If Biden wins, I can't imagine what will happen after another 10 million illegals have poured through the border in 4 years. 20 million over 2 terms, not including ~20 million already here before Biden and millions of gotaways. Child trafficking, fentanyl, and gangs are not mere claims - they are happening every day thanks to this administration. Laken Riley is one of many Americans directly harmed by illegals who should never have been allowed in. Migrant mobs attacked NYPD in Times Square, just a stones throw from the New York Times building but they will never cover these incidents.
Trump brought illegal immigration down to record lows with no new legislation. Then Biden intentionally opened to border to record highs along with his toady Mayorkas. American citizens have credible fear of millions of unvetted military-aged men taking over their cities and neighborhoods, all funded by we the taxpayer. The vast majority of the illegals are young men, but your photos and MSM depict the minority demographic of women, children, and older men to emotionally manipulate sympathy for lawbreakers taking advantage of our government/NGO pathological altruism.
For the past few years, Special Forces veteran Michael Yon has traveled throughout Central America documenting the coordinated invasion. He has been trying to warn us. Perhaps should head down to the Darien Gap and interview him: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-invade-the-usa-30-min-podcast
Tip of the hat to Yuri for his logical take on the matter.
A few thoughts. First it doesn’t matter what the reality of latino voting trends are. It matters what Democrats who are in favor of this believe. They believe Latinos will vote Democrat. This belief is visible by their actions and public statements. Second pointing out Republicans historic stance on immigration is a bad faith argument. It completely ignores the massive shift that has occurred in what it means to be a Republican. Least Savodnik forget that Wall Street gave more money to Biden than Trump. Who is trying to import change labor again? Not blue collar Trump voters.
Also, I would say Savodnik’s emotional appeal of using photos taken of migrants is a classic left/right divide. Wealthy elites on the left are moved by images of poverty they have no relation to. It shocks them. The working class right haven’t just seen poor people before. They may have been poor growing up or have friends that are struggling. So, this emotional appeal falls flat. The solution to global poverty isn’t to move the entire population of the world into the United States.
I think a reasoned take here is important but it comes across rather often that Savodnik has contempt for Republicans. I think myself rational. I’ve voted for both political parties in my life time. Its not hard to recognize that the Republican party today isn’t same thing it was when George W. Bush was in office. Has your attitude adjusted to reflect that? I never expected to be Republican and yet here I am. I can and will change my mind in light of new information.
"Republicans ultimately killed the measure—after Trump came out against it."
No. The bill sucked. We don't need a new border security bill, we need to enforce the laws already on the books. Any bill on the border should not be tied to funding foreign wars.
The media never talks to the public school parents that have seen their schools overrun with border kids. Teachers can't teach them and it affects the U.S. kids who actually want to learn. My heart goes out to the parents that can't afford private schools and are stuck with their zoned public school that is more or less a babysitter for all the incoming border crossers. Classroom learning is on the back burner for all as a result. A big reason why test scores are falling and classes continue to get easier. We can't expect the teachers to be miracle workers; hard to blame them for wanting to push kids through and be done with them.
“Despite conservatives, led by GOP senator James Lankford of Oklahoma, having squeezed tons of border-security concessions out of the White House, Republicans ultimately killed the measure—after Trump came out against it.”
Care to expand on why Republicans killed it?? It’s not just because of Trump.
And I don’t think there is a single American who appreciates these massive, multi-issue bills.
Oh wow- thanks so much for this article Peter- what a great job you do of explaining the "plight" of these immigrants, their aspirations, their fears, the risks they took to ILLEGALLY enter our Country because all of a sudden Biden sent out the message that ALL ARE WELCOME.
The only thing missing were the interviews of those involved with human amd sex trafficking that will now be taking place in The United States. Oh and the interviews of those who are threatened by the large drug cartels to sell fentanyl to our children and young adults- you know- the drug that is now KILLING 100,000 Americans ANNUALLY. I would have loved to hear their stories.
And of course would love to Hear from the masses of young single men coming from so many OTHER countries, including ....wait...China??? What's there deal Peter? What are their intentions ? So many countries hate us and are looking for the opportune time to take revenge.
I'm sure all of THEIR STORIES are so emotionally touching as well, but you didn't bother to report?
