vdare--2020-04-07--National Guard Required to Protect Meal Distribution Volunteers from Parents of 84% Non-White Atlant

National Guard Required to Protect Meal Distribution Volunteers from Parents of 84% Non-White Atlanta Public Schools Shut Down by Coronavirus

Ever wonder why The Walking Dead was set in Atlanta ?
Shot .
The Atlanta Public School ( APS ) enrollment is 72 percent black and 16 percent white .
Chaser .
Almost all of APS schools provide free breakfast and lunch to the K-12 students ( 84 percent of which are non-white ) enrolled in the system , as a way to fight “ stigmatizing ” poor families .
And now for the second chaser .
With the coronavirus ( it won ’ t be long until we correctly note is is the China Virus ) forcing a sheltering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still had to be distributed for those parent ( s ) needing breakfast and lunch assistance .
Lines of cars stretched for blocks around five Atlanta Public Schools facilities on Saturday as families sheltering in place from the coronavirus pandemic scrambled for food before the system ’ s spring break holidays .
Atlanta Public Schools ’ emergency meal distribution sites were swamped Saturday , with all five locations running out of food after less than two hours .
The school system , which is closed through April 10 , will have no food @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a week ’ s worth of food at Saturday ’ s pickup sites .
APS Superintendent Meria Carstarphen said long lines were waiting when they opened at 9 a.m. “ It ’ s been a massive demand , ” she said .
“ We knew people would come and we ’ d distribute all the food .
We didn ’ t know how fast it would happen.
” The school system and partners , including the Atlanta Community Food Bank ( ACFB ) and Goodr , have delivered meals to food-insecure families since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus pandemic .
After initially offering meals to students ’ families , the meal deliveries were broadened to anyone in the city in need , Carstarphen said .
She said APS has applied for Georgia National Guard assistance in distributing and securing the food .
“ The level of desperation has started to mount , ” she said Saturday .
Carstarphen said the school system has become the city ’ s single largest point of meal distribution .
An increase in food insecurity within the Atlanta area has highlighted the need for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis , Carstarphen said .
APS and ACFB provided 80,000 pounds of food Saturday , or the equivalent of 60,000 meals , Carstarphen said via Twitter .
APS ’ deliveries to school bus pickup locations will resume on Mondays after spring break , starting April 13 .
Food also will be available for pickup at 10 APS facilities on Mondays starting April 13 .
Carstarphen said the pandemic is exacerbating issues of food insecurity and income inequality , where Atlanta ranks at the bottom of cities nationally .
Like many urban school systems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ students who are eligible for reduced or free lunches , a common metric for poverty .
Despite efforts to get technology into the hands of kids while they are distance-learning , Carstarphen said she fears the pandemic could further set back kids already hindered by issues of generational poverty .
“ It just demonstrates in the rawest way how fragile they are and if you don ’ t have a system in this city to protect and support them , they have nothing , ” she said .
Kyle Waide , CEO of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a spike in demand : Over the past two weeks , the food bank sourced 4 million pounds of food , up about 30 percent over normal demand .
“ People are really experiencing a lot of challenges as a result of the pandemic and all the economic fallout from it , ” he said .
“ More and more people need help getting food.
” Grocers , who make up the food bank ’ s largest donors , have been unable to donate as much food as they typically do , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s led to the food bank buying about five times more food than it typically does to keep up with demand , increasing the nonprofit ’ s costs .
“ It ’ s really hard to know exactly how high this is going to go .
It is still evolving , ” he said .
“ Just as our public health crisis hasn ’ t reached the peak yet , we haven ’ t reached the peak of the human crisis we ’ re facing.
” Read that whole thing again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll be right here when you ’ re done .
Here it is for those who didn ’ t see it initially , or on the second or third read : “ She said APS has applied for Georgia National Guard assistance in distributing and securing the food.
” This is nothing more than the distribution of food , right ?
And you wonder why white flight was the original social distancing… In a crisis , we learn the importance of social capital .
In a crisis , we learn race isn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it were , the National Guard wouldn ’ t be necessary to protect those distributing free food to an 84 percent non-white student body ( and their parents ) .

Ever wonder why The Walking Dead was set in Atlanta?
Shot. The Atlanta Public School (APS) enrollment is 72 percent black and 16 percent white.
Chaser. Almost all of APS schools provide free breakfast and lunch to the K-12 students (84 percent of which are non-white) enrolled in the system, as a way to fight “stigmatizing” poor families.
Breakfast, lunch now free to all students at 77 Atlanta schools, by Vanessa McCray, AJC.com, August 15, 2019
The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides federal reimbursements for the meals under a program Congress authorized in 2010 . Supporters have touted the aid as a way to cut paperwork, lessen the stigma poor students could feel for receiving a free meal, and make sure no child goes hungry.
And now for the second chaser. With the coronavirus (it won’t be long until we correctly note is is the China Virus) forcing a sheltering in place ruling in Atlanta, food still had to be distributed for those parent(s) needing breakfast and lunch assistance.
Groceries go quickly as APS helps families ahead of spring break, by J. Scott Trubey, AJC.com, April 4, 2020
Lines of cars stretched for blocks around five Atlanta Public Schools facilities on Saturday as families sheltering in place from the coronavirus pandemic scrambled for food before the system’s spring break holidays. Atlanta Public Schools’ emergency meal distribution sites were swamped Saturday, with all five locations running out of food after less than two hours. The school system, which is closed through April 10, will have no food distribution over the break, offered families a week’s worth of food at Saturday’s pickup sites. APS Superintendent Meria Carstarphen said long lines were waiting when they opened at 9 a.m. “It’s been a massive demand,” she said. “We knew people would come and we’d distribute all the food. We didn’t know how fast it would happen.” The school system and partners, including the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) and Goodr, have delivered meals to food-insecure families since schools were closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. After initially offering meals to students’ families, the meal deliveries were broadened to anyone in the city in need, Carstarphen said. She said APS has applied for Georgia National Guard assistance in distributing and securing the food. “The level of desperation has started to mount,” she said Saturday. Carstarphen said the school system has become the city’s single largest point of meal distribution. An increase in food insecurity within the Atlanta area has highlighted the need for a broader strategy beyond APS to combat the crisis, Carstarphen said. APS and ACFB provided 80,000 pounds of food Saturday, or the equivalent of 60,000 meals, Carstarphen said via Twitter. APS’ deliveries to school bus pickup locations will resume on Mondays after spring break, starting April 13. Food also will be available for pickup at 10 APS facilities on Mondays starting April 13. Carstarphen said the pandemic is exacerbating issues of food insecurity and income inequality, where Atlanta ranks at the bottom of cities nationally. Like many urban school systems, APS has a high rate of students who are eligible for reduced or free lunches, a common metric for poverty. Despite efforts to get technology into the hands of kids while they are distance-learning, Carstarphen said she fears the pandemic could further set back kids already hindered by issues of generational poverty. “It just demonstrates in the rawest way how fragile they are and if you don’t have a system in this city to protect and support them, they have nothing,” she said. Kyle Waide, CEO of ACFB, said his nonprofit has seen a spike in demand: Over the past two weeks, the food bank sourced 4 million pounds of food, up about 30 percent over normal demand. “People are really experiencing a lot of challenges as a result of the pandemic and all the economic fallout from it,” he said. “More and more people need help getting food.” Grocers, who make up the food bank’s largest donors, have been unable to donate as much food as they typically do, because runs on stores have cleared shelves. That’s led to the food bank buying about five times more food than it typically does to keep up with demand, increasing the nonprofit’s costs. “It’s really hard to know exactly how high this is going to go. It is still evolving,” he said. “Just as our public health crisis hasn’t reached the peak yet, we haven’t reached the peak of the human crisis we’re facing.”
Read that whole thing again. Take your time. We’ll be right here when you’re done.
Notice anything… strange?
Here it is for those who didn’t see it initially, or on the second or third read: “She said APS has applied for Georgia National Guard assistance in distributing and securing the food.”
National Guard assistance?
This is nothing more than the distribution of food, right?
And you wonder why white flight was the original social distancing…
In a crisis, we learn the importance of social capital.
In a crisis, we learn race isn’t a social construct. For if it were, the National Guard wouldn’t be necessary to protect those distributing free food to an 84 percent non-white student body (and their parents).
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-04-05--An Aussie Reader Says Australians Are Expected To Spend Their Own Tax Dollars Helping Phony "Refugee

An Aussie Reader Says Australians Are Expected To Spend Their Own Tax Dollars Helping Phony "Refugees" Game The System

There 's a saying , attributed to Groucho Marx , among others , that “ The key to success is sincerity .
If you can fake sincerity , you ’ ve got it made.
” If you ’ re not Oscar-caliber material , however , and you self-identify as a “ refugee , ” then you can always get a lawyer to fake sincerity for you .
That ’ s what thousands of Australia-bound “ refugees '' do each year .
A Macquarie University academic in New South Wales has analyzed the last five years ’ caseload of appeals by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their claim to asylum made by Australia ’ s Department of Home Affairs [ The Conversation.com—How to Succeed in Refugee Review Cases : New Research Reveals the Factors that Matter , March 9 , 2020 ] .
He found that having legal representation was seven times more likely to result in a successful appeal than being unrepresented at an appeals hearing : Only 4 % of self-represented appellants were successful but 28 % of appellants who brought along a lawyer ( or migration agent ) struck official refugee status gold on appeal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Daniel Ghezelbash [ Tweet him/Email him ] is as woke as all get out and is predictably agonized by the “ lengthy and arduous ” process for asylum seekers to “ correct ” an initial “ injustice ” on their asylum claim and , to right this wrong , he wants to see more lawyers involved .
He is aghast at the government ’ s decision to cut public funding for free legal representation for “ refugees ” ( unlike those deplorables who question why their taxes— $ 46 million of it in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fake refugees to game the asylum system by coaching them in their fictional “ refugee ” story ) .
The woke professor breezily dismisses a parliamentary inquiry that found that people smugglers and illegal “ labor hire ” companies are bringing foreign workers into Australia on travel visas and then fraudulently applying for refugee protection visas , “ allowing them to stay in Australia for a significant amount of time and seek employment.
” Repeated appeals can take up to eight years in total .
Of the 95,000 foreigners seeking asylum in Australia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 84 % ( the ham actors ) fell at the first hurdle with rejection by the Department of Home Affairs .
Of the 18,000 rejectees who appealed , 87 % were subsequently rumbled .
So , almost nine in ten refugees aren ’ t anything of the kind , and those who make it may just be better thespians or have the kind of lawyer that their woke academic collaborators are calling for to help the foreign frauds to bilk the system .
“ Refugees ” are only here as cheap labor ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( and taxes ) from Australians .
Phil Shannon is a veteran Australian working class socialist and , since 2016 , a VDARE.com supporter .
See earlier letters from him here .

