Illegals worried about new sheriff — Trump — in town

Mayor Cherelle Parker has a very loud voice, but not loud enough for some with very special interests.

In an editorial masquerading as a news story, the Inquirer reports, probably accurately, that “leaders of the city’s immigrant community” are concerned about their status because of deportation threats made by incoming President Donald J. Trump.

What the Inquirer meant to say was leaders of the illegal immigrant community were concerned, because legal immigrants, with very rare exceptions, don’t have anything to worry about.

There are an estimated 47,000 illegals in Philadelphia, and deporting them, after a judicial hearing, is entirely legal. And something that a majority of Americans favor. That is one reason it was such a powerful plank in Trump’s platform. 

The advocates of “protecting” those here illegally, who want Parker to loudly reinstate Philadelphia’s status as a Sanctuary City, are actually advocates of Open Borders, meaning mass, unregulated immigration.

They almost never say they are for Open Borders, but it is obvious: If they would deport no one here without permission, that is Open Borders. It means if you get in, you stay in.

The Inquirer reported “her staff offered tepid answers to questions about her position on sanctuary policies.”

That was more than I got, which was no reply to emailed questions.

My questions were prompted by, and referenced, New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ request of the New York City Council to rewrite the city’s sanctuary policy, which he previously said would bankrupt the city. New York’s policy was enacted by Council. In Philadelphia, it is a mayoral executive order. 

Parker’s position, as issued by mayoral flack Joe Grace (a former Daily News colleague) is that the 2016 executive order codifying the city’s sanctuary status “remains in place.” He did not respond to my email seeking information.

The Inquirer  reported that Parker said she approved of the status while she was running for mayor.

But that’s not enough for the Open Borders crowd that wants her to go into Full Progressive Mode and bellow something Churchillian, like Philadelphia will fight Trump “on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

The cockamamie governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has declared his whole state a sanctuary, and had anointed himself generalissimo of the Woke Army.

Bloated billionaire Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Trump would have “to come through me” to get at his people, presumably the illegals. Democrats nowadays have a thing for lawbreakers.

The Gold Cup for insanity goes to Denver Mayor Mike Johnson who promised 50,000 Denverites would amass to stop ICE, actually invoking the student uprising for democracy in Tiananmen Square. Johnson’s mouth works better than his memory. Tiananmen Square was a fiasco for the students.

Back in Philly, “We are concerned about how she’s not publicly supporting,” said Patty Torres, co-deputy director of Make the Road Pennsylvania, an Open Borders group. 

The Inquirer story runs about 40 inches and, for a change, an opposing point of view is acknowledged. A big 5 inches, or 12.5%, which is 12.5% better than usual.

The Inquirer quoted a right-leaning think tank (no one is described as left-leaning) as saying Americans are moving toward a “law and order” approach, and “the sanctuary-city policy is broadly misguided and particularly as it relates to criminal offenders.”

The other 87.5% is all opinion from the Left, and history. The overall tone of the story is sympathy for the law-breakers, and disdain for the law-enforcers.

There is a brief acknowledgement, in regard to Parker’s reluctance to come out swinging, that Democrats generally are reeling from a heavy blow suffered by Trump’s victory — and gains among voters across the board.

His No. 2 issue was illegal immigration. As noted, a majority of Americans agree with mass deportation. (For the record, I don’t, and doubt Trump can exile them all during his one term.)

I don’t expect the Open Borders Juntos organization, as an example, to think strategically. All they want is the door swung wide open, despite the catastrophic impact mass immigration would have on America. I covered that topic in 2022. You can read it here  if you like horror stories. We can’t absorb the millions who would come.

Sanctuary Cities now are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party.

Every past Democratic President, up until Joe Biden, has opposed them, and illegal immigration.

Motivated by an empty-headed sympathy, while a candidate, Biden declared an open invitation to immigrants, neglecting to mention we only welcome legal immigrants. Unless you live in a sanctuary city, of course.

Thanks to Biden, we got a tidal wave of illegals, which Trump used to surf into the Presidency.

If Democrats double down on illegal immigration, which a majority of Americans do not want, they will be the minority party for a generation.