Immigration Watch International (2): Vermont Now Struggling With Illegal Immigration

Thursday, February 2, 2023

Vermont Now Struggling With Illegal Immigration

Contrary to popular belief, the southern border is not the only area that’s having problems with illegal immigration. In Vermont, for example, illegal immigration has now started to take its toll, according to Red State.

From October 2022 to December 2022, Vermont saw its rate of illegal immigration increase by a notable 734%. On top of that, the state’s Border Patrol sector is warning of considerable risks that come along with unlawful crossings of this magnitude.

It leaves individuals susceptible to losing their lives after long-term exposure to winter weather. This is somewhat of a parrallel to the dangers of illegal immigration at the southern border as well.

While crippling cold temperatures aren’t a risk at the southern border, human smugglers, heat exhaustion, animals, and the elements are.

In the North, making the illegal journey from Canada to Vermont could cause the persons in question to freeze, die from frostbite, or otherwise run into serious problems.

Many people aren’t even aware that illegal immigration happens in the North. However, for the communities and officials who are forced to pick up the pieces, the reality is undeniable.

What’s Driving This?

So far, officials believe that Mexican cartels are largely faciliating illegal immigration in the North. This can be as simple as these cartels getting individuals to places like Quebec and then helping them make their way into Vermont.

Unlike many southern border states, Vermont is not set up with various barriers meant to defend against illegal immigration. For this reason, unlawful crossings at the North can fly under the radar more easily and occur to a greater extent.

However, now that there is some public awareness about illegal immigration in Vermont and the driving force behind it, it remains to be seen whether or not officials can employ greater preventative measures.

In the meantime, this should remind everyone that illegal immigration is not mutually exclusive to one area or community.

https://www.theconservativebrief.com/vermont-now-struggling-with-illegal-immigration

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Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.

Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.

The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:

1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.

2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.

3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.

4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.

5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.

6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.

I can be reached on jonjayray@hotmail.com -- or leave a comment on any post. Abusive comments will be deleted.

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Vermont Now Struggling With Illegal Immigration

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