I have my doubts that H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, will achieve its supposed goal, preventing grievous crimes by illegal aliens. The tragedy of Laken Riley, murdered by illegal alien José Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan, caught the country’s attention and motivated Congress to pass the bill.
But the bill centers on illegal offenders who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. Yes, those are crimes, but they don’t rise to the level of kidnapping, rape and murder.
I think the new law misses the mark.
Okay, I know that people guilty of burglary might hurt or kill someone in the process of stealing. But shoplifting? It deserves punishment, maybe even expulsion from the country; however, I don’t see it as a gateway for the perpetrator to become a rapist or murderer. Why not include among the categories those illegal aliens who are members of a known criminal gang? The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Why $100? Why not $1? $0.50? Two bits? A penny?
I’m not sure why many Democrats oppose the bill. Is it just a matter of contrarianism? Is it shame for the blame of letting millions of illegals into the country in hopes they will become an overwhelming voting cadre? Is it because Democrats—even Nancy Pelosi whose husband was hit in the head by a hammer-wielding illegal from Canada— can’t comprehend both the personal cost of many crimes committed by illegal aliens against American citizens and the costs in taxes associated with transporting, housing, educating, caring for, and feeding illegal aliens?
Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s Legacy of a Broken Border and Out-of-Control Spending
It seems that Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer judge the Biden Administration on its success in pushing spending in spite of untold millions going into fraud and waste. * They think little about the significance of criminal gangs from Central and South America that will take years to decades to ferret out by local and federal policing agencies. They seem to care little about the legacy of endangerment left by Biden. Nancy even wants him on Mt. Rushmore! Chuck is still saying Biden’s mental acuity is great—even after Joe couldn’t get through “Happy Birthday” without forgetting the name of Eliseo Jimenez, a 17-year-old he specifically brought onto stage for the song.
Even when it does act, Congress is especially slow to act at all to reverse bad law. It might enact the Laken Riley Act now and pat itself on the back and then take months to years to ensure that the border—recently crossed by Iranians and Egyptians—is truly secure. But the damage is done. Laken Riley is dead as are other American victims. The Mexican cartels are stronger than ever—and richer—and more than a million gotaways are hiding somewhere in our midst. We don’t know who or where they are. And the numerous wasteful programs instituted during the past four years will continue just as inertial objects travel unimpeded like Voyager I and II through the the void of outer space.
*https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/drag-shows-arabic-sesame-street-lonely-rats-gop-senator-details-how-biden-spent-1t-on-government-waste/ar-AA1wo5kc?ocid=BingNewsVerp
But the bill centers on illegal offenders who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. Yes, those are crimes, but they don’t rise to the level of kidnapping, rape and murder.
I think the new law misses the mark.
Okay, I know that people guilty of burglary might hurt or kill someone in the process of stealing. But shoplifting? It deserves punishment, maybe even expulsion from the country; however, I don’t see it as a gateway for the perpetrator to become a rapist or murderer. Why not include among the categories those illegal aliens who are members of a known criminal gang? The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Why $100? Why not $1? $0.50? Two bits? A penny?
I’m not sure why many Democrats oppose the bill. Is it just a matter of contrarianism? Is it shame for the blame of letting millions of illegals into the country in hopes they will become an overwhelming voting cadre? Is it because Democrats—even Nancy Pelosi whose husband was hit in the head by a hammer-wielding illegal from Canada— can’t comprehend both the personal cost of many crimes committed by illegal aliens against American citizens and the costs in taxes associated with transporting, housing, educating, caring for, and feeding illegal aliens?
Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s Legacy of a Broken Border and Out-of-Control Spending
It seems that Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer judge the Biden Administration on its success in pushing spending in spite of untold millions going into fraud and waste. * They think little about the significance of criminal gangs from Central and South America that will take years to decades to ferret out by local and federal policing agencies. They seem to care little about the legacy of endangerment left by Biden. Nancy even wants him on Mt. Rushmore! Chuck is still saying Biden’s mental acuity is great—even after Joe couldn’t get through “Happy Birthday” without forgetting the name of Eliseo Jimenez, a 17-year-old he specifically brought onto stage for the song.
Even when it does act, Congress is especially slow to act at all to reverse bad law. It might enact the Laken Riley Act now and pat itself on the back and then take months to years to ensure that the border—recently crossed by Iranians and Egyptians—is truly secure. But the damage is done. Laken Riley is dead as are other American victims. The Mexican cartels are stronger than ever—and richer—and more than a million gotaways are hiding somewhere in our midst. We don’t know who or where they are. And the numerous wasteful programs instituted during the past four years will continue just as inertial objects travel unimpeded like Voyager I and II through the the void of outer space.
*https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/drag-shows-arabic-sesame-street-lonely-rats-gop-senator-details-how-biden-spent-1t-on-government-waste/ar-AA1wo5kc?ocid=BingNewsVerp
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