Sunday, December 2, 2018
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A Border Patrol Agent Breaks Down the 5 Main Reasons Why the Migrant Caravan Is Dangerous to America, Americans, Children, and Families...
Despite that, liberals still seem utterly convinced that those migrants should be welcomed into America with open arms and borders. I guess I did qualify this with “anyone with a shred of common sense,” but it’s still infuriating.
But don’t take my word for it, I’m hardly an expert when it comes to border security. I just know that border security is an important facet of any sovereign nation.
Someone who does know about border security? Border patrol agent Brandon Judd. And through a video he posted through the Daily Caller, Judd is able to distill the dangers of the migrant to 5 key points.
The first reason Judd gives is the economic impact the migrant caravan can have on America.
Citing a Pew Hispanic Center study published by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Judd cites that 8 million out of an overall population of 11.2 million illegal immigrants occupy the American workforce. That’s a blistering 71.4 percent of illegal immigrants occupying American jobs.
“That is a huge economic impact on the country,” Judd states. “That’s something that can affect each and every individual.”
Judd then presents crime as the second major impact the caravan can have.
The Department of Homeland Security has already reported that over 270 members of the migrant caravan are convicts or known gang members.
“If we look at how many U.S. citizens have lost their lives, either to murder, to drunk drivers that have hit their vehicles, we’ve lost an awful lot of U.S. citizens to crime in the United States that is caused by the illegal aliens,” Judd says.
The third reason Judd brings up is the active endangerment of U.S. Border Patrol agents. Considering the physical clash at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, wherein migrants allegedly threw rocks and other projectiles at the agents, Judd’s third warning has already come to fruition.
“Oftentimes we come into conflict in which they assault our agents, they actively resist our agents,” Judd said. “Which then makes it very difficult for our agents to do their jobs.”
Judd then goes on to cite political unrest as the fourth danger the caravan presents.
“Whenever you have people that are coming to a sovereign nation and they’re trying to impose their will upon another government, you’re going to have problems,” Judd said. “What’s happening is these people are coming here and they’re saying, ‘I’m going to break your laws and you’re going to like it.’ And frankly, we shouldn’t like it.”
The fifth and final reason Judd gives is the concern over drug smuggling.
“The cartels control all of the illegal crime that takes place both on the north side and south side of the border,” Judd said. “Not only are they smuggling illegal aliens, but they’re also smuggling drugs.”
Considering the horrifying numbers of drug-related deaths in America, Judd also nails this on the head. To be fair, it’s unlikely that completely stopping illegal immigration would absolutely stop the flow of illegal drugs in this country, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt that endeavor.
Judd also give a “bonus” reason, and it involves the...
Flake Continues to Hold Judicial Confirmations Hostage to Vote on Mueller Protection Bill
Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake is staying true to his pledge to not advance judicial nominees in the Senate Judiciary Committee, unless a bill that would prevent President Donald Trump from firing special counsel Robert Mueller gets a Senate vote.“It is not productive,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, per Politico. “One of the greatest substantive victories that we have delivered for the American people the last two years is nominating and confirming strong constitutionalist judges. For a Republican senator to be blocking that is frustrating the promises we made to the voters.”
The Hill reports that Flake, R-Ariz., plans to again push for a vote on the Mueller legislation next week, and that he told CNN he thinks there are enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill.
“Sen. Flake’s display will be over when the Senate adjourns by Dec. 14 and he will have accomplished nothing,” Thomas Jipping, deputy director of The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and senior legal fellow.
“A few weeks later, when the 116th Congress begins, President Trump will send back to the Senate the nominees Flake caused to lapse and they will be confirmed,” he said.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, canceled panel votes Wednesday for 25 judicial and executive nominations following Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., halting an endeavor by Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Flake to advance the Mueller bill, the Washington Examiner reported.
Mueller has been investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.
“I have informed the majority leader that I will not vote to advance any of the 21 judicial nominees pending in the Judiciary Committee, or vote to confirm the 32 judges awaiting confirmation on the Senate floor, until S. 2644 is brought to the full Senate for a vote,” Flake said Wednesday.
“Conservatives are getting more and more frustrated with the damage being done to a process that up until now has been running very smoothly,” Carrie Severino, the Judicial Crisis Network’s chief counsel and policy director, told The Daily Signal Thursday in a phone interview.
“Judicial nominations are the crown jewel of this administration and they have been a really good example of the executive and legislative branches working together to help improve the judiciary branch, and it is frustrating to see that breaking down,” she said.
March for Life Action also decried Flake’s effort to stall the nomination process.
“After delaying Supreme Court nominations and further delaying qualified judicial nominees this year, Sen. Flake seems to have abandoned his...
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