From: Phil Shannon [Email him]
There's a saying, attributed to Groucho Marx, among others, that “The key to success is sincerity. If you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made.” If you’re not Oscar-caliber material, however, and you self-identify as a “refugee,” then you can always get a lawyer to fake sincerity for you. That’s what thousands of Australia-bound “refugees" do each year.
A Macquarie University academic in New South Wales has analyzed the last five years’ caseload of appeals by asylum-seekers seeking to overturn an initial dismissal of their claim to asylum made by Australia’s Department of Home Affairs [The Conversation.com—How to Succeed in Refugee Review Cases: New Research Reveals the Factors that Matter, March 9, 2020]. He found that having legal representation was seven times more likely to result in a successful appeal than being unrepresented at an appeals hearing: Only 4% of self-represented appellants were successful but 28% of appellants who brought along a lawyer (or migration agent) struck official refugee status gold on appeal.
Our new quantitative data reveals the factors which most strongly corrollate with success in #refugee cases at the AAT w/@KDorostkar https://t.co/Ymkrrrzj2F via @ConversationEDU — Daniel Ghezelbash (@DanGhez) March 9, 2020
The academic in question, one Daniel Ghezelbash [Tweet him/Email him] is as woke as all get out and is predictably agonized by the “lengthy and arduous” process for asylum seekers to “correct” an initial “injustice” on their asylum claim and, to right this wrong, he wants to see more lawyers involved. He is aghast at the government’s decision to cut public funding for free legal representation for “refugees” (unlike those deplorables who question why their taxes—$46 million of it in the last three years—should go to assisting fake refugees to game the asylum system by coaching them in their fictional “refugee” story).
The woke professor breezily dismisses a parliamentary inquiry that found that people smugglers and illegal “labor hire” companies are bringing foreign workers into Australia on travel visas and then fraudulently applying for refugee protection visas, “allowing them to stay in Australia for a significant amount of time and seek employment.” Repeated appeals can take up to eight years in total.
Of the 95,000 foreigners seeking asylum in Australia in the last five years, some 84% (the ham actors) fell at the first hurdle with rejection by the Department of Home Affairs. Of the 18,000 rejectees who appealed, 87% were subsequently rumbled. So, almost nine in ten refugees aren’t anything of the kind, and those who make it may just be better thespians or have the kind of lawyer that their woke academic collaborators are calling for to help the foreign frauds to bilk the system. “Refugees” are only here as cheap labor (and welfare scroungers) to take work (and taxes) from Australians.
Phil Shannon is a veteran Australian working class socialist and, since 2016, a VDARE.com supporter. See earlier letters from him here.


vdare--2020-04-06--NYC Latina Health Commissioner, Feb 2: Racist Ideas Were "Currently The Greatest Risk To New Yorkers

NYC Latina Health Commissioner, Feb 2: Racist Ideas Were "Currently The Greatest Risk To New Yorkers"—Not Coronavirus

When the post-mortem on the coronavirus crisis in America is written and we learn why New York City was one of the epicenters for the outbreak of the contagion , you won ’ t have to look much further this quote from February 9 by New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot .
Dr. Barbot is the `` first Latina and first Puerto Rican '' to be Health Commissioner .
On February 2 , 2020 , Barbot [ Tweet her ] asserted those who “ spread racist ideas ” about the coronavirus represented the greatest risk to New Yorker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrival of the Chinese new year is important not just on a personal level , but also an economic one .
But false rumors about the coronavirus outbreak in China have stirred “ unreasonable ” public fears .
Next week , Feb. 9 , Chinatown will host its annual Lunar New Year parade , which always attracts a massive crowd and serves as a vital economic boost for the neighborhood and its business community .
On Sunday , community leaders urged the public not to listen to the rumors , but to come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and its pageantry .
Queens state Senator John Liu said the virus has not only caused “ unreasonable fears , ” but he said , “ I ’ ve been somewhat disturbed if not outright appalled at some of the comments and gestures that I ’ ve seen and my constituents have seen against the Asian community.
” “ There is no need to cast aspersions on an entire community because this is happening , ” Liu charged .
“ Diseases originate in particular places in the world and this came from an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ large country .
The comments being made by some people are unreasonable , if not downright offensive.
” He assured the crowd that “ every precaution ” was being taken – just like every flu season , and asserted that there is no reason to anyone to panic or avoid the activities in Chinatown or anywhere else .
New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot , fresh off her press conference from the night before at Bellevue with the mayor , assured the public that they were taking every step to insure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this time , she said the 40-year-old woman being held in isolation at Bellevue Hospital since Friday was in “ stable condition ” and doing well , but test results have not come back from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta .
The woman had been in China days before and took the precaution of going to the hospital when she felt ill. Dr. Barbot said it was “ understandable that people were anxious when there is something new or something they don ’ t understand and something that may change on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of events like this is to share with New Yorkers the reality that there is some things that we know , some things we don ’ t know and we are still learning , ” Dr. Barbot said .
“ The risk for New Yorkers of the coronavirus is low , and our preparedness as a city is very high .
While it is understandable that people feel anxious , that is no way shape or form an excuse for them to use that as an opportunity to spread misinformation , to spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greatest risk to New Yorker ’ s. ” Dr. Barbot said residents should instead , “ come together , know the information and share that information.
” But she warned , “ rumors can be as dangerous as any virus.
” [ City leaders seek to allay fears of coronavirus in Chinatown , by Todd Maisel , AMNY.com , February 2 , 2020 ] As of April 6 , 2020 , New York City has nearly 69,000 cases of the coronavirus and , sadly , 2,738 deaths .
One she retweeted from February @ @ @ @ @ @ @ urging New Yorkers to go to Chinatown : One from February 6 , in Chinatown herself : So always remember the words of New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot , who on February 2 , 2020 , encouraged all of those citizens in New York City to attend the Chinese Lunar Day event on February 9th and asserted those who “ spread racist ideas ” represented the greatest risk to New Yorker ’ s .
Had New York City actually enacted a quarantine from those returning from China to the city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe ?
But let ’ s keep pretending “ racism ” is the real health risk .

When the post-mortem on the coronavirus crisis in America is written and we learn why New York City was one of the epicenters for the outbreak of the contagion, you won’t have to look much further this quote from February 9 by New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot.
Dr. Barbot is the "first Latina and first Puerto Rican" to be Health Commissioner.
On February 2, 2020, Barbot [Tweet her] asserted those who “spread racist ideas” about the coronavirus represented the greatest risk to New Yorkers:
For Chinatown, the arrival of the Chinese new year is important not just on a personal level, but also an economic one. But false rumors about the coronavirus outbreak in China have stirred “unreasonable” public fears. Next week, Feb. 9, Chinatown will host its annual Lunar New Year parade, which always attracts a massive crowd and serves as a vital economic boost for the neighborhood and its business community. On Sunday, community leaders urged the public not to listen to the rumors, but to come to Chinatown and enjoy the yearly celebration and its pageantry. Queens state Senator John Liu said the virus has not only caused “unreasonable fears,” but he said, “I’ve been somewhat disturbed if not outright appalled at some of the comments and gestures that I’ve seen and my constituents have seen against the Asian community.” “There is no need to cast aspersions on an entire community because this is happening,” Liu charged. “Diseases originate in particular places in the world and this came from an area of China which is a very large country. The comments being made by some people are unreasonable, if not downright offensive.” He assured the crowd that “every precaution” was being taken – just like every flu season, and asserted that there is no reason to anyone to panic or avoid the activities in Chinatown or anywhere else. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot, fresh off her press conference from the night before at Bellevue with the mayor, assured the public that they were taking every step to insure the safety of the public. At this time, she said the 40-year-old woman being held in isolation at Bellevue Hospital since Friday was in “stable condition” and doing well, but test results have not come back from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. The woman had been in China days before and took the precaution of going to the hospital when she felt ill. Dr. Barbot said it was “understandable that people were anxious when there is something new or something they don’t understand and something that may change on our daily basis.” “The importance of events like this is to share with New Yorkers the reality that there is some things that we know, some things we don’t know and we are still learning,” Dr. Barbot said. “The risk for New Yorkers of the coronavirus is low, and our preparedness as a city is very high. While it is understandable that people feel anxious, that is no way shape or form an excuse for them to use that as an opportunity to spread misinformation, to spread racist ideas because that is currently the greatest risk to New Yorker’s.” Dr. Barbot said residents should instead, “come together, know the information and share that information.” But she warned, “rumors can be as dangerous as any virus.” [City leaders seek to allay fears of coronavirus in Chinatown, by Todd Maisel, AMNY.com, February 2, 2020]
As of April 6, 2020, New York City has nearly 69,000 cases of the coronavirus and, sadly, 2,738 deaths.
Here's a tweet from Dr. Barbot on February 17:
As a doctor I can say there is no reason to avoid any neighborhood because of the novel coronavirus. As a New Yorker, I know that ANY discrimination is abhorrent and unacceptable. https://t.co/WxS5bXkcU8 — Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD (@NYCHealthCommr) February 16, 2020
One she retweeted from February 12:
Irrational fears about coronavirus and prejudice are hurting our Asian small businesses. To be clear: there are currently no cases of the virus in NYC.
Today I join w/@CM_MargaretChin, @ChinatownNYC to ask you to visit, eat, shop and #SupportChinatown pic.twitter.com/P542ZMdEeN — Carlina Rivera (@CarlinaRivera) February 12, 2020
One from February 9, urging New Yorkers to go to Chinatown:
Today our city is celebrating the #LunarNewYear parade in Chinatown, a beautiful cultural tradition with a rich history in our city. I want to remind everyone to enjoy the parade and not change any plans due to misinformation spreading about #coronavirus. https://t.co/bwCnIb7j8H — Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD (@NYCHealthCommr) February 9, 2020
One from February 6, in Chinatown herself:
Today I’m enjoying a wonderful lunch in Chinatown. I’ve been disheartened by reports of bias and discrimination against the Asian community recently. Let me be clear – our public health response is about a virus, not a group of people. pic.twitter.com/E5lDPR4tKz — Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD (@NYCHealthCommr) February 6, 2020
So always remember the words of New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot, who on February 2, 2020, encouraged all of those citizens in New York City to attend the Chinese Lunar Day event on February 9th and asserted those who “spread racist ideas” represented the greatest risk to New Yorker’s.
Had New York City actually enacted a quarantine from those returning from China to the city, how many New Yorkers would still believe? But let’s keep pretending “racism” is the real health risk.


