Press abides illegal immigration hustle

As we get closer to the undeniable surge of illegals undocumented persons crashing our border, the AP put out a story that violates the norms of objectivity and fair treatment.

Here’s the lede paragraph, which I will edit with italics to add missing words or note the errors:

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. cities already struggling to shelter thousands of illegal migrants are calling for federal help and an end to bipartisan Republican political gamesmanship over illegal immigration, concerned that an expected increase in the number of people entering the country when pandemic-era asylum restrictions end on the U.S.-Mexico border May 11 will further strain their budgets and resources.”

What we have is a decades-old problem that had largely been contained under policies adopted by Presidents Barack Obama and Donald J. Trump, see the chart, and came roaring back under President Joe Biden. 

“Chicago has long pledged to welcome illegal migrants. But a tenfold increase in recent days has taxed resources and the virtue signaling. Illegal Migrants awaiting beds in city-run shelters are sleeping on floors in police stations and in airports surrounded by suitcases. They’re depending on donors for food, medicine and clothing.”

After years of denying the problem, the Biden Administration is sending troops to the border (to do record-keeping and administration work) while failing to announce a workable policy. Much of the media, led by the AP, decided to subvert U.S. law by dropping terms, such as illegal or undocumented, in favor of “migrant,” to obfuscate their status.

Everyone should laugh when DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the border is “closed,” but if you use his terms, you can see why he tries the shell game. 

OK, enough with the italics.

Mayorkas cites the number of illegals “stopped” at the border.

What he does not say is that the vast majority are then released so they can continue their voyage into the United States. That is an Open Border.

The above chart talks about “apprehension,” but does not say that most of these people are released into America.

That’s because in the past decade or so the typical border jumper has changed from someone trying to sneak across the border into someone with a spurious claim of asylum, which means they have to get a hearing before they are expelled. I covered this in a previous column.

You’ve seen the pictures. They walk right up to border patrol and ask to be taken into custody.

There is a huge shortage of judges, the backup for a trial can take years, and in the meantime these “asylum seekers” are admitted into the country and can melt in, as opposed to Trump’s “wait in Mexico,” or elsewhere, approach. No wonder they keep coming.

Asylum seekers fleeing danger at home are supposed to stop and apply for asylum in the first safe country. They are not supposed to cross the border into the U.S. to claim status, and Biden has said he will start enforcing that requirement.

That would change things markedly, but can we trust Biden to keep his word?

I don’t, and I would like to see more illegals sent to Philadelphia, which has the same “welcome” to illegals policy as Chicago and New York. That might end our “Sanctuary City” status that invites law-breaking.

And in New York, Mayor Eric Adams says he is completely swamped by 50,000 illegals and says he has been betrayed by the federal government. The federal government of Joe Biden.

Which is what people like me have been saying for years.

The U.S. should always welcome immigrants, but we should expect they will play by the rules.