Interesting, but way too long a front-page article in the September 24th Kokomo Tribune that was titled, “Mass Deportation”. It took about 1/3rd of the front page and over half of page two. It should not take most of two pages to say mass deportation of illegal aliens is happening with more to come.
The fact is Joe Biden et.al. allowed — encouraged — millions of people from other places to enter the United States of America illegally. The estimate is something around 25 million came on top of the illegal aliens already here. All have violated U.S. immigration laws.
One argument being made is illegal aliens have Constitutional rights including due process. The opposing argument is only U.S. citizens have rights under the Constitution. Certainly, Constitutional rights do not apply to everyone in the world!
So, the Immigration and Custom Enforcement Agency (ICE) is finding and deporting illegal aliens. The first effort has been and is the rounding up of illegal aliens that have committed crimes either in the U.S. or in their home country. Then, depending upon the severity of the crime, either deporting them or locking them in prison. This all to make our country and citizens safer. We should applaud this effort.
The truth is any person who crossed the border recently or many years ago that did not do so having a proper VISA or granted asylum claim or application for citizenship is in violation of immigration law and has no right to be here. And there is no reason to clog up courts for years.
Many illegal aliens have now chosen to self-deport. The Department of Homeland Security estimates the number to be around 1.6 million. Those are the smart ones who have chosen a path that will permit later application for legal entry into the U.S.. Illegal aliens who are apprehended by I.C.E. and deported have no future path back into the U.S..
Of course, there are those who believe “criminal illegal aliens” and illegal aliens who have not otherwise committed a crime in the U.S. should be treated differently…… like allowing the latter to stay in the United States. No. U.S. law is U.S. law. It does not differentiate between groups that have or have no other issues. Crossing the border and residing in the U.S. without adherence to U.S. immigration law is illegal. Apprehending and sending back to home countries is enforcing U.S. law uniformly.
And, yes, there will be economic disruption with removal of illegal aliens who have also illegally been working jobs for pay in the United States. That is violation number two. Disruptions will be encountered in agriculture, construction, food processing, landscaping, and hospitality to name a few. Too bad. Now maybe the companies involved will pay proper wages to citizens.
Republicans were elected in part to deal with the illegal alien problem. The administration is acting. I.C.E. deserves our total support. Any who resist or threaten should be arrested and prosecuted. Immigration law must be enforced impartially and fully. Any change in law will have to come by an act of Congress.
Kokomo Tribune Opinion
I had hopes the Kokomo Tribune Opinion page would become more moderate under the direction of a relatively newly named KT Editor. I was very wrong.
Just in the past couple of days there were pieces that are really far left. The longest one that bashed Sec HHS Secretary Kennedy is an example. In the past, many of the worst opinion pieces have originated from some conveniently unidentified writer at the Anderson Herald-Bulletin (another CNHI newspaper). The one about Kennedy is one of the worst. I would love to know the credentials of the writer about anything biological. The fact is the US is the sickest nation on earth and spends the most per capita on health care than any. So, I have serious doubt that the writer knows a damn thing about the wisdom of decisions made by Secretary Kennedy….. and I think my credentials are clear (M.S. Toxicology and Ph.D. Genetics – Purdue).
As it turns out the mRNA vaccines are a disaster still unfolding. Trump trusted Dr. Anthony Fauci et.al..; big mistake. We have not yet seen the full extent of the damage done by those vaccines for which big pharma has made billions. We should be grateful for HHS Sec Kennedy.
Oh… have you noted, too, the Surgeon General of Florida recently ended all vaccine mandates for Florida citizens? Others will follow. I am a total believer in some vaccines, but not the witches brew of what we are sticking into our kids and ourselves.
Then out comes the opinion piece in the KT about Indiana gerrymandering…. another far left piece. And who would guess about the author? A university political science professor from the University of Indianapolis who likely has never held a job in the private sector. My goodness! I already sent a piece about Indiana and gerrymandering to the KT Editor. It is time for Indiana to go 9-0. Democrats have gerrymandered many other states already to the point they no longer have any to gain. Look at Illinois for example. And I just sent a piece to the KT about the Kirk killing and what the Democrat Party now embraces. Likely, none will find their way to print.
We are in a war for this country, like it or not. I do not know how any thinking, compassionate person can claim membership in the Democrat Party. Evidence shows Republican registrations are going up and Democrat ones going down. CNHI (KT owner) is on the wrong side of history. What a shame.
Regards, Kent Blacklidge Ph.D.
Past Publisher/ Kokomo Tribune
When it was family owned.
Never Again
Democrats and the Democrat Party must never again be allowed power. That Party must be squashed to the point of being only an irrelevant whimper. The Democrat Party and too many of its leaders and followers have become advocates of deadly violence. The assassination of Charlie Kirk is only the latest.
The Democrat Party far left wing has taken over. It tolerates…. no, embraces…. Communists and communism, Islamists, abortion to birth, transgender insanity, no-cash bail, defund the police, gun bans, illegal aliens by the millions, sanctuary cities, no voter ID, and more. I could go on and on. It has become the Anti-American Party wanting to bring down this nation.
Joe Biden et.al. in their four years almost got the job done. I cannot even bring myself to call him “President”. He and those around him proved themselves to be evil and traitors. Somehow, accountability must come.
Now, we learn of the firing from employment of many who made cruel and disparaging remarks about the killing of Charlie Kirk. They cheered his death. My hope is every one of them is sent into obscurity in self-imposed exile for the rest of their lives.
Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA stood and stands for the highest ideals of the United States of America. Charlie stood for peace with disagreement about all sorts of issues, but debate; not violence. He reached out specifically to the young who had been and are being propagandized by far left college professors. He embraced debate.
Charlie Kirk’s killing will not stop the people of the United States from fully taking back their country. The Turning Point message will only get louder and louder. Already, we learn that thousands have made inquiry about starting new Turning Point chapters. Charlie’s voice has been amplified thousands of times over.
The evil doers, the Democrat Party and its leaders and followers, must and will be sent into exile. The United States of America will again become the light on the hill for personal freedom, freedom of speech, and respect for one another. Charlie Kirk led the way. We all should thank God for Charlie Kirk having walked among us.