vdare--2020-04-06--SAID IN SPANISH: Coronavirus Shows U.S. CAN Close Southern Border. Let’s Keep It that Way

WuFlu is spreading , with Mexico recording 2,439 cases and 156 deaths , and the U.S. with over 367,000 cases and over 10,000 deaths .
But the resulting crisis has produced a silver lining : The border with Mexico is effectively closed to illegal aliens .
Border agents are deporting them immediately , and even better , the borders in Mexico and the Northern Triangle are locked down .
Granted , “ migrants ” are held up in Mexico and we must suffer a farrago of sob stories .
Yet SARS-CoV-2 proves that we can control our borders—if we want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frontier , thanks to President Trump ’ s order of March 17 to deport illegals immediately ( and no asylum claims either ) , is nearly miraculous .
Illegals “ are being expelled to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes under emergency coronavirus measures now in force across the U.S. southern border , ” The Washington Post reports [ Under coronavirus immigration measures , U.S. is expelling border-crossers to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes , by Nick Miroff , March 30 , 2020 ] .
That ’ s about an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crossings , Miroff [ Tweet him ] reports , dropped from more than 1,000 daily to under 600 on March 29 .
Mexicans are 60 percent of those detained ; Central Americans 26 percent .
That last figure is a dramatic reversal of what occurred during the illegal-alien tsunami of the last year or so : 70 percent were from the Northern Triangle .
Miroff ’ s figures mean 86 percent of the illegals are deported right away .
Let ’ s hope border officials aren ’ t waiting too long to boot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all of them , a not insignificant bonus .
Here ’ s another telling detail : “ In some locations , the Border Patrol has set up outdoor processing tables in the parking lots and garages of its stations.
” Why wasn ’ t this done years ago before a deadly pandemic threatened us all !
?
Legal entries are way down , too , as Reuters reported in its lachrymose lament [ World 's busiest border falls quiet with millions of Mexicans barred from U.S. , by , Lizbeth Diaz , Jose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] .
Mexicans who live on the border and frequently enter the United States can ’ t get it in thanks to COVID-19 .
Even better , with the borders closed from the Rio Grande to the Suchiate river between Mexico and Guatemala and down to El Salvador and Honduras , the tramping masses of the Northern Triangle are all dressed up with no place to go .
As Phillip Connor of Pew Research reported on April 1 , 90 percent of the world ’ s population faces Chinese Virus travel restrictions [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries with travel restrictions amid COVID-19 ] .
Here ’ s one of the sob stories : How coronavirus has halted Central American migration to the US .
[ by Jeff Ernst , April 2 , 2020 ] Ernst ’ s protagonist is the put-upon Angelica , a 30-year-old college grad who up and decided to move to the U.S. , where she has relatives .
Angelica wasn ’ t exactly invited , but that small detail aside , the Wuhan Flu stopped her cold : By the time she was due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closed its borders and declared a state of emergency .
She could no longer leave her city – much less take a bus to northern Guatemala , to meet a coyote who would guide her through Mexico “ I had thought that only a hurricane could stop me , ” she said .
“ But I hadn ’ t thought of a pandemic.
” Border closures and strict lockdowns prompted by the Covid-19 crisis have disrupted the migrant trail through Central America and Mexico , forcing some would-be migrants to postpone their journeys—and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The result has been a deterrent more effective than any wall Donald Trump could build .
“ Activists ” are upset , too , because illegals can ’ t , well , cross borders illegally : “ One Mexican shelter near the Guatemalan border said it hadn ’ t received a new arrival in a week , ” Ernst laments .
And even worse , from their perspective , the three Northern Triangle nations have closed their borders .
“ Migrants can ’ t even leave their countries , ” a Catholic nun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ north reportedly cries .
Ernst reports that with so many migrants traveling the trail , some were stopped en route , including “ a large group of Haitian and African migrants who were detained after crossing into Guatemala from Honduras amid the lockdown : “ Neither Hondurans or Guatemala wanted to offer them a place to stay.
” That fact provided the chance for Ernst to highlight one last victim , Mohamed , who left Sierra Leone in Africa in 2018 , and is not , I ’ m guessing , a Presbyterian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is stuck in Guatemala .
Unfortunately , he still plans on getting to the United States .
All those “ migrants ” stranded in “ limbo ” are causing problems for Mexico , as Milenio reported on March 22 of Tamaulipas , which borders Texas on the Gulf Coast .
Some 13,000— “ their dream has been interrupted by the closing of the southern border ordered by President Donald Trump ” — are stuck there [ Teme Tamaulipas al Coronavirus por la presencia de migrantes que quedaron varados ( “ Tamaulipas Fears Coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ) , by Jaime Maya ] .
Problem is , Tamaulipas Gov .
Francisco Javier Garcia Cabeza de Vaca , one of those who wanted traffic to Mexico from the U.S. stopped , says “ there is no place where they can be concentrated in an orderly manner and with all the basic services , the risk of infection of Coronavirus COVID-19 is higher.
” His solution ?
The Mexican federal government must provide “ a safe place where they can wait until the border is opened again.
” Note what the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ someday soon , and the migrants will cross into the U.S. when it happens .
Meanwhile , the migrants are causing trouble across Mexico .
On April 2 in Hermosillo , Sonora , about 180 miles south of Nogales , 300 detained migrants rioted and started a fire [ Reportan motín en instalaciones de INM en Sonora ( “ Riot Reported in INM Installations in Sonora ” ) , by Gabriela Medina , Milenio , April 2 , 2020 ] .
On April 3 in Piedras Negras , Coahuila , on the border @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 80 migrants seized control of a shelter because , they claim , they were mistreated [ Migrantes en Piedras Negras se amotinan en albergue del INM ( “ Migrants in Piedras Negras riot in INM Shelter ” ) , by Christian Sanchez , Milenio , April 3 , 2020 ] .
Migrant movers warned of “ the deplorable conditions ” and “ a terrible health and humanitarian crisis [ Hay emergencia sanitaria por coronavirus en estaciones migratorias : ONG ( “ Coronavirus Health emergency in Migratory Stations : NGOs ” ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3 , 2020 ] .
Maybe , but what ’ s the solution ?
Release them all to cause trouble and possibly spread the contagion here ?
( latest coronavirus numbers here ) ?
The U.S. should take Rahm Emanuel ’ s advice : Never let a crisis go to waste .
Make immediate deportation a permanent policy .
Nothing else will discourage illegals from jumping the border .
American citizen Allan Wall ( email him ) moved back to the U.S.A. in 2008 after many years residing in Mexico .
Allan 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sons are bilingual .
In 2005 , Allan served a tour of duty in Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard .
His VDARE.COM articles are archived here ; his Mexidata.info articles are archived here ; his News With Views columns are archived here ; and his website is here .

