asinine (ASS-in-eye-n) a. pert. to an ass; stupid.

Raul and Magda Corado hopped a plane to Guatemala Monday after having resided in the US for 16 years.  [Click HERE for D-News story]  I use the term “hopped” lightly…DEPORTED is the correct terminology.

Like many illegal resident aliens in Utah, the Corados were hoping to find some way, within the system, to stay in the US.  But…the system is broken.  And, unfortunately, the current system doesn’t allow for rational appeals from good people like the Corados to remain in asylum states like Utah.  Instead, we prefer to allow, and in many ways encourage an illegal, criminal population to reside among us.  Clearly, an imbalance in the Rule of Law.

The Rule of Law and Equity

The Rule of Law, as applied to the private sphere of human activities, states that the government may not act except in the enforcement of a known, general rule.  Impartial law rules, rather than capriciousness.  (The lady holding the scales is blindfolded!)  For the rule of law to exist, five elements must be present:  Generality, Prospectivity, Publicity, Consent, and Due Process.

Remember, five elements MUST be present for the Rule of Law to exist.  In the Corados case, all but one element was properly applied–the missing element–GENERALITY.  Laws must be applied generally, across the board, equitably, for the principle of fairness to be validated.  But, alas, it was not.  Instead we prefer to prosecute and deport numerous individuals, like the Corados, who are trying to work within our current naturalization and in-migration system, all-the-while turning our heads to an element of illeagal in-migration of a criminal population who want nothing to do with naturalization or assimilation.  Often, they are those who want the benefits and securities of this country and state without the responsibility of paying for those government supplied goods and services–all provided for through state and federal taxation (i.e. public education, healthcare, etc.). 

Many individuals residing in our state illegally have no desire or intention of doing anything but stripping the land bare before they return home or move on.  Yet, we insist on rolling out the red carpet…

Asinine.