Maybe as a follow up you can interview all the LEGAL US CITIZENS that are now being pushed out of schools, the homeless that are not getting help, the drug addicted, the CITIZENS with mental health issues, our Vets, who have now been cast aside by the BIDEN Administration in order to groom more Democratic voters- oh I'm sorry....I mean to give the oppressed a better life here in these UNITES STATES of AMERICA- I wouldn't want to sound Xenophobic.
I listened to Andrew McCarthy of National Review, former federal prosecutor and Never Trumper who thought Trump should have been impeached, rip the Langford border bill to shreds. I’m sure there were a few MAGA extremists who were against the bill because Trump was, but the vast majority of Republicans hated it because it was a bad bill. The Republican House passed a tough border bill in May that Schumer won’t bring to the senate floor for a vote. So no Peter, this border disaster is entirely on Biden and Schumer. PERIOD
Again with the biased images. Our heart goes out to young families but the majority are young men.There are thousands of gang members and likely hundreds of terrorist and spies. We must close the border and have a policy of LEGAL immigration for vetted persons to enter in higher numbers. We deport college educated employed people and let in poor and unemployed. Until democrats stop trying to import votes and destabilize the country there is no way to add same policy. Current leaders are power hungry corrupt and evil. Most of these people would prefer to be at home but tyrannical governments destroyed their countries. I bet most of these countries are in total collapse and the citizens were denied the right to bear arms and they had corrupted elections. Sound familiar? Are we headed there? Joe Biden is not in charge, the Democrats did not allow Kennedy to primary Biden as he could not be controlled by Biden's handlers. No serious person can think voter ID is a problem to install. To not go there is to embrace fraud. We should have voter registration that requires proof of citizenship, then an voter ID card that is bar coded and there should be a database where you can go after election to verify your vote was actually and accurately counted. A self audit would help expose cheating.
1) Biden, almost immediately upon entering office, didn't just "consider legislation" - using executive actions he ended Trump's Remain in Mexico executive action which played a huge role in opening the floodgates at the border. And he could use executive action right now, without a vote in Congress, to fix that mistake.
2) The border bill wasn't squashed just because Trump came out against it. It didn't have the support of the majority of Republicans from the beginning because all it did was fund more of the same existing policy. The only good thing in it was the emergency caps on the number of migrants that could be let in per day. It didn't change the fundamental problems that are keeping the flood coming. And if the Republicans did sign that bill, then they get to eat the problem as being theirs as well. It was a politically expedient move by the Democrats to try and force the GOP to be complicit in the border problem (and it's worked as the MSM and Biden keep pointing their fingers at that bill and trying to shift all the blame to the GOP).
"The crisis no one wants to solve?!?!?" Are there actually any Republicans saying "gosh darn it someone should really do something about this, golly gumdrops I wish someone would"? Republicans have been pretty vocal that the administration should enforce existing federal law and CLOSE THE BORDER! This has become a catastrophe in every way, humanitarian, economic, crime, security. Honestly this dwarfs the Hunter stuff in terms of grounds for impeachment.
Perhaps by "the crisis no one wants to solve" you were referring to the national debt and entitlement spending.
I want to know why the self-appointed morally superior get their panties in a bunch over the mere suggestion that these people would be better off staying in their own countries, and that these countries need to be repaired.
They don't seem able to connect the dots between the "Socialism" that created these shit holes, which they want to happen here.
Venezuela is in shambles in part due to corruption so deep and so dark, criminals run the streets. My boyfriend's parents drive an armored car. Any Venezuelan student I've ever had, expresses dismay at being able to walk around on city streets without a bodyguard.
Yet Progressive Wailing is doing that to OUR STREETS. Allowing perps with gazillions of prior arrests to run amok on the streets of NYC.
What could possibly be the benefit of trucking in all these unskilled people and GIVING THEM HANDOUTS? How is this beneficial, beyond the purported Democratic vote script they've been fed?
I think there should be a moratorium on immigration. We have a housing crisis here (supposedly, according to Progressives, homelessness is the result of escalating rents) and yet they insist on pouring more people into the mix, thus raising rents due to supply and demand.
Joe Biden also flies about 400,000 illegals by plane paid for by taxpayers of the United States into many cities in this country! he must not be elected again, and we must get a Republican Senate.
