Trump is peddling a huge lie, that Kamala Harris was the border czar and allowed everyone to cross the southern border, carrying with them drugs and guns. Seriously! And you have heard the rest. These were people released from mental institutions, or violent criminals, capable of rape and murder. In this blog, we will not touch on pet-eating Haitians.
I am preparing a second blog, just on immigration. It has been in preparation for over a week.
To begin with Kamala Harris was never the border czar. Her mission under Biden was to discuss with Central American countries on how best to keep their citizens from coming to the US illegally. The responsibility for border security was the Department of Homeland Security.
The October 2 Vice Presidential debate was similar to the Trump-Harris debate on immigration. At every turn, JD Vance was blaming immigrants for every problem in the United States, including the high cost of housing and crowding in our schools. So, if we just round up and get rid of immigrants, all our problems suddenly disappear.
JD Vance stated that there was a Federal Reserve report, showing that immigrants were driving up the cost of housing and rents.
“After the debate, Vance’s X account shared a link to remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman, who said that “the inflow of new immigrants to some geographic areas could result in upward pressure on rents, as additional housing supply may take time to materialize” — though in the same speech, she said immigrants had also helped ease labor shortages.”
Sure. Miami grew by a huge influx of Cuban immigrants. And it helped our prosperity. Bowman was addressing immigrants in general, not illegal immigrants.
Many Haitians are living in Springfield, Ohio. They qualified for Temporary Protected Status, because of the current turmoil in Haiti. In their country of Haiti, gangs control much of the country. It is in a state of civil war. Should the country stabilize, they can lose their protected status from deportation.
Communities like Springfield, OH have not seen a significant increase in either communicable diseases, AIDS or violent crime. But on social media, Vance has claimed there has been a “massive rise” in communicable diseases. At times, he’s specifically singled out increases in HIV and tuberculosis. The county records show that vaccine-preventable diseases, infectious disease cases (without COVID) and sexually transmitted infections in 2023 were all lower than what they were during the Trump administration.
Tuberculosis has not been eliminated in the US. For a population of 138,000, Clark County total infection diseases decreased slightly from 2022 to 2023. Se link:
Excellent research work by the CDC will hopefully find a vaccine and affordable treatments for tuberculosis. Just keep Robert Kennedy, Jr. away from the CDC and FDA, his two nemesis.
Now, the US has a real problem with the smuggling of fentanyl into the US. Approximately 90% comes through Mexico, through legal ports of entry. Building a wall, to completely seal off the US, will not stop this trafficking. The smugglers are people who can pass easily through the US-Mexican checkpoints. The article below is excellent as to the participation of ordinary American citizens in the border smuggling.
Link: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1191638114/fentanyl-smuggling-migrants-mexico-border-drugs
The US Drug Enforcement Agency has been able to catch both the drug smugglers and their network of drug distributors/sellers.
The Lummi Nation is the name of an Indian reservation.
This was a major bust. Kudos to the DEA and the Department of Justice.
The 2024 immigration bill would have funded better detection of fentanyl in suspected vehicles at legal ports of entry. Donald Trump was instrumental in killing this bill.
Final comments
I do not support illegal immigration. Neither does Kamala Harris. She wants more money to control the border and expediate amnesty petitions, many of which will be rejected. She will push through and sign the 2024 immigration bill as president.
Trump likes to demonize immigrants, including the Haitians living legally in Springfield, Ohio. They are his scapegoats for real problems. They are not rapist and murderers. They are here legally. His attack on immigrants as spreading diseases is baseless, and only fuels racial and ethnic hatred. We don’t need this.
We don’t need Robert Kennedy, Jr. who is relishes the spotlight to expound conspiracy theories, and is now part of Trump’s supporters.
I am a son of an immigrant. I am married to an immigrant. I am very tired of all the attacks on our immigrant population.
Vote for Kamala Harris.
Stay tuned,
Dave
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