#Democrats want open borders but won’t say so

#Democrats want open borders but won’t say so

“#Democrats want open borders but won’t say so” There is a crisis at our southern border, whether Team Biden will admit it or not. Actually, that’s precisely the problem: Democrats won’t admit a lot of things when it comes to immigration.  Last month, more than 170,000 would-be migrants crossed the border — the highest level…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2021” The Issue: Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Georgia over its new voting bill. I will not be attending, watching or listening to any Major League Baseball games for the foreseeable future due to MLB’s ill-advised actions toward the state of Georgia…

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#Border agents bust immigrants hiding in stash houses, trucks

#Border agents bust immigrants hiding in stash houses, trucks

“#Border agents bust immigrants hiding in stash houses, trucks” Border Patrol agents ​in Texas ​disrupted a number of smuggling attempts and detained scores of immigrants​ this week​ ​after discovering stash houses and tractor-trailers smuggling people into the United States. Officers in the Rio Grande Valley district found eight immigrants in a jack-knifed tractor-trailer east of Victoria,…

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#More than 4,000 migrants, many children, packed in Texas facility

#More than 4,000 migrants, many children, packed in Texas facility

“#More than 4,000 migrants, many children, packed in Texas facility” The US government’s main border detention facility for migrant children is an overcrowded tent structure currently packed with more than 4,000 people, despite a 250 person capacity, it was revealed Tuesday. The Biden administration for the first time allowed reporters from the Associated Press and…

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#Kamala Harris has no immigration meetings on public schedule

#Kamala Harris has no immigration meetings on public schedule

“#Kamala Harris has no immigration meetings on public schedule” Vice President Harris avoided media over the weekend and has no immigration-related meetings on her public schedule Monday, as the situation at the border continues to deteriorate. Harris, who was tapped by President Biden to handle the migrant crisis last Wednesday, made no media appearances on…

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#Letters to the Editor — March 29, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — March 29, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — March 29, 2021” The Issue: A deal struck by New York state lawmakers to legalize marijuana by 2022. I grew up in the ’60s, so I have no problem with the smoking of marijuana (“Potholes in the Pot Law,” Editorial, March 25). As a former pot smoker, I can say…

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#Texas Democrat reveals photos of kids packed in border facilities

#Texas Democrat reveals photos of kids packed in border facilities

“#Texas Democrat reveals photos of kids packed in border facilities” New photos that reveal startlingly overcrowded conditions at border facilities were released by a Democratic congressman Sunday. The shots show dozens of children packed into glass-walled rooms, lying shoulder-to-shoulder on thin mattresses, many covered with foil blankets amid the escalating crisis. Others showed hundreds of…

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