Peter, I usually enjoy your posts on the FP. You are clearly on the left on this and not even attempting to accurately report what Biden did his first few days in office. He stopped the building of the wall and reversed "remain in Mexico." Your "reporting" leaves much to be desired. Are you going to become one of the mainstream one sided media? If so, FP loses my money. I am moderate, not a Trump supporter who wants the truth - not bias reporting. That is why I am a FP supporter. A clearly bias article. I asked my Republican representative to NOT support the bill. It was full of crap and did nothing new but add more deficit. Did you read any of it? We already have numerous laws about immigration but the Dems don't want to uphold them. Some Republicans I'm sure as well. Do Better!!
I see many "progressive" left talking points in this article. Not to mention the photographs that pull on readers' heartstrings. I love the Free Press because it typically does not pepper its writing with far left propagandist techniques. No-one should get across our border, no matter how many doe-eyed children they have in tow, unless there is a reason they are seeking asylum. Wanting a job in the U.S. is not one of those reasons. If I see Mr. Savodnik write about the millions of single men coming across the border -- no pictures of children -- including conversations with at least 100 of them, I'd feel this topic had been more fairly handled.
This issue, along with much of the woke stuff (race, criminal justice, the relentless trans stuff) contribute to the sense of many of us who voted for Biden that he isn’t in charge. He’s a senile figurehead. This immigration mess - like all the other work stuff - is completely out of step with THE ENTIRETY of his career. Are we to believe he was suddenly enlightened by hiring Karine Jean-Pierre and abandoned all prior beliefs to embrace the progressive “truth”? Biden of 1998 would be as hard on open borders as Trump. Additionally, can TFP explain how states and localities can simply decide not work with federal authorities and ignore federal law? I get federalism, but they don’t get to pick and choose other laws or constitutional amendments. The whole sanctuary thing is nuts
If Biden wins, I can't imagine what will happen after another 10 million illegals have poured through the border in 4 years. 20 million over 2 terms, not including ~20 million already here before Biden and millions of gotaways. Child trafficking, fentanyl, and gangs are not mere claims - they are happening every day thanks to this administration. Laken Riley is one of many Americans directly harmed by illegals who should never have been allowed in. Migrant mobs attacked NYPD in Times Square, just a stones throw from the New York Times building but they will never cover these incidents.
Trump brought illegal immigration down to record lows with no new legislation. Then Biden intentionally opened to border to record highs along with his toady Mayorkas. American citizens have credible fear of millions of unvetted military-aged men taking over their cities and neighborhoods, all funded by we the taxpayer. The vast majority of the illegals are young men, but your photos and MSM depict the minority demographic of women, children, and older men to emotionally manipulate sympathy for lawbreakers taking advantage of our government/NGO pathological altruism.
For the past few years, Special Forces veteran Michael Yon has traveled throughout Central America documenting the coordinated invasion. He has been trying to warn us. Perhaps should head down to the Darien Gap and interview him: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-invade-the-usa-30-min-podcast
Tip of the hat to Yuri for his logical take on the matter.
A few thoughts. First it doesn’t matter what the reality of latino voting trends are. It matters what Democrats who are in favor of this believe. They believe Latinos will vote Democrat. This belief is visible by their actions and public statements. Second pointing out Republicans historic stance on immigration is a bad faith argument. It completely ignores the massive shift that has occurred in what it means to be a Republican. Least Savodnik forget that Wall Street gave more money to Biden than Trump. Who is trying to import change labor again? Not blue collar Trump voters.
Also, I would say Savodnik’s emotional appeal of using photos taken of migrants is a classic left/right divide. Wealthy elites on the left are moved by images of poverty they have no relation to. It shocks them. The working class right haven’t just seen poor people before. They may have been poor growing up or have friends that are struggling. So, this emotional appeal falls flat. The solution to global poverty isn’t to move the entire population of the world into the United States.
I think a reasoned take here is important but it comes across rather often that Savodnik has contempt for Republicans. I think myself rational. I’ve voted for both political parties in my life time. Its not hard to recognize that the Republican party today isn’t same thing it was when George W. Bush was in office. Has your attitude adjusted to reflect that? I never expected to be Republican and yet here I am. I can and will change my mind in light of new information.
"Republicans ultimately killed the measure—after Trump came out against it."
No. The bill sucked. We don't need a new border security bill, we need to enforce the laws already on the books. Any bill on the border should not be tied to funding foreign wars.
