It was Alexis' choice to politicize the devastatingly senseless murder of her daughter, to support Donald Trump and, in particular, stopping immigration from Latin American countries.
In her own words, paraphrased, she wants more restrictive border policies to save American children in the future. I agree, let's do that. Accordingly, in the interest of protecting children, she must concede she also wants the following:
Stronger gun control laws.
Reimplementing government regulation of the food industry: to prevent the poisoning and indirect murder of children and adults.
Reproductive rights for women: saving thousands of children from growing up without their mothers due to preventable deaths.
I am calling for Alexis Nungaray to put out an ad immediately, as all these policies are equally as urgent, in which she supports strongly these other three political and social goals that will save future American children.
President Biden is calling on Congress to pass the bipartisan Border Security bill, which would provide billions of dollars for border protection, and high-tech drug detecting machines that can scan 20 times as many vehicles to stop the deadly flow of fentanyl from entering the U.S. — saving American lives. Even the conservative Border Patrol Union endorses the bill. It's what they want and need to protect America's border.
But Trump killed the bill. President Biden even offered to join Trump, discuss ideas, and work together for the security of America. But, Trump still refused to help protect our border. He wants the crisis to continue, believing that it will help him in the election. Trump is solely guided by his ego. He thinks his own selfish ambition is worth sacrificing American security and American lives.
In our divided America, Biden's offer to work with his political rival, for the protection and betterment of America, is the action of a true leader. Trump's refusals to work toward solutions, are the actions of a hypocritical con man.
Occasionally a reminder is needed on who ordered the GOP House of Representatives to block border security this year.
You can probably guess why Trump is dead set against the border bill
Despite the efforts by Weird Donald and House Speaker "MAGA Mike" Johnson to stifle border security, there was one recent spectacular Biden administration success regarding drug trafficking.
El Chapo's shadowy Sinaloa drug cartel co-founder 'El Mayo' in US custody
Kamala Harris is now the Democratic nominee for the 2024 election. Part of her campaign has included leaning into some moderate policies, such as less opposition to fracking and her recent statements about the border.
Harris has stated that she will be harder about the border than Donald Trump, the Republican opponent. At a rally in Georgia, she said she “will bring back the border security bill that Donald Trump killed”.
That Border Bill
Considered bipartisan, the bill Harris referred to was negotiated by Republicans with Democrats, then killed by Republicans after Trump urged them to do so.
By popular account, Trump wanted the bill to tank in order to force reliance on him to handle the ‘crisis’. If he can keep action from happening during the Biden-Harris term, voters might feel forced to vote for him if immigration is one of their concerns.
The proposed bill would provide significant additional funds for surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico border. It aims to increase search and seizure activity from Border Agents. That in itself is violating to individuals, as no warrant or probable cause is necessary for those searches. This allows agents far too much free reign to act as they please towards people regardless of their ‘potential danger’. Numerous videos online document the abuse people face from this.
The bill also calls for expanding the ability to detain people at the border, including funds for expanding custodial detention capacity. Following Trump’s 2016 election, we saw hordes of news about families separated, along with children and parents kept in cages, malnourished, and treated horribly. At least 37,000 people are currently in detention by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). At least 59.5% of those people have no criminal record.
The bill that Harris is announcing support for would worsen border conditions and facilitate Border Agents in keeping even more people wrongfully imprisoned.
Is there any good reason she’s doing this? Is there reason to worry about the border? What does it mean about her if there isn’t?
Immigration and Crime
No, simply. There is no strong evidence that immigration directly causes more crime.
A big concern in this area is drug trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security itself states that most fentanyl stopped at the border is being moved by U.S. citizens.
Additionally, Trump frequently refers to an “immigrant crime wave”. Statistics from places like New York disagree with that concept. While the immigrant population has increased in the city since 2022, the crime rate has overall remained steady, and even decreased for certain violent crimes like rape, murder, and shootings.
Another study found that, in the past 150 years, immigrants have been less likely to be incarcerated than U.S.-born citizens - 60% less, currently.
Evidence does not support the necessity of stricter border policies - especially ones that will only increase abuse towards those seeking asylum and do nothing to facilitate people becoming documented and successful working citizens.
As stated, Trump caused the bill to fail allegedly because it would force voters to vote for him if they want stricter border policies. Harris supporting such a bill completely weakens that attempt from Trump, making her a viable option for people concerned about immigration.
Again, as discussed, people do not need to be concerned about the border, but too many people still are. Considering the minds of voters, this switch from Harris to a non-progressive stance could be advantageous for her campaign.
(Of course, this is then hoping that she will not follow through, because such a law is unnecessary and harmful to people)
