As congress recently passed a cloture vote on the once dead, now resurrected, immigration bill, the citizens of America have effectively been told that we are no longer a concern for our elected leaders. We are being told those whom have broken our laws to enter our country are more important than those of us who hold citizenship, or who have entered our country legally. They have made it abundantly clear that their political ambitions of power are far more important that the ambitions of individual Americans and their sworn duty to protect and defend our physical safety and personal liberty were hollow pledges.

To those of us who have raised our voice in protest during round one, and round two, of this bill, it is now obvious where we stand in the eyes of our so called leaders. Even as many of them have now tucked their tails between their legs and reversed their stand in an attempt to save political favor, the message has already been sent; we are not important. The voice of the people has been heard, but it has been shrugged from the shoulders of our politicians as an insignificant itch.

We are not asking for much. The laws are in place, funding has been approved, and the means by which to accomplish our desires have been met, but action has not been taken. Close the border. That is all. It is a simple request, but it has so far been deemed unimportant. The enormously sad part to the whole problem is that the solutions are already in place. We do not need new laws the laws have already been establish, but our men and women in Washington have refused to fully fund, although the funds have been allocated, or to enforce them. They are essentially refusing to obey the laws they themselves have written.

We are a country of laws; not men, and when those laws cease to have value our identity as a country ceases to exist. You cannot remain a sovereign nation with wide open borders and lawmakers who fail to obey the very laws they create. Can we all decide which laws we feel like following today? Can we really trust the actions of men who have been enclosed in Washington’s circle of power (some for more than 50 years) sealed off from everyday America? Men and Women who have shown time and time again that their own political will trumps the law of the land and the voice of the people?

As the value of our voice and vote continues to be degraded by the very men who took an oath to protect and preserve our rights it is hard not to start believing the conspiratorial prophecies of a New World Order. When do we as citizens finally come to the final conclusion that we are insignificant in their eyes? When we are asked to refer to them as Emperor and Lord?

We are Americans and we are not without compassion, but we are a nation of laws and we strive to apply those laws equally to all people. Being a bureaucrat, or an even an illegal immigrant whose only desire is for a better life for themselves and their family, does not give you a special pass on the laws of your choosing. The rule of law either exists or it doesn’t. If we’ve decided that it doesn’t we might as well lie down and accept our demise. It’s already peeking around the corner as it is.

- Lance Martin