The media never talks to the public school parents that have seen their schools overrun with border kids. Teachers can't teach them and it affects the U.S. kids who actually want to learn. My heart goes out to the parents that can't afford private schools and are stuck with their zoned public school that is more or less a babysitter for all the incoming border crossers. Classroom learning is on the back burner for all as a result. A big reason why test scores are falling and classes continue to get easier. We can't expect the teachers to be miracle workers; hard to blame them for wanting to push kids through and be done with them.
“Despite conservatives, led by GOP senator James Lankford of Oklahoma, having squeezed tons of border-security concessions out of the White House, Republicans ultimately killed the measure—after Trump came out against it.”
Care to expand on why Republicans killed it?? It’s not just because of Trump.
And I don’t think there is a single American who appreciates these massive, multi-issue bills.
Oh wow- thanks so much for this article Peter- what a great job you do of explaining the "plight" of these immigrants, their aspirations, their fears, the risks they took to ILLEGALLY enter our Country because all of a sudden Biden sent out the message that ALL ARE WELCOME.
The only thing missing were the interviews of those involved with human amd sex trafficking that will now be taking place in The United States. Oh and the interviews of those who are threatened by the large drug cartels to sell fentanyl to our children and young adults- you know- the drug that is now KILLING 100,000 Americans ANNUALLY. I would have loved to hear their stories.
And of course would love to Hear from the masses of young single men coming from so many OTHER countries, including ....wait...China??? What's there deal Peter? What are their intentions ? So many countries hate us and are looking for the opportune time to take revenge.
I'm sure all of THEIR STORIES are so emotionally touching as well, but you didn't bother to report?
Maybe as a follow up you can interview all the LEGAL US CITIZENS that are now being pushed out of schools, the homeless that are not getting help, the drug addicted, the CITIZENS with mental health issues, our Vets, who have now been cast aside by the BIDEN Administration in order to groom more Democratic voters- oh I'm sorry....I mean to give the oppressed a better life here in these UNITES STATES of AMERICA- I wouldn't want to sound Xenophobic.
I listened to Andrew McCarthy of National Review, former federal prosecutor and Never Trumper who thought Trump should have been impeached, rip the Langford border bill to shreds. I’m sure there were a few MAGA extremists who were against the bill because Trump was, but the vast majority of Republicans hated it because it was a bad bill. The Republican House passed a tough border bill in May that Schumer won’t bring to the senate floor for a vote. So no Peter, this border disaster is entirely on Biden and Schumer. PERIOD
Again with the biased images. Our heart goes out to young families but the majority are young men.There are thousands of gang members and likely hundreds of terrorist and spies. We must close the border and have a policy of LEGAL immigration for vetted persons to enter in higher numbers. We deport college educated employed people and let in poor and unemployed. Until democrats stop trying to import votes and destabilize the country there is no way to add same policy. Current leaders are power hungry corrupt and evil. Most of these people would prefer to be at home but tyrannical governments destroyed their countries. I bet most of these countries are in total collapse and the citizens were denied the right to bear arms and they had corrupted elections. Sound familiar? Are we headed there? Joe Biden is not in charge, the Democrats did not allow Kennedy to primary Biden as he could not be controlled by Biden's handlers. No serious person can think voter ID is a problem to install. To not go there is to embrace fraud. We should have voter registration that requires proof of citizenship, then an voter ID card that is bar coded and there should be a database where you can go after election to verify your vote was actually and accurately counted. A self audit would help expose cheating.
This piece glossed over two important things:
1) Biden, almost immediately upon entering office, didn't just "consider legislation" - using executive actions he ended Trump's Remain in Mexico executive action which played a huge role in opening the floodgates at the border. And he could use executive action right now, without a vote in Congress, to fix that mistake.
2) The border bill wasn't squashed just because Trump came out against it. It didn't have the support of the majority of Republicans from the beginning because all it did was fund more of the same existing policy. The only good thing in it was the emergency caps on the number of migrants that could be let in per day. It didn't change the fundamental problems that are keeping the flood coming. And if the Republicans did sign that bill, then they get to eat the problem as being theirs as well. It was a politically expedient move by the Democrats to try and force the GOP to be complicit in the border problem (and it's worked as the MSM and Biden keep pointing their fingers at that bill and trying to shift all the blame to the GOP).
Here’s my list , so far, on the lovely “migrants” who have invaded, so far. Feel free to add to it
1 yr old murdered in Rhode Island
14 yr old raped in Kenner
14 year old raped in VA
Young woman Murder in Athens GA
2 yr old murdered in maryland
15 year old raped in MD
3 time rapist Washington county OR
State trooper killed in WA
Hospital patient raped by illegal in Tulsa
Teenager murdered in Edna Texas.
