Illegal Or Not
By BARBARA SIMPSON
The latest figures from the feds regarding the number of illegals crossing our Southern border are astonishing — 66,000 in February alone. That is the highest number in the month of February in eleven years – it’s the highest number in any month in ten years.
The astonishing fact is that these people are not coming from Mexico, they’re coming through Mexico, and they’re coming here from a long list of countries, literally across the world. Not surprisingly, many do come from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, but thousands more are from other Central and South American countries as well as from Cuba and other Caribbean countries in addition to people from Europe, Asia, and former “Iron Curtain” nations.
What this mix of nationalities — here illegally — will do to the population of the United States remains to be seen, but there is no doubt, it will have a major impact.
One issue that is critical is: What is the attitude of American politicians as to how these people should be treated? Should they be gathered together and deported? Should they be allowed to stay here as they are now, just “illegal”? Should we change our immigration laws concerning their status? Who is going to decide and what role do our political parties play in the final decision?
I have no doubt that it will not be accomplished quietly, and it promises to be quite a battle.
Bus and plane loads of illegals have been sent by governors to northern states from border states — the idea that the northerners should share the burden of dealing with the illegals.
New York City has received more than 40,000 asylum seekers this way, and at this point, the mayor is pleading with President Biden to distribute these people across all cities and towns across the country. Mayor Eric Adams says his city has reached its limit. He’s quoted as saying he’d like a national response to the problem — everything from arrival procedures to an ultimate pathway to citizenship.
No word from Washington about the request, but it is clear that the administration is setting up new programs to bring even more illegals to the states. As Breitbart News reported, it’s estimated Biden will set another illegal immigration record this year with 2.6 million border crossers and illegal aliens being apprehended. This number doesn’t include those who sneaked in without being accounted for.
The president isn’t the only politician dealing with illegals — state governors are involved as well. Take California Gov. Gavin Newsom, for example. His state is a “sanctuary state” and there’s a new law there that allows new border crossers to get jobs as law enforcement officers with varied government agencies.
Newsom signed SB 960 which allows people with only a work permit to be law enforcement officers. There is no citizenship or residency requirement under the new law. All they need is to be here with a presidential work permit and the job is theirs!
As for other politicians — how about New York Sen. Charles Schumer? The Democrat is all for full amnesty, full citizenship for all illegals. He doesn’t call them that — he calls for “citizenship for all undocumented” and he is aiming to get Republican support for his idea. He has been quoted as saying that if he can get that support, the idea will be implemented by the end of this year.
He called the idea the “smart thing to do — the right thing to do — the moral thing to do — the humane thing to do.” He said that “we will not stop fighting till we get a fix for DACA, a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented.”
DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was instituted by President Barack Obama in 2012 to cover illegals who arrived as minors. It covers about 800,000 people and is currently tied up in litigation.
As if we didn’t have enough problems with illegals crossing the southern border, the Department of Homeland Security is extending temporary amnesty to thousands of Somali nationals living here who are otherwise eligible for deportation.
Last week, DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that the Biden administration is extending and redesignating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the more than 2,600 Somali nationals living and working in the U.S.
It would directly affect 430 Somalis who already are here and allows another 2,200 to join them.
There is concern that the announcement will encourage another surge of illegals at the border. For example, in May of 2021, President Biden awarded TPS to more than 100,000 Haitians living here who otherwise would have been deported.
Since then, tens of thousands of Haitian border crosser arrive at the U.S. Mexico border on a monthly basis — all looking for increased TPS and the ability to remain in this country and work.
An interesting and discouraging aspect of the immigration situation is that every one of the illegals is supposed to be able to get a court date to determine if and when they might be allowed to remain the U.S. permanently and legally.
Point of interest: The backlog of cases in U.S. Immigration Courts stands at 2,023,441!!