WuFlu is spreading, with Mexico recording 2,439 cases and 156 deaths, and the U.S. with over 367,000 cases and over 10,000 deaths. But the resulting crisis has produced a silver lining: The border with Mexico is effectively closed to illegal aliens. Border agents are deporting them immediately, and even better, the borders in Mexico and the Northern Triangle are locked down. Granted, “migrants” are held up in Mexico and we must suffer a farrago of sob stories. Yet SARS-CoV-2 proves that we can control our borders—if we want to.
The change at our southwest frontier, thanks to President Trump’s order of March 17 to deport illegals immediately (and no asylum claims either), is astounding - in a good way!
Illegals “are being expelled to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes under emergency coronavirus measures now in force across the U.S. southern border,” The Washington Post reports [Under coronavirus immigration measures, U.S. is expelling border-crossers to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes, by Nick Miroff, March 30, 2020].
That’s about an hour and a half!
Under the new rules, U.S. agents are processing migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras “in the field” before they are able to set foot inside a U.S. Border Patrol station. The migrants are then whisked back to the border and sent into Mexico.
Unauthorized border crossings, Miroff [Tweet him] reports, dropped from more than 1,000 daily to under 600 on March 29. Mexicans are 60 percent of those detained; Central Americans 26 percent.
That last figure is a dramatic reversal of what occurred during the illegal-alien tsunami of the last year or so: 70 percent were from the Northern Triangle. Miroff’s figures mean 86 percent of the illegals are deported right away. Let’s hope border officials aren’t waiting too long to boot the rest. And Mexico is accepting all of them, a not insignificant bonus.
Here’s another telling detail: “In some locations, the Border Patrol has set up outdoor processing tables in the parking lots and garages of its stations.”
Why wasn’t this done years ago before a deadly pandemic threatened us all!?
Legal entries are way down, too, as Reuters reported in its lachrymose lament [World's busiest border falls quiet with millions of Mexicans barred from U.S., by, Lizbeth Diaz, Jose Luis Gonzalez, March 31, 2020]. Mexicans who live on the border and frequently enter the United States can’t get it in thanks to COVID-19.
Boohoo.
Even better, with the borders closed from the Rio Grande to the Suchiate river between Mexico and Guatemala and down to El Salvador and Honduras, the tramping masses of the Northern Triangle are all dressed up with no place to go. As Phillip Connor of Pew Research reported on April 1, 90 percent of the world’s population faces Chinese Virus travel restrictions [More than nine-in-ten people worldwide live in countries with travel restrictions amid COVID-19].
Here’s one of the sob stories: How coronavirus has halted Central American migration to the US. [by Jeff Ernst, April 2, 2020]
(Like that’s a bad thing!)
Ernst’s protagonist is the put-upon Angelica, a 30-year-old college grad who up and decided to move to the U.S., where she has relatives.
Angelica wasn’t exactly invited, but that small detail aside, the Wuhan Flu stopped her cold:
By the time she was due to start her journey north, Honduras had closed its borders and declared a state of emergency. She could no longer leave her city – much less take a bus to northern Guatemala, to meet a coyote who would guide her through Mexico “I had thought that only a hurricane could stop me,” she said. “But I hadn’t thought of a pandemic.” Border closures and strict lockdowns prompted by the Covid-19 crisis have disrupted the migrant trail through Central America and Mexico, forcing some would-be migrants to postpone their journeys—and stopping many others in their tracks. The result has been a deterrent more effective than any wall Donald Trump could build.
“Activists” are upset, too, because illegals can’t, well, cross borders illegally: “One Mexican shelter near the Guatemalan border said it hadn’t received a new arrival in a week,” Ernst laments.
And even worse, from their perspective, the three Northern Triangle nations have closed their borders.
“Migrants can’t even leave their countries,” a Catholic nun who helps push the “migrants” north reportedly cries.
Double boohoo!
Ernst reports that with so many migrants traveling the trail, some were stopped en route, including “a large group of Haitian and African migrants who were detained after crossing into Guatemala from Honduras amid the lockdown: “Neither Hondurans or Guatemala wanted to offer them a place to stay.”
That fact provided the chance for Ernst to highlight one last victim, Mohamed, who left Sierra Leone in Africa in 2018, and is not, I’m guessing, a Presbyterian. Mohamed traveled north from Ecuador but is stuck in Guatemala. Unfortunately, he still plans on getting to the United States.
All those “migrants” stranded in “limbo” are causing problems for Mexico, as Milenio reported on March 22 of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas on the Gulf Coast. Some 13,000—“their dream has been interrupted by the closing of the southern border ordered by President Donald Trump”— are stuck there [Teme Tamaulipas al Coronavirus por la presencia de migrantes que quedaron varados (“Tamaulipas Fears Coronavirus Due to the Presence of Trapped Migrants”), by Jaime Maya].
Problem is, Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco Javier Garcia Cabeza de Vaca, one of those who wanted traffic to Mexico from the U.S. stopped, says “there is no place where they can be concentrated in an orderly manner and with all the basic services, the risk of infection of Coronavirus COVID-19 is higher.”
His solution? The Mexican federal government must provide “a safe place where they can wait until the border is opened again.”
Note what the governor assumes: The border will open someday soon, and the migrants will cross into the U.S. when it happens.
Meanwhile, the migrants are causing trouble across Mexico.
On April 2 in Hermosillo, Sonora, about 180 miles south of Nogales, 300 detained migrants rioted and started a fire [Reportan motín en instalaciones de INM en Sonora (“Riot Reported in INM Installations in Sonora”), by Gabriela Medina, Milenio, April 2, 2020].
On April 3 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, on the border across from Eagle Pass, Texas, about 80 migrants seized control of a shelter because, they claim, they were mistreated [Migrantes en Piedras Negras se amotinan en albergue del INM (“Migrants in Piedras Negras riot in INM Shelter”), by Christian Sanchez, Milenio, April 3, 2020].
Migrant movers warned of “the deplorable conditions” and “a terrible health and humanitarian crisis [Hay emergencia sanitaria por coronavirus en estaciones migratorias: ONG (“Coronavirus Health emergency in Migratory Stations: NGOs”), by Francisco Mejia, Milenio, April 3, 2020].
Maybe, but what’s the solution? Release them all to cause trouble and possibly spread the contagion here? (latest coronavirus numbers here)?
No thanks.
Instead, make immediate deportation a permanent policy. Nothing else will discourage illegals from jumping the border.
American citizen Allan Wall (email him) moved back to the U.S.A. in 2008 after many years residing in Mexico. Allan's wife is Mexican, and their two sons are bilingual. In 2005, Allan served a tour of duty in Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard. His VDARE.COM articles are archived here; his Mexidata.info articles are archived here; his News With Views columns are archived here; and his website is here.


vdare--2020-04-06--Patrick J. Buchanan: Kissinger's Call for a New World Order

Among the works that first brought Henry Kissinger to academic acclaim was `` A World Restored , '' his 1950s book about how the greatest diplomats of Europe met at the Congress of Vienna to restore order to a continent shattered by the Napoleonic Wars .
The balance-of-power peace these men achieved lasted—with the significant exception of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871—for the full century , from 1815 to 1914 .
Writing in the Wall Street Journal Friday , Kissinger declared that it is now an imperative that the world 's leaders , even as they deal with the raging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transition to the post-coronavirus order . ''
`` Failure to do so could set the world on fire . ''
Yet , the ingredients Kissinger considers essential for establishing that new world order appear , like ventilators , to be in short supply .
`` Sustaining public trust , '' asserts Kissinger , `` is crucial ... to international peace and stability . ''
But how do we trust again our adversary China , after its criminal cover-up of the menace and magnitude of the virus unleashed in Wuhan ?
How do we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until recently , blaming the coronavirus on U.S. Army troops visiting Wuhan ?
Observing governments thrashing about in the crisis , the phrase that comes to mind is not `` public trust '' as much as `` every nation for itself . ''
On Monday , the Wall Street Journal described Europe 's recent behavior thus : Last week , the EU 's Court of Justice ruled that Poland , Hungary and the Czech Republic broke EU law by refusing to relocate refugees during the migrant crisis in 2015 .
The three nations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greece used force to stop Syrian refugees from entering its territory .
According to Human Rights Watch , Greek troops and armed men at the Greece-Turkey land border sexually assaulted , robbed and stripped asylum seekers and migrants , driving them back into Turkey .
The EU has stayed largely silent .
When Donald Trump 's issued his Jan. 31 travel ban on those who had recently been in China , candidate Joe Biden denounced Trump for `` hysterical xenophobia and fearmongering . ''
Biden now thinks Trump did the right thing .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the shelf when the voice of the people is loud and clear enough .
We must `` struggle to heal the wounds to the world economy , '' said Kissinger .
Yet , the crisis has revealed that a prominent feature of this global economy is that China controls the production of medicines essential to keeping Americans alive .
Do we want to continue that dependency ?
Says Kissinger : `` The world 's democracies need to defend and sustain their Enlightenment values ... ( and ) safeguard the principles of the liberal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ March 2020 prove the superior wisdom of Alexander Hamilton : `` Every nation ought to endeavour to possess within itself all the essentials of national supply . ''
Today , borders are everywhere being strengthened as nations compete ferociously for N95 masks and ventilators .
Authoritarian rulers are seizing broader powers .
The claims of family , faith , tribe , nation and country seem ascendant over all .
`` The founding legend of modern government , '' writes Kissinger , `` is a walled city ... strong enough to protect the people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic has produced ... a revival of the walled city in an age where prosperity depends on global trade and movement of people . ''
Kissinger calls the concept of the walled city an `` anachronism , '' a `` legend . ''
But is the idea of the nation-state , whose principal duty is the defense of the health , safety and security of the unique people who created it , the `` legend '' ?
Or is the real legend , the myth , the idea of some New World Order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one another in a federation of the world ?
In this coronavirus crisis , we can see clearly now , no longer as through a glass darkly .
As in most wars , it is to the men of action not the men of words to whom the people turn—to governors , not legislators or members of Congress , who are taking action , as states outbid one another for critical medical equipment .
As for Donald Trump , suddenly , the elites are berating him for being insufficiently dictatorial .
Trump , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough to invoke the Defense Production Act .
He failed to use its authority to dictate to U.S. companies what they must produce .
He did not shut down the country quickly enough .
He failed to issue orders soon enough to governors who delayed shutting down their states .
People are dying , it is now said , because Trump did not immediately become the autocrat that progressives were denouncing him for being during the impeachment hearings two months ago .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For Trump .

