TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDERS WITHDRAWAL FROM U.N. MIGRANT ACCOMMODATING AGREEMENT

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDERS WITHDRAWAL FROM U.N. MIGRANT ACCOMMODATING AGREEMENT 
 
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On Saturday, December 2, the Donald Trump administration alerted the
office of the United Nations secretary-general that the United States of
America is withdrawing from a UN agreement aimed at handling migrant
and refugee issues.


“Today, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations informed the UN
Secretary-General that the United States is ending its participation in
the Global Compact on Migration,” the U.S. mission to the United Nations
announced in a press release.

In September 2016, the UN General Assembly unanimously agreed on a
resolution — the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants — that
the organization’s member states would be committed to the document,
which “reaffirms the importance of the international refugee regime and
represents a commitment by Member States to strengthen and enhance
mechanisms to protect people on the move,” as described in a UN statement on the goals of the policy.

The UN statement further explains:

In adopting the New York Declaration, Member States:
• expressed profound solidarity with those who are forced to flee;
• reaffirmed their obligations to fully respect the human rights of refugees and migrants;
• agreed that protecting refugees and the
countries that shelter them are shared international responsibilities
and must be borne more equitably and predictably;
• pledged robust support to those countries affected by large movements of refugees and migrants;
• agreed upon the core elements of a Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework; and
• agreed to work towards the adoption of a
global compact on refugees and a global compact for safe, orderly and
regular migration.

The Declaration contains a call to the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees to propose a “global compact on refugees” by
2018.


None of this apparently sits well with President Trump.

“The New York Declaration contains numerous provisions that are
inconsistent with U.S. immigration and refugee policies and the Trump
Administration’s immigration principles. As a result, President Trump
determined that the United States would end its participation in the
Compact process that aims to reach international consensus at the UN in
2018,” the U.S. statement said.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that “America
is proud of our immigrant heritage and our long-standing moral
leadership in providing support to migrant and refugee populations
across the globe,” and that “our generosity will continue.” She added:
“But our decisions on immigration policies must always be made by
Americans and Americans alone. We will decide how best to control our
borders and who will be allowed to enter our country. The global
approach in the New York Declaration is simply not compatible with U.S.
sovereignty.”

And that is the core issue.

Sovereignty surrendered to the United Nations or to any other
governing body whether it be through resolutions or trade agreements, is
not compatible with the U.S. Constitution which in Article 4, Section 4
guarantees to each state a “republican form of government.”

A republic, as defined by James Madison in Federalist Number 10 is a form of government “in which the scheme of representation takes place.”

No citizen of the United States votes for any representative of the
United Nations, not even the one ostensibly representing the interests
of the United States at the world body itself.

Furthermore, there is but one just basis upon which government is
founded and that is consent of the governed. Americans have no way to
consent to the resolutions debated and adopted by the United Nations,
particularly not one which would force sanctions upon this country for
“racism and xenophobia,” two misdeeds named in the New York Declaration,
but conveniently not defined.

Had the Trump administration not wisely withdrawn from this
agreement, the government of the United States would have been obliged
to provide for the “protection, health, [and] education” of migrants and
refugees.

It’s not just the federal government that would be put upon by the
General Assembly to facilitate the accommodation of migrants and
refugees, but other institutions and organizations would be likewise
bound to “ease the burdens” of those seeking asylum or a better life in
the United States.

The Declaration requires the cooperation of “government at national
and local levels, international and regional financial institutions, UN
Agencies and NGO partners, and business and civil society actors” in the
migrant support scheme.

Fortunately, for now it appears that the United States — their
government and private banks and businesses — will be free of the
fetters placed on their sovereignty by the New York Declaration for
Refugees and Migrants.