Open Borders: Biden’s White House can’t wash its blood-soaked hands
After a tragic human-smuggling fiasco that left dozens of illegal aliens dead in San Antonio, Joe Biden’s White House is still offering a lot of excuses, but zero solutions.
At least 53 illegal aliens were killed while attempting to make the treacherous journey to the U.S. at the end of last month. The man accused of driving the truck in which they died was allegedly “very high on meth” behind the wheel, and is just one of several to have been arrested so far in connection with this tragedy.
One would think that the discovery of a tractor trailer with 53 dead border-crossers inside it would make the White House rethink its enforcement strategies, but the administration’s response thus far has largely been a mix of deflection and victim-blaming.
In his statement, Biden correctly slammed human smuggling operations for their callous attitude towards human life, but offered no indication that he was planning a course correction away from the anti-enforcement policies that have done so much to empower the human smugglers. For his part, when questioned on the Sunday shows, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appeared to place blame for the tragedy at the feet of the migrants:
“We have said repeatedly and we continue to warn people not to take the dangerous journey,” Mayorkas said. “They put their lives, their life savings, in the hands of these exploitative organizations, these criminal organizations that do not care for their lives and only seek to make a profit.”
Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to accept any blame for the tragedy, preposterously claiming that the administration has “closed” the border.
Jean-Pierre’s resort to that boldfaced lie is telling. For it is glaringly obvious to all that this tragedy is an inevitable result of the administration’s drastic and deliberate border stand-down. While administration officials have occasionally told would-be illegal aliens not to make the dangerous and difficult journey to the U.S., their policies have sent exactly the opposite message, and ultimately policies matter more than rhetoric. When the Biden Administration resettles one million illegal aliens into the U.S. in its first year in office, the message sent to would-be migrants is clear: If you survive the treacherous journey to America, the U.S. government will not only allow you to stay in the country, but will actively facilitate your resettlement in the bargain.
The Biden administration has also worked systematically to dismantle successful Trump-era programs, including the Remain-in-Mexico program and the use of Title 42 at the border, both of which had allowed the Trump administration to secure the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time in many decades. One of the first actions Biden took after taking office was to place a 100-day moratorium on deportations, signaling to migrants that if they got into the country illegally, they would not be removed. All of these actions led to a predictable and historic crisis at the border, and empowered the drug cartels and human smuggling operations that are getting Americans and migrants killed at record rates. Under Joe Biden’s leadership, business has never been better for drug cartels and human smugglers.
“The one thing I've learned is secure borders save lives. Unless people cross less, people die. Vulnerable people are putting themselves in the hands of criminal organizations who don't give a damn about” them, Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) Senior Fellow Tom Homan said recently.
During his 2020 presidential campaign, Biden claimed that protecting “migrants” would be his top priority when it came to immigration policy, but his anti-border policies have clearly made them less safe.
During Biden’s first year in office, a record number of illegal border-crossers either died or went missing. During that same time period, fentanyl, the vast majority of which comes to the country through the border, became the leading cause of death among young Americans. These numbers will almost certainly increase as the Biden administration continues to wind down successful Trump-era programs. Then, as now, the blood will be all over this White House’s hands.
Even now, it is beyond clear that anti-border policies kill people, lots of them. The most compassionate immigration policy by far is one that secures the border, but that is also the one policy this administration refuses to consider.
Dale L. Wilcox is executive director and general counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute, a public interest law firm working to defend the rights and interests of the American people from the negative effects of mass migration.
Soros to Beto's rescue
How do you convince Texas voters that you are the new Beto? Do you accept a $1 million campaign donation from George Soros? This is the story:
Democratic mega-donor George Soros and an Austin-area couple each gave $1 million to Beto O'Rourke's campaign to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott. While Texans gave $14.5 million to the Democrat's campaign, nearly half of O'Rourke's record-breaking $27.6 million fundraising haul came from out-of-state donors.
Out of state like George Soros?
Money is money and every campaign is looking for it, but Soros money comes with a certain reputation. In other words, Soros is usually supporting primary challenges to centrist Democrats. Just ask Rep. Henry Cuellar, who survived a primary challenge because a guy named George supported his opponent. Soros money is going to support a lot if leftist candidates, as we see in this report:
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Democracy PAC has already cut big checks to two major Democratic super PACs aligned with the party’s congressional leadership: $2.5 million to Senate Majority PAC and $1 million to House Majority PAC.
Another $1 million went to the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, the group dedicated to electing Democrats to statewide administration offices.
So yes a million dollars is always helpful. In this case, it may bloat the checking account but add an issue to the campaign.
Of course, they must be working on a new ad at the Abbott campaign. How about "We told you so"! "Beto is with Soros." So let's see how O'Rourke explains this one or distances himself from Mr. Soros's overall political objectives.
By the way, Gov. Abbott is up 6 in the RCP average. On the other hand, Beto O'Rourke has been stuck in the 38-43% range all year. He did hit 45% in one poll once but trailed the governor by 7, or 52-45%.
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Far-Left Billionaire George Soros Dumps $1 Million into Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s Gubernatorial Campaign
Far-left billionaire George Soros contributed $1,000,000 to failed Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s gubernatorial campaign in Texas late last month.
The Texas Ethics Commission’s website shows that Soros’s contribution to the Beto for Texas PAC came on June 23. Soros is a major donor to Democrat campaigns, having contributed millions to the top pro-Clinton Super PAC during Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign. He also contributed to PACs that supported radical leftist district attorneys during their campaigns in recent years, including Alvin Bragg in New York County, New York, George Gascón in Los Angeles County, California, and Kim Foxx in Cook County, Illinois.
Between late February and the end of June, O’Rourke raised a record of $27.6 million, while his general election opponent, Gov Greg Abbott (R-TX), was not far behind, taking in $24.9 million, the Texas Tribune reported. Since November 15, 2021, O’Rourke has raised $40.9 million, but only 60 percent of the total has come from contributors in Texas, compared to Abbott’s $37 million, 83 percent of which has come from in-state donors. Abbott has 45.7 million in cash on hand, leading his opponent by a nearly 2-1 margin, as O’Rourke has 23.9 million in his war chest.
Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros looks on after having delivered a speech on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, on January 23, 2020, in Davos, eastern Switzerland. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
Soros-backed O’Rourke launched a presidential bid in 2020 and failed to secure a single delegate following a 2018 bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, where he lost to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Now, he looks to unseat Abbott, who is vying for his third term as governor. recent polling out of the Lone Start State consistently shows the sitting governor leading the race. A University of Texas poll from earlier this month had Abbott ahead of O’Rourke by six percentage points at 45 percent and 39 percent, respectively, among Texas voters. In A CBS/YouGov poll released on June 30, O’Rourke garnered 41 percent of the response among adult residents in Texas, which was eight points behind Abbott with 49 percent.
Following the school shooting at Robb Elementary School, O’Roruke showed up at an Abbot press conference in what Uvalde Mayor Don Mcloughlin called an effort to score cheap political points, as Breitbart News previously noted.
“You’re doing nothing,” O’Rourke told the governor.
