Open Borders types love playing the semantics game of saying, “No human being is illegal,” that makes as much sense as “No human being is criminal.” Actually, some are.

While local municipalities are not required to enforce federal law, such as immigration, they should not be allowed to impede enforcement, which is what Sanctuary Cities do. They are nullifying law, and that is a form of anarchy.

Which is evident when members of the community interfere with ICE agents, as if they were a foreign occupying force, which they are not.

Trying to prevent ICE from operating is analogous to defunding the police. 

If you like Sanctuary Cities, which are always in Democratic areas, you are probably liberal and self-satisfied that you are following your inner angels and doing something good, by defying federal law. 

This creates a dangerous precedent, because while you are defying federal immigration law, others are refusing to obey federal gun laws.

Happy about that?

Think I am kidding? I am not. There are a number of states across the nation that have declared themselves gun sanctuaries. 

Crazy as that sounds, there are even sanctuaries for the unborn, pushed by anti-abortion activists. 

There is no limit to the craziness. 

Think of lawful, civil society as a sweater. Start tugging at one thread, then another, and before long the thing falls apart and all you have is a pile of yarn. One segment of society declaring itself immune from a law that it doesn't like encourages another segment to ignore a law it doesn’t like. And then you have chaos, and anarchy. 

The insanity extends to actual assaults against ICE agents, up 500%, the agency claims.

How different is that from the assault on Capitol Hill police on January 6? Each is an assault on civility and order, in service to “inner angels.”

When ICE agents are brutal, they should be punished. When its policies cross the line into illegality, it must be corrected. I believe law must be obeyed by all sides, and have said so more than once, and that includes due process.

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Sanctuary Cities operate under the belief that once you get here, you should be allowed to stay here, regardless of the law that says anyone here illegally is subject to removal.

Cities such as Philadelphia have prohibited schools, police, hospitals — any governmental authority — from even inquiring about legal status.

On Thursday, the Inquirer’s lead story — that is what the paper thinks is the most important story of the day — was about two women, one in Philadelphia and one in Abington, who were asked by hospitals if they were born in the U.S. Both were. The paper reported five other cases of people who were questioned. That’s seven cases we know of in a 5-million metro area. 

Public hospitals can’t turn anyone away from their emergency rooms, and illegals who can’t pay add to the economic burden on citizens.

Schools in some Philadelphia neighborhoods are bursting with illegals’ children who can’t speak a word of English, who require special classes and sometimes special teachers. 

That costs money, and it is a cost that sometimes is associated even with legal immigrants. I have no complaints with that. I do have a problem with supporting people who have disrespected our laws, and our sovereignty. 

The law works only when it is respected by all sides. And without law, we have anarchy.