Steven Miller doesn't know geography

and, yeah, he's a racist

Judge rules against Trump’s asylum proclamation

Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that Trump’s day-one proclamation shutting down the right to claim asylum at the southern border on the dubious grounds that an “invasion” was occurring, was unlawful. The judge noted n his 128-page ruling, that Trump’s proclamation asserted “sweeping authority” that far exceeds the powers he legally possesses under the Constitution and the Immigration and Nationality Act. And the Trump administration’s “appeal to necessity cannot fill that void.”

The judge further asserted that Trump doesn’t have the “unilateral authority to limit the rights of aliens present in the United States to apply for asylum,” nor does he have the “authority to adopt an alternative immigration system, which supplants the statutes that Congress has enacted and the regulations that the responsible agencies have promulgated.”

The ruling vs. the Supreme Court

Recently, the Supreme Court had given Trump wide latitude to continue his illegal and unconstitutional actions by limiting the power of federal courts to issue nationwide injunctions. Yet, the judge in this case used the Supreme Court’s own language in his ruling by noting that his decision was based on the Administrative Procedure Act that allow courts to “set aside” federal actions found to be “not in accordance with law.” This appears to be an example whereby courts may still be able to thwart Trump’s actions and still follow the Supreme Court decision.

Reaction from Steven Miller

White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Steven Miller, immediately railed against the judge’s decision by claiming that Moss, an Obama appointee, was a “marxist judge” attempting to “circumvent the Supreme Court.”Miller also added “The West will not survive if our sovereignty is not restored.”

Well, I’d like to point out that the majority of asylum seekers coming to the U.S. are from countries in the Western Hemisphere. And, if Miller is referring to Western Europe then I’d like for him to understand that this includes countries such as Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy and France. So, if he’s worried about non-English speakers destroying our sovereignty then I guess he doesn’t understand the word “west” from a geographical perspective.

The Bottom Line

In any other universe, Steven Miller would be immediately fired from his position within the Administration for such comments. But in our “new normal” it’s apparently acceptable, and even lauded, to spout racist and nativist comments. This is, of course, Trump’s worldview and it undergirds the views of a good portion of those who support him.

To say otherwise is to diminish what is truly happening in our country.