LETTER REQUESTS: The Washington Post, Sept. 20, 21
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To activists primarily concerned about illegal immigration
(1) Please respond to either of these opinio pieces (or both if you so choose) that ran 24 hours apart, "Bidens mixed messaging on immigration brings a surge of Haitian migrants to the Texas border"; "The needs of Haitian immigrants in Del Rio seem to match our own"
The Haitian onslaught in Del Rio is a tragedy that didn't have to happen. The first piece suggests it's the result of President Biden sending a "mixed message," but we disagree because Mr. Biden from the very beginning has made it clear that he was no fan of enforcing our immigration laws and securing our borders. No matter how you slice it, two central facts emerge from this situation: First, we are a sovereign people born with the right to determine who and how many people should be given the privilege - not the right - to legally enter this country, and secondly, the Biden administration needlessly put these Haitians - and our enforcement personnel - in harm's way. Icing on the cake? Most of these Haitians who Biden said would be deported have instead been released to go to whatever part of this country they choose with a "request" that they report to an ICE facility within 60 days. In the end, taxpayers again will be handed a bill to cover the federal government's decades-long refusal to enforce its own immigration laws.
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Re: Biden's mixed messaging on immigration brings a surge of Haitian migrants to the Texas border, editorial, 9/20; The needs of Haitian immigrants in Del Rio seem to match our own, by Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post, 9/21
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