Immigration Watch International (2): The Post-Title 42 Wave of Illegal Immigrants Is Here and It's Wreaking Havoc

Sunday, August 20, 2023

The Post-Title 42 Wave of Illegal Immigrants Is Here and It's Wreaking Havoc

It was only a matter of time, but the tidal wave of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border after Title 42 expired has started to crash along the border and bleed into the rest of the country.

The Biden administration claimed they made progress at the southern border when the number of illegal crossings dropped after they opened the CBP One app for people who are eligible to make asylum claims at ports of entry. While the app shifted a lot of people to those crossing points (under questionable claims for asylum), others decided to wait and see what would happen to those who decided to enter the U.S. illegally. After a few months of waiting, they saw that illegally crossing still does not carry much consequence and are back at it again.

Furthermore, migrants in Mexico are tired of waiting for an appointment in the CBP One app, due to either the app not working or slots quickly filling up as soon as more appointments are made available.

Texas Department of Public Safety Spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez highlighted how much activity state troopers are encountering along the southern border.

Fox News National Correspondent Bill Melugin reported seeing the infamous mass releases of people who illegally crossed, were processed by Border Patrol, and then dropped off at Catholic Charities in McAllen. It is as if the gravy train never stopped.

Further within the United States, sanctuary cities continue to be strained by the number of people who make their way to the area. New York City is seeing an increased pushback from residents as the city opens up more shelters in their neighborhoods because current shelters and commandeered hotels have run out of space.

In Chicago, aldermen are calling for migrants to be sent to other cities because their city can not continue to take care of everyone who is arriving on a daily basis. Within the past year, around 12,000 processed and released migrants have come to the Windy City. Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said he has spoken to mayors outside of Cook County about the idea, according to Center Square.

"We've had conversations with mayors across not just Cook County but the surrounding counties, and we have had tremendous feedback," Johnson said. "We see some real support on the horizon."

https://townhall.com//tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/08/17/the-post-title-42-wave-of-illegal-immigrants-are-here-n2627166

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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.

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Immigration Watch International (2)

Sunday, August 20, 2023

The Post-Title 42 Wave of Illegal Immigrants Is Here and It's Wreaking Havoc

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