12 year old killed by illegal driver without documents in MO
Young woman kidnapped and raped by 3 illegals in Palm Beach FL
6 yr old raped by illegal in mD working as a teacher
15 yr old disabled girl raped by illegal in Mass
15 yr old girl raped by illegal in Connecticut
Woman murdered in NY stuffed in duffle bag
3 children abused by illegal working as a teacher? in MD
25 yr old woman killed in carjacking by illegal in Grand Rapids
14 year old mentally challenged girl raped by illegal in AL
11 yr old Hispanic girl raped and murdered in TX and stuffed in laundry basket
22 year old female shot to death by illegal in Grand Rapids in front of one year old
7 year old found in illegals squatting drug den in NYC
"The crisis no one wants to solve?!?!?" Are there actually any Republicans saying "gosh darn it someone should really do something about this, golly gumdrops I wish someone would"? Republicans have been pretty vocal that the administration should enforce existing federal law and CLOSE THE BORDER! This has become a catastrophe in every way, humanitarian, economic, crime, security. Honestly this dwarfs the Hunter stuff in terms of grounds for impeachment.
Perhaps by "the crisis no one wants to solve" you were referring to the national debt and entitlement spending.
I want to know why the self-appointed morally superior get their panties in a bunch over the mere suggestion that these people would be better off staying in their own countries, and that these countries need to be repaired.
They don't seem able to connect the dots between the "Socialism" that created these shit holes, which they want to happen here.
Venezuela is in shambles in part due to corruption so deep and so dark, criminals run the streets. My boyfriend's parents drive an armored car. Any Venezuelan student I've ever had, expresses dismay at being able to walk around on city streets without a bodyguard.
Yet Progressive Wailing is doing that to OUR STREETS. Allowing perps with gazillions of prior arrests to run amok on the streets of NYC.
What could possibly be the benefit of trucking in all these unskilled people and GIVING THEM HANDOUTS? How is this beneficial, beyond the purported Democratic vote script they've been fed?
I think there should be a moratorium on immigration. We have a housing crisis here (supposedly, according to Progressives, homelessness is the result of escalating rents) and yet they insist on pouring more people into the mix, thus raising rents due to supply and demand.
Joe Biden also flies about 400,000 illegals by plane paid for by taxpayers of the United States into many cities in this country! he must not be elected again, and we must get a Republican Senate.
Peter, I usually enjoy your posts on the FP. You are clearly on the left on this and not even attempting to accurately report what Biden did his first few days in office. He stopped the building of the wall and reversed "remain in Mexico." Your "reporting" leaves much to be desired. Are you going to become one of the mainstream one sided media? If so, FP loses my money. I am moderate, not a Trump supporter who wants the truth - not bias reporting. That is why I am a FP supporter. A clearly bias article. I asked my Republican representative to NOT support the bill. It was full of crap and did nothing new but add more deficit. Did you read any of it? We already have numerous laws about immigration but the Dems don't want to uphold them. Some Republicans I'm sure as well. Do Better!!
I see many "progressive" left talking points in this article. Not to mention the photographs that pull on readers' heartstrings. I love the Free Press because it typically does not pepper its writing with far left propagandist techniques. No-one should get across our border, no matter how many doe-eyed children they have in tow, unless there is a reason they are seeking asylum. Wanting a job in the U.S. is not one of those reasons. If I see Mr. Savodnik write about the millions of single men coming across the border -- no pictures of children -- including conversations with at least 100 of them, I'd feel this topic had been more fairly handled.
This issue, along with much of the woke stuff (race, criminal justice, the relentless trans stuff) contribute to the sense of many of us who voted for Biden that he isn’t in charge. He’s a senile figurehead. This immigration mess - like all the other work stuff - is completely out of step with THE ENTIRETY of his career. Are we to believe he was suddenly enlightened by hiring Karine Jean-Pierre and abandoned all prior beliefs to embrace the progressive “truth”? Biden of 1998 would be as hard on open borders as Trump. Additionally, can TFP explain how states and localities can simply decide not work with federal authorities and ignore federal law? I get federalism, but they don’t get to pick and choose other laws or constitutional amendments. The whole sanctuary thing is nuts