Among the works that first brought Henry Kissinger to academic acclaim was "A World Restored," his 1950s book about how the greatest diplomats of Europe met at the Congress of Vienna to restore order to a continent shattered by the Napoleonic Wars.
The balance-of-power peace these men achieved lasted—with the significant exception of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871—for the full century, from 1815 to 1914.
Writing in the Wall Street Journal Friday, Kissinger declared that it is now an imperative that the world's leaders, even as they deal with the raging pandemic, begin to make the "transition to the post-coronavirus order."
"Failure to do so could set the world on fire."
Yet, the ingredients Kissinger considers essential for establishing that new world order appear, like ventilators, to be in short supply.
"Sustaining public trust," asserts Kissinger, "is crucial ... to international peace and stability."
But how do we trust again our adversary China, after its criminal cover-up of the menace and magnitude of the virus unleashed in Wuhan?
How do we trust again this regime that was, until recently, blaming the coronavirus on U.S. Army troops visiting Wuhan?
Observing governments thrashing about in the crisis, the phrase that comes to mind is not "public trust" as much as "every nation for itself."
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal described Europe's recent behavior thus:
"EU countries unilaterally shut borders and hoarded vital medical gear, leaving people stranded far from home, grocery stores struggling to stock shelves and hospitals desperate to save critically ill patients. "When Italy and Spain, reeling from some of the world's most deadly outbreaks, urged their richer and healthier Northern neighbors to help, Dutch politicians brushed off the appeals as new signs of southerners' mismanagement."
Last week, the EU's Court of Justice ruled that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic broke EU law by refusing to relocate refugees during the migrant crisis in 2015. The three nations offered no apologies.
Last month, Greece used force to stop Syrian refugees from entering its territory. According to Human Rights Watch, Greek troops and armed men at the Greece-Turkey land border sexually assaulted, robbed and stripped asylum seekers and migrants, driving them back into Turkey. The EU has stayed largely silent.
When Donald Trump's issued his Jan. 31 travel ban on those who had recently been in China, candidate Joe Biden denounced Trump for "hysterical xenophobia and fearmongering."
Biden now thinks Trump did the right thing.
Even lifetime liberals can put ideology on the shelf when the voice of the people is loud and clear enough.
We must "struggle to heal the wounds to the world economy," said Kissinger.
Yet, the crisis has revealed that a prominent feature of this global economy is that China controls the production of medicines essential to keeping Americans alive. Do we want to continue that dependency?
Says Kissinger: "The world's democracies need to defend and sustain their Enlightenment values... (and) safeguard the principles of the liberal world order."
But did not March 2020 prove the superior wisdom of Alexander Hamilton: "Every nation ought to endeavour to possess within itself all the essentials of national supply."
Today, borders are everywhere being strengthened as nations compete ferociously for N95 masks and ventilators. Authoritarian rulers are seizing broader powers. The claims of family, faith, tribe, nation and country seem ascendant over all.
"The founding legend of modern government," writes Kissinger, "is a walled city ... strong enough to protect the people from an external enemy. ... This pandemic has produced ... a revival of the walled city in an age where prosperity depends on global trade and movement of people."
Kissinger calls the concept of the walled city an "anachronism," a "legend."
But is the idea of the nation-state, whose principal duty is the defense of the health, safety and security of the unique people who created it, the "legend"?
Or is the real legend, the myth, the idea of some New World Order of countries traveling and trading happily with one another in a federation of the world?
In this coronavirus crisis, we can see clearly now, no longer as through a glass darkly.
As in most wars, it is to the men of action not the men of words to whom the people turn—to governors, not legislators or members of Congress, who are taking action, as states outbid one another for critical medical equipment.
As for Donald Trump, suddenly, the elites are berating him for being insufficiently dictatorial.
Trump, they rail, did not move swiftly enough to invoke the Defense Production Act. He failed to use its authority to dictate to U.S. companies what they must produce. He did not shut down the country quickly enough. He failed to issue orders soon enough to governors who delayed shutting down their states.
People are dying, it is now said, because Trump did not immediately become the autocrat that progressives were denouncing him for being during the impeachment hearings two months ago.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-04-05--Again, Arrest Gavin Newsom For Violating The Law Against Harboring Illegals

Gavin Newsom , the once moderate Democrat Mayor of San Francisco , and great white hope of a once glorious city that has since under Chinese and Black rule descended into a literal sh*thole of homelessness , drugs , and open defecation , has hooked his star to illegal aliens .
And with the China Flu economic collapse in California , which Governor Newsom is directly responsible with his illegal and unconstitutional stay-at-home order .
As part of the recovery program for the impending self-made economic crisis , Newsom , best known for an affair with the wife of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alien businesses will be given direct aid and loans from the State of California through an official State agency , the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank , commonly known at the IBank , because everything in California has to be associated with some internet or electronic infrastructure , if only with an “ i ” or “ e ” designation .
But the real purpose is to aid illegal aliens to enter or remain in the United States in violation of the law ; to whit a violation of Title 8 United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In and Harboring Certain Aliens .
California Democratic Gov .
Gavin Newsom confirmed that his administration is providing economic relief to businesses in his state that do not otherwise qualify for federal aid , including those owned by illegal aliens .
“ [ W ] e always consider those that are documented , those that are undocumented , those that are living in mixed-status families , ” Newsom said Friday during a press conference .
His remarks were in response to a Telemundo reporter ’ s question about what he was doing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I announced the work we are doing to help support small businesses .
I very specifically mentioned in my remarks yesterday that there are many businesses , tens of thousands of businesses that do not and can not get the support of the [ Small Business Administration ] , ” the governor continued .
[ California Providing Millions Of Dollars For Illegal Alien Business Owners Not Covered By Coronavirus Stimulus , by Jason Hopkins , The Daily Caller , April 4 , 2020 ] Title 8 USC 1324 specifically prohibits schemes such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ undocumented , ” which in English means an illegal alien , to enter or remain in the United States .
Giving financial assistance to a business owned by an illegal alien is precisely what is prohibited .
( iv ) encourages or induces an alien to come to , enter , or reside in the United States , knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to , entry , or residence is or will be in violation of law ; or ( v ) ( I ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the preceding acts , or ( II ) aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts , [ Title 8 United States Code Section 1324 , Bringing In and Harboring Certain Aliens , unattributed , Legal Information Institute , Cornell University , undated ] With this loan program , Governor Newsom and the Executive Director of the IBank , Scott Wu , and the Board of Directors of the IBank , are directly responsible for any illegal alien applying for a loan for that alien ’ s illegal presence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also guilty of a second charge of engaging in a conspiracy to aid illegal aliens to remain in the United States .
Governor Newsom , Wu , and the Board should immediately be arrested and charged under Title 8 .
The question is will ICE SVU conduct an investigation and make arrests ?
The head of ICE SVU is Tatum King , well known to readers as a Customs puke who is a lackey of the Slave Power in the United States .
He will act to protect National Football League and National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrest illegal aliens or enforce immigration law .
He is really interested in getting green cards for illegal alien prostitutes and alien smuggling co-conspirators .
King considers illegal aliens to be victims , not criminals .
You can contact King here : Ken The Knife Cuccinelli should step in and order Customs puke King to do his job , arrest Newsom , Wu , and the others at IBank for aiding illegal aliens .

Gavin Newsom, the once moderate Democrat Mayor of San Francisco, and great white hope of a once glorious city that has since under Chinese and Black rule descended into a literal sh*thole of homelessness, drugs, and open defecation, has hooked his star to illegal aliens. And with the China Flu economic collapse in California, which Governor Newsom is directly responsible with his illegal and unconstitutional stay-at-home order.
As part of the recovery program for the impending self-made economic crisis, Newsom, best known for an affair with the wife of his campaign director, has announced that illegal alien businesses will be given direct aid and loans from the State of California through an official State agency, the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, commonly known at the IBank, because everything in California has to be associated with some internet or electronic infrastructure, if only with an “i” or “e” designation. But the real purpose is to aid illegal aliens to enter or remain in the United States in violation of the law; to whit a violation of Title 8 United States Code, Section 1324, Bringing In and Harboring Certain Aliens.
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed that his administration is providing economic relief to businesses in his state that do not otherwise qualify for federal aid, including those owned by illegal aliens. “[W]e always consider those that are documented, those that are undocumented, those that are living in mixed-status families,” Newsom said Friday during a press conference. His remarks were in response to a Telemundo reporter’s question about what he was doing to support undocumented workers. “Just yesterday, I announced the work we are doing to help support small businesses. I very specifically mentioned in my remarks yesterday that there are many businesses, tens of thousands of businesses that do not and cannot get the support of the [Small Business Administration],” the governor continued. [California Providing Millions Of Dollars For Illegal Alien Business Owners Not Covered By Coronavirus Stimulus, by Jason Hopkins, The Daily Caller, April 4, 2020]
Title 8 USC 1324 specifically prohibits schemes such as this to assist what Newsom calls the “undocumented,” which in English means an illegal alien, to enter or remain in the United States. Giving financial assistance to a business owned by an illegal alien is precisely what is prohibited.
From the statute:
(iv) encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or
(v) (I)engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or
(II)aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts, [Title 8 United States Code Section 1324, Bringing In and Harboring Certain Aliens, unattributed, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University, undated]
With this loan program, Governor Newsom and the Executive Director of the IBank, Scott Wu, and the Board of Directors of the IBank, are directly responsible for any illegal alien applying for a loan for that alien’s illegal presence in the United States. They are also guilty of a second charge of engaging in a conspiracy to aid illegal aliens to remain in the United States.
Governor Newsom, Wu, and the Board should immediately be arrested and charged under Title 8. The question is will ICE SVU conduct an investigation and make arrests?
The head of ICE SVU is Tatum King, well known to readers as a Customs puke who is a lackey of the Slave Power in the United States. He will act to protect National Football League and National Basketball Association trademarks, but will not arrest illegal aliens or enforce immigration law. He is really interested in getting green cards for illegal alien prostitutes and alien smuggling co-conspirators. King considers illegal aliens to be victims, not criminals.
You can contact King here:
630 Sansome Street, Suite 890
San Francisco, CA, 94111
Phone: (415) 844-5455
Fax: (415) 844-5451
Ken The Knife Cuccinelli should step in and order Customs puke King to do his job, arrest Newsom, Wu, and the others at IBank for aiding illegal aliens.


vdare--2020-04-06--White Flight Was the Original Social Distancing: Citing Redlining/"Environmental Racism,"  AOC Decla

White Flight Was the Original Social Distancing: Citing Redlining/"Environmental Racism,"  AOC Declares "Black and Brown" Communities Deserve Coronavirus Reparations

No matter how many white Americans contract the coronavirus and pass away , their lives and death won ’ t matter to the new America emerging .
All that matters is the declining white majority paying reparations to black and brown people who are dying of the coronavirus at disproportionate rates .
Well , this is what Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims at least , claiming the reason so many black and brown people are dying is because of “ redlining , environmental racism , wealth gap ” as underlying health conditions .
Obviously , in her eyes , white racism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ merely augmenting the pandemic in black and brown communities .
After all , white flight was the original social distancing .
AOC wants coronavirus ‘ reparations ’ for minority communities , New York Post , April 3 , 2020 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for coronavirus reparations for minorities , claiming higher numbers of COVID-19 fatalities in low-income communities stems from underlying inequality .
“ COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities , ” Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) tweeted to her 6 million followers on Friday morning .
“ Why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , environmental racism , wealth gap , etc .
ARE underlying health conditions , ” the Bronx-born lawmaker added .
“ Inequality is a comorbidity .
COVID relief should be drafted with a lens of reparations , ” she wrote .
With her district ravaged by the coronavirus , AOC came under fire Friday for participating in a “ virtual forum ” with constituents — from the comforts of her plush abode in DC .
Congress expanded unemployment benefits in its $ 2 trillion coronavirus aid package but there was no discussion of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of American Medical Colleges last month warned the outbreak could be particularly brutal for marginalized communities who can ’ t afford to miss work and have no way to avoid crowded conditions .
A New York City Department of Health map released Wednesday shows the virus is hitting lower-income neighborhoods harder , with more cases in places such as Brownsville , South Bronx , Flatbush , Jackson Heights and Elmhurst .
The 30-year-old self-described Democratic socialist has been critical of the government ’ s response to the coronavirus pandemic , lashing out at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspending rent payments like he did for mortgage holders .
“ We ’ re kind of creating a class and race issue , ” AOC told WNYC ’ s “ The Brian Lehrer Show ” on Wednesday .
“ We ’ re essentially rewarding and offering preferential treatment to landowners and folks who are more wealthy , and we ’ re not offering that same kind of relief to renters.
” The Coronavirus could kill tens of thousands of white people across America , but leaders of the New America , like Ms. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to blame white racism for any and all deaths in the black and brown community .
Is she admitting living around white people and in majority white communities is healthier for individual black and brown people than black and brown people living in communities devoid of whites ?
We should mourn all lives impacted and ended by the coronavirus/China Virus , but there ’ s all a way for the emerging America—dominated by People of Color elected officials—to remind the declining white majority that life won ’ t be enjoyable once they become @ @ @

No matter how many white Americans contract the coronavirus and pass away, their lives and death won’t matter to the new America emerging.
All that matters is the declining white majority paying reparations to black and brown people who are dying of the coronavirus at disproportionate rates.
Well, this is what Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims at least, claiming the reason so many black and brown people are dying is because of “redlining, environmental racism, wealth gap” as underlying health conditions. Obviously, in her eyes, white racism is still worse than the Coronavirus and merely augmenting the pandemic in black and brown communities.
After all, white flight was the original social distancing.
The Coronavirus could kill tens of thousands of white people across America, but leaders of the New America, like Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, will always find a way to blame white racism for any and all deaths in the black and brown community.
Redlining?
Is she admitting living around white people and in majority white communities is healthier for individual black and brown people than black and brown people living in communities devoid of whites?
Never mind.
We should mourn all lives impacted and ended by the coronavirus/China Virus, but there’s all a way for the emerging America—dominated by People of Color elected officials—to remind the declining white majority that life won’t be enjoyable once they become a minority.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-04-06--Is Coronavirus Turning A Corner?

Is Coronavirus Turning A Corner?

Stock futures are up on optimism that the pandemic ’ s spread is slowing .
New cases in Italy have @ @ @ @ @ 21 to 4,316 on April 5 .
New York appears to be decelerating .
Northern @ @ @ @ @ spot , although less so Los Angeles .
Hospital capacity appears resilient as demand for @ @ @ @ @ greatly diminished .
We may learn a lot about what kind of health care is @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t .

Stock futures are up on optimism that the pandemic’s spread is slowing.
New cases in Italy have fallen from 6,557 on March 21 to 4,316 on April 5.
New York appears to be decelerating.
Northern California has been a bright spot, although less so Los Angeles.
Hospital capacity appears resilient as demand for other kinds of care has greatly diminished. We may learn a lot about what kind of health care is really necessary and what kind isn’t.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-04-05--A Reader Points Out That NY's Coronavirus Epicenter Includes A Recently Planted Chinatown

I 'm a bit surprised that Derb , a guy who always seems to have his thumb on the pulse @ @ @ @ @ , failed to mention the obvious about Elmhurst and Queens more generally .
Both have @ @ @ @ @ planted Chinese community .
From Wikipedia ’ s entry on Elmhurst : That last line @ @ @ @ @ , no ?
John Derbyshire writes : I did n't know that .
My wife @ @ @ @ @ Elmhurst for 6 months , 1991-92 .
It was n't very Chinese then—there were Chinese @ @ @ @ @ ) but a lot more South Americans .
Flushing & Jackson Heights were way more @ @

Re: John Derbyshire, 30 Miles From Coronavirus Epicenter, Is Skeptically Social Distancing
From: Anonymous Reader #187 [Email him]
I'm a bit surprised that Derb, a guy who always seems to have his thumb on the pulse of things Chinese and Chinese-American, failed to mention the obvious about Elmhurst and Queens more generally. Both have a huge and fairly recently planted Chinese community. From Wikipedia’s entry on Elmhurst:
That last line is a bit of irony, no?
John Derbyshire writes: I didn't know that. My wife and I actually lived in Elmhurst for 6 months, 1991-92. It wasn't very Chinese then—there were Chinese people (including our landlord) but a lot more South Americans. Flushing & Jackson Heights were way more Chinese.


vdare--2020-04-05--John Derbyshire: Will Coronavirus Be A Reality Check On Democracy Itself?

[ Adapted from the latest Radio Derb , now available exclusively on VDARE.com ] It 's an ill wind that blows nobody any good , and the coronavirus panic has some winners .
The stock of Zoom video-conferencing software has been soaring , notwithstanding some bad publicity about its security features , or lack of them .
Less well publicized has been the bonanza for lawyers , with laid-off workers suing employers , businesses suing insurers , jailbirds and illegal aliens in detention suing to be released , travel firms , cruise lines , and airlines being sued by disgruntled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawyers ever come badly out of anything ?
Longer-term , out here on the Dissident Right , there 's been a vein of commentary to the effect that this is all going to work out well for the causes we care about .
A key text here is Greg Johnson 's March 18th post at Counter-Currents , title `` How Coronavirus Will Change the World . ''
It does n't summarize easily , but I 'll read off Greg 's main headings .
Each one identifies a fact that , according to Greg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the current crisis and its aftermath .
By `` Conservatism '' in that last one Greg means what we at VDARE.com call `` Conservatism , Inc. '' That 's all good upbeat stuff , but I have my pessimistic doubts .
Greg 's assuming that under pressure of a political and economic crisis , people in the generality will come to see reality more clearly—the reality , for example , that strictly regulated national borders and ports of entry are essential to the common good .
I dunno , Greg .
That particular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me , and to a great many of us over here , for a long time , but the obviousness of it has n't worked its way through to political action .
Even under pressure of the current crisis , it has n't .
Our government is still cheerfully bringing in tens of thousands of guest workers from abroad , even as the numbers of unemployed Americans rises through the stratosphere .
At his presser this Wednesday , President Trump told us that without foreign guest workers coming in to do agricultural work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` we 're not going to have farms . ''
Reporting on this , John Binder at Breitbart noted that , quote : The President 's remark illustrates an important counter to Greg Johnson 's optimism .
We should not underestimate the determination on the part of our ruling class—even members of it , like Trump , with a reputation as mavericks—to keep the cheap-labor rackets going and to cling to their cherished catch-phrases— '' jobs American wo n't do , '' `` crops rotting in the fields , '' `` nation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of any amount of reality .
Whether the American public , suffering Depression-era levels of unemployment , will let the ruling class and their tech-billionaire enablers keep their rackets going , is another question .
It 's perfectly possible that we shall , though .
I 've always thought T.S .
Eliot greatly overrated as a poet , but he wrote a very wise and true thing when he wrote that `` Humankind can not bear very much reality . ''
That all said , I would like to add just one extended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It 's true , and it 's relevant to my next segment .
Edited quote , from under the heading `` Democracy is bad '' : China , by contrast , is not democratic at all , and despotism has its advantages ( for the despots ) in the age of Big Data .
On a global scale , one thing likely to change in a big way is our relationship with China .
In a big way , but not likely a good way .
I bring some prejudice to this topic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Communist Party since I first got a close look at them nearly fifty years ago .
They run a brutal , corrupt Leninist despotism .
Remember , to take a random recent example , their treatment of scholarly , peaceable dissident Liu Xiaobo , who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 .
Liu could n't go to Oslo to accept the prize because he was serving an eleven-year jail sentence .
He got that sentence for publishing a document calling for political reform and a more open society .
So ChiCom power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old U.S.S.R. did , right ?
And the people of mainland China will enjoy open , consensual , constitutional government at last , as the people of Taiwan currently do .
Right ?
In my dreams .
There are some structural instabilities in the system , to do with corruption , environmental degradation , demographics , and the inevitable slowing of economic growth now that the low-hanging fruit has all been picked .
As best I can judge , however , the ChiComs are good for another decade at least .
They might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2049 , although personally I 'd bet a modest amount of money against that .
Tucker Carlson occasionally has Gordon Chang on his show as a guest , introducing him as the author of a book titled The Coming Collapse of China .
That always gets a smile out of me .
I reviewed that book when it came out … back in August of 2001 .
As horrible as it is for people who can think independently , though , oriental despotism has some advantages over free , open societies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it may have some new advantages it never had before .
In the Asia Times , David Goldman is claiming that the Chinese are beating the virus with their all-encompassing electronic surveillance : Covid-19 : Focus on what China did right , not wrong | Beijing stopped the epidemic by combining conventional measures with the application of digital technology , by David P. Goldman , April 3 , 2020 The level of population surveillance the ChiComs are aiming for might very well prevent future pandemics .
Personally , as a lover of liberty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the viruses .
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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, and the coronavirus panic has some winners. The stock of Zoom video-conferencing software has been soaring, notwithstanding some bad publicity about its security features, or lack of them.
Less well publicized has been the bonanza for lawyers, with laid-off workers suing employers, businesses suing insurers, jailbirds and illegal aliens in detention suing to be released, travel firms, cruise lines, and airlines being sued by disgruntled vacationers, and so on. Do lawyers ever come badly out of anything?
Longer-term, out here on the Dissident Right, there's been a vein of commentary to the effect that this is all going to work out well for the causes we care about. A key text here is Greg Johnson's March 18th post at Counter-Currents, title "How Coronavirus Will Change the World." It doesn't summarize easily, but I'll read off Greg's main headings. Each one identifies a fact that, according to Greg, will be made more obvious by the current crisis and its aftermath.
Globalism is bad. Democracy is bad. If that made you jump, I'm going to give Greg the benefit of the doubt and assume he's in the Winston Churchill camp here: Democracy's bad, but not as bad as the alternatives. More on this in just a minute. Global "free trade" is bad. Liberalism is bad. Diversity, multiculturalism, open borders, & anti-racism are bad. Conservatism is bad.[Links added]
By "Conservatism" in that last one Greg means what we at VDARE.com call "Conservatism, Inc."
That's all good upbeat stuff, but I have my pessimistic doubts. Greg's assuming that under pressure of a political and economic crisis, people in the generality will come to see reality more clearly—the reality, for example, that strictly regulated national borders and ports of entry are essential to the common good.
I dunno, Greg. That particular aspect of reality has been obvious to me, and to a great many of us over here, for a long time, but the obviousness of it hasn't worked its way through to political action.
Even under pressure of the current crisis, it hasn't. Our government is still cheerfully bringing in tens of thousands of guest workers from abroad, even as the numbers of unemployed Americans rises through the stratosphere.
At his presser this Wednesday, President Trump told us that without foreign guest workers coming in to do agricultural work, actual quote from the President, "we're not going to have farms." Reporting on this, John Binder at Breitbart noted that, quote:
H-2A foreign visa workers make up only about ten percent of the total U.S. crop farm workforce.
The President's remark illustrates an important counter to Greg Johnson's optimism. We should not underestimate the determination on the part of our ruling class—even members of it, like Trump, with a reputation as mavericks—to keep the cheap-labor rackets going and to cling to their cherished catch-phrases—"jobs American won't do," "crops rotting in the fields," "nation of immigrants," and the rest—in defiance of any amount of reality.
Whether the American public, suffering Depression-era levels of unemployment, will let the ruling class and their tech-billionaire enablers keep their rackets going, is another question. It's perfectly possible that we shall, though. I've always thought T.S. Eliot greatly overrated as a poet, but he wrote a very wise and true thing when he wrote that "Humankind cannot bear very much reality."
That all said, I would like to add just one extended quote from Greg Johnson's piece. It's true, and it's relevant to my next segment. Edited quote, from under the heading "Democracy is bad":
Democracy encourages politicians to think only as far ahead as the next election. Since disasters happen only occasionally, every politician knows that they are unlikely to happen on his watch …
It is fashionable now to deride the "deep state" for being democratically unaccountable bureaucrats. But in a democracy, only a democratically unaccountable permanent bureaucracy can engage in long-range planning to secure the future against preventable evils.
China, by contrast, is not democratic at all, and despotism has its advantages (for the despots) in the age of Big Data.
On a global scale, one thing likely to change in a big way is our relationship with China.
In a big way, but not likely a good way. I bring some prejudice to this topic. I've been hating the Chinese Communist Party since I first got a close look at them nearly fifty years ago. They run a brutal, corrupt Leninist despotism.
Remember, to take a random recent example, their treatment of scholarly, peaceable dissident Liu Xiaobo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. Liu couldn't go to Oslo to accept the prize because he was serving an eleven-year jail sentence. He got that sentence for publishing a document calling for political reform and a more open society.
So ChiCom power will collapse at last, like the old U.S.S.R. did, right? And the people of mainland China will enjoy open, consensual, constitutional government at last, as the people of Taiwan currently do. Right?
In my dreams. There are some structural instabilities in the system, to do with corruption, environmental degradation, demographics, and the inevitable slowing of economic growth now that the low-hanging fruit has all been picked. As best I can judge, however, the ChiComs are good for another decade at least. They might even make it to the ChiCom centenary in 2049, although personally I'd bet a modest amount of money against that.
Tucker Carlson occasionally has Gordon Chang on his show as a guest, introducing him as the author of a book titled The Coming Collapse of China.
That always gets a smile out of me. I reviewed that book when it came out … back in August of 2001.
As horrible as it is for people who can think independently, though, oriental despotism has some advantages over free, open societies. In the age of Big Data, it may have some new advantages it never had before.
In the Asia Times, David Goldman is claiming that the Chinese are beating the virus with their all-encompassing electronic surveillance: Covid-19: Focus on what China did right, not wrong | Beijing stopped the epidemic by combining conventional measures with the application of digital technology, by David P. Goldman, April 3, 2020
The level of population surveillance the ChiComs are aiming for might very well prevent future pandemics. Personally, as a lover of liberty, I'd rather take my chances with the viruses.
John Derbyshire [ email him] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets. (This no longer includes National Review, whose editors had some kind of tantrum and fired him.) He is the author of We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism and several other books. He has had two books published by VDARE.com com: FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT (also available in Kindle) and FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT II: ESSAYS 2013.
For years he’s been podcasting at Radio Derb, now available at VDARE.com for no charge. His writings are archived at JohnDerbyshire.com.
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vdare--2020-04-05--Opera Alert: Met Streaming Bellini's NORMA For Free Now

As Steve has noted , New York 's Metropolitan Opera is doing its patriotic part to keep us entertained in @ @ @ @ @ of some recent productions .
The one currently showing , from 7:30pm tonight ( Sunday @ @ @ @ @ Monday ) is the 2017 production of Bellini 's Norma , with Sondra Radvanovsky , @ @ @ @ @ , and Matthew Rose .
Click here to open it .
I thought I 'd @ @ @ @ @ the very opera featured in the postscript to that definitive China-Tibet-Wall Street-Italian Opera novel Fire @ @ @ @ @ aria `` Casta Diva '' is at 34m30s on the live-stream ; `` Qual cor @ @ @ @ @ .

As Steve has noted, New York's Metropolitan Opera is doing its patriotic part to keep us entertained in lockdown by showing free live-streams of some recent productions.
Go to Nightly Met Opera Streams
The one currently showing, from 7:30pm tonight (Sunday) to 6:30pm tomorrow (Monday) is the 2017 production of Bellini's Norma, with Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato, Joseph Calleja, and Matthew Rose.
Click here to open it.
I thought I'd mention this because that is the very opera featured in the postscript to that definitive China-Tibet-Wall Street-Italian Opera novel Fire from the Sun.
The aria "Casta Diva" is at 34m30s on the live-stream; "Qual cor tradisti" is at 2h33m35s.


vdare--2020-04-05--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2007: The High Price Of Strawberries—Unskilled Labor Costs Taxpayer $

This Day In VDARE.com History, 2007: The High Price Of Strawberries—Unskilled Labor Costs Taxpayer $3 For Every $1 Of Wages

Originally published here on this day in 2007 .
When people talk about the benefit of illegals to the economy , they 're talking about the benefit to employers like the Western Growers Association , or an immigration enthusiast named Helen Krieble , who owns a horse farm , and does n't want to pay American wages to her stableboys .
But Americans who are n't employers of cheap labor are worse off .
One group that 's worse off is taxpayers .
We 've been saying this for years , ( see , for example , How Much Is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Linda Thom ) and now the Heritage Foundation is agreeing with us .
Low-skilled aliens exact a burden Immigration reforms that increase the number of low-skilled workers entering the United States threaten to impose a high cost on taxpayers , says a study being released today .
The Heritage Foundation report calculates that for every $ 1 unskilled workers pay in taxes they receive about $ 3 in government benefits , including Medicaid , food stamps , public housing and other welfare programs .
It should serve as a warning to President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aliens a so-called path to citizenship or what critics call amnesty , said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas , ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee , which handles immigration bills .
You can ( a ) read the whole thing , including quotes from Brian Bilbray , and ( b ) check out the underlying study , which is neither named nor linked to in the Washington Times story .
I have no idea why journalists do that—write a carefully reported story about a study , call two US Congressmen for quotes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the study , but you 'll never see that on VDARE.com .

Originally published here on this day in 2007.
When people talk about the benefit of illegals to the economy, they're talking about the benefit to employers like the Western Growers Association, or an immigration enthusiast named Helen Krieble, who owns a horse farm, and doesn't want to pay American wages to her stableboys. But Americans who aren't employers of cheap labor are worse off.
One group that's worse off is taxpayers. We've been saying this for years,(see, for example, How Much Is That Strawberry In The Window?, by Linda Thom) and now the Heritage Foundation is agreeing with us.
Low-skilled aliens exact a burden By S.A. Miller THE WASHINGTON TIMES April 5, 2007 Immigration reforms that increase the number of low-skilled workers entering the United States threaten to impose a high cost on taxpayers, says a study being released today. The Heritage Foundation report calculates that for every $1 unskilled workers pay in taxes they receive about $3 in government benefits, including Medicaid, food stamps, public housing and other welfare programs. It should serve as a warning to President Bush and lawmakers proposing to give illegal aliens a so-called path to citizenship or what critics call amnesty, said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, which handles immigration bills.
You can (a) read the whole thing, including quotes from Brian Bilbray, and (b) check out the underlying study, which is neither named nor linked to in the Washington Times story.
The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Households to the U.S. Taxpayer April 4, 2007 by Robert E. Rector, Christine Kim and Shanea Watkins, Ph.D. Special Report #12
I have no idea why journalists do that—write a carefully reported story about a study, call two US Congressmen for quotes, and then not mention the name of the study, but you'll never see that on VDARE.com.


vdare--2020-04-05--A West Texas Reader Says Coronavirus Crisis Shows Gov't CAN Enforce The Border In An Emergency

Then there 's this , from Michelle Hackman on the CBP expanding its definition of family unit to include extended @ @ @ @ @ people faster .
See earlier letters from the same reader .
James Fulford writes : @ @ @ @ @ although it means that previously , the Border Patrol was granting `` unaccompanied minor '' @ @ @ @ @ , in fact , `` accompanied '' .
The figures also show that Trump 's @ @ @ @ @ is no longer letting Central Americans waltz through Mexico on their way to America .

Our friends at CIS report favorable numbers and quick turnaround times at our Southwestern border. Apparently it is possible for the American government to stop people from crossing...given the will.
Under a recently announced agreement with the Mexican government, migrants from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras who are apprehended along the Southwest border are being returned to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes.
to Mexico Those migrants are not being given medical exams while in U.S. custody in an effort to limit their exposure to Border Patrol agents in particular and the United States generally.
Aliens with serious criminal records or arrest warrants, a s well as those who cannot be summarily returned to Mexico, are still being booked into DHS custody.
s well as those who cannot be summarily returned to Mexico, are still being booked into DHS custody. The demographic makeup of migrants seeking illegal entry into the United States has changed significantly in less than a year. In FY 2019, 71 percent of all migrants who were apprehended by Border Patrol along the Southwest border were from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Today, 60 percent are from Mexico.
The number of migrants seeking illegal entry has also dropped precipitously, to fewer than 600 per day, down from an average of more than 4,285 per day in May 2019.[Emphaseses added.] 96-Minute Turnaround for Migrants at Southwest Border By Andrew R. Arthur on April 1, 2020 Apprehensions down to fewer than 600 per day
Then there's this, from Michelle Hackman on the CBP expanding its definition of family unit to include extended family therefore turning back more people faster.
CBP has effectively expanded the definition of a family unit to include grandparents and adult siblings, so when unaccompanied kids cross the border with these family members (and possibly others) they are deported together rather than turned over to HHS https://t.co/1sjMN7n3aF — Michelle Hackman (@MHackman) March 31, 2020
Some good news for immigration patriots!
See earlier letters from the same reader.
James Fulford writes: It is good news, although it means that previously, the Border Patrol was granting "unaccompanied minor" status to minors who were, in fact, "accompanied". The figures also show that Trump's agreement with AMLO is working—Mexico is no longer letting Central Americans waltz through Mexico on their way to America.


vdare--2020-04-05--Shakin’ All Over (Thanks For Nothing, China!) : VDARE.com's First WuFlu Victim Speaks

I have WuFlu .
I don ’ t know how it got to me , as I ’ m in a largely rural area with fewer opportunities for community spread than most places .
Perhaps I got it at my place of work , in a large American city where it is spreading , but where I have not physically been for almost a fortnight .
Thank you , ChiComs , for this Radiant Gift from the Middle Kingdom !
May the Mandate of Heaven be pulled from China ’ s rulers post-haste !
And may Xi Jinping be afflicted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was skeptical about all the hype .
No longer .
WuFlu is Most Unpleasant , and doesn ’ t give up easily .
It has brought out surprising things in people I think of as enemies , and some as friends .
President Trump and VP Pence are doing well under the circumstances .
I ’ m impressed by Dr. Birx ; less so by Dr. Fauci .
And among Democratic governors , Cuomo and Newsom have been unusually grown-up .
The less said about their Congressional comrades , the better , however @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hat to someone I never thought I would : CNN ’ s Chris Cuomo , whom the ChiComs have also gifted with WuFlu .
Base ingratitude with respect to someone so usually solicitous of the CCP ’ s propaganda .
Cuomo has been recording and posting updates about WuFlu .
Now that Cuomo and I have something in common , I can testify that Cuomo ’ s accounts ring true .
Chris Cuomo is performing a real service , and it ’ s not Fake News : I thought I should add a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reminds me – suitably re-worded , of course – of one of my favourite English rockers : Shakin ’ All Over , as originally recorded by Johnny Kidd & The Pirates ca .
1960 , and covered by The Who in 1970 on Live At Leeds and at the Isle of Wight : But , great number that it is , it needs a little editing for WuFlu ( apologies to Johnny Kidd ’ s estate , but he ’ s been gone since 1966 ) : When you slide in right up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get the aches all over me Twitches down my back bone I 've got the aches down the kneebone Yeah , got the stabbin ’ in the thighbone Achin ' all over The way you won ’ t say goodnight to me Brings that twistin ’ on inside of me Twitches down my back bone I 've got the shivers down the thighbone Yeah , the aches in my back bone Achin ' all over Twitches down my back bone Yeah , I have the stabbin ’ in the kneebone I 've got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' all over Well , you make me ache and I hate it , baby Well , you make me ache and I hate it , baby Well , you make me ache and I hate it , baby Thanks for Nothing , China !

hemcculloch@yahoo.com (Henry Eustace McCulloch)

I have WuFlu. I don’t know how it got to me, as I’m in a largely rural area with fewer opportunities for community spread than most places. Perhaps I got it at my place of work, in a large American city where it is spreading, but where I have not physically been for almost a fortnight.
Thank you, ChiComs, for this Radiant Gift from the Middle Kingdom!
May the Mandate of Heaven be pulled from China’s rulers post-haste!
And may Xi Jinping be afflicted with a pestilence of bat-boils!
I was skeptical about all the hype. No longer. WuFlu is Most Unpleasant, and doesn’t give up easily.
It has brought out surprising things in people I think of as enemies, and some as friends. President Trump and VP Pence are doing well under the circumstances. I’m impressed by Dr. Birx; less so by Dr. Fauci.
And among Democratic governors, Cuomo and Newsom have been unusually grown-up. The less said about their Congressional comrades, the better, however.
But I have to tip my hat to someone I never thought I would: CNN’s Chris Cuomo, whom the ChiComs have also gifted with WuFlu. Base ingratitude with respect to someone so usually solicitous of the CCP’s propaganda. Cuomo has been recording and posting updates about WuFlu. Now that Cuomo and I have something in common, I can testify that Cuomo’s accounts ring true. Chris Cuomo is performing a real service, and it’s not Fake News:
Shivering, hallucinating, beaten "like a piñata": Chris Cuomo’s "haunted" night with coronavirus https://t.co/pkHihQeuIo — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 2, 2020
I thought I should add a bit to the account. My experience reminds me – suitably re-worded, of course – of one of my favourite English rockers: Shakin’ All Over, as originally recorded by Johnny Kidd & The Pirates ca. 1960, and covered by The Who in 1970 on Live At Leeds and at the Isle of Wight:
But, great number that it is, it needs a little editing for WuFlu (apologies to Johnny Kidd’s estate, but he’s been gone since 1966):
When you slide in right up close to me
That's when I get the aches all over me
Twitches down my back bone
I've got the aches down the kneebone
Yeah, got the stabbin’ in the thighbone
Achin' all over
The way you won’t say goodnight to me
Brings that twistin’ on inside of me
Twitches down my back bone
I've got the shivers down the thighbone
Yeah, the aches in my back bone
Achin' all over
Twitches down my back bone
Yeah, I have the stabbin’ in the kneebone
I've got the aches in the back bone
Achin' all over Well, you make me ache and I hate it, baby
Well, you make me ache and I hate it, baby
Well, you make me ache and I hate it, baby
Thanks for Nothing, China!


vdare--2020-04-05--#ICESVU Saboteurs Releasing Illegal Aliens In Louisiana

ICE SVU is at it again .
They stop at no opportunity to aid illegal aliens to remain in the United States .
This time ICE SVU has quietly begun to release illegal aliens from detention centers because of the Chinese Virus .
As usual , ICE ERO is doing this on the down low , again lying to or deceiving their supervisors , Stephen Miller and Ken The Knife Cuccinelli .
This shows that ICE SVU is more responsive to propaganda campaigns in the press to benefit illegal aliens than to its mission and the President .
Immigration lawyers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to release detained migrants in Louisiana amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic .
Several lawyers say they have been notified that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would start releasing their clients , some of whom had been previously denied parole .
Nathalia Dickson , a lawyer in Baton Rouge , Louisiana , says she knows of 16 people who are being released from one jail .
ICE spokesman Bryan Cox says the threat of the coronavirus is one factor in an ongoing custody review process , but denied there had been a “ policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Louisiana Are Being Released , Lawyers Say , PBS , April 3 , 2020 ] The head of ICE SVU in charge of detention facilities in Louisiana is William Joyce , Acting Field Office Director .
Is Joyce panicking or is he in on a campaign of sabotage of immigration enforcement .
There is no need to release illegal aliens because of the China Flu .
Each and every illegal alien can immediately be released from custody by agreeing to forego their legal proceedings and return to their homeland .
It is as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Wuhan Virus .
Joyce can be contacted here ( sorry , no photograph ) : But they don ’ t .
The Kung Flu is nothing more than an excuse to release illegal alien into the population , and for them to delay or hide from deportation .
That is the game that is afoot .
And it appears to be successful .

ICE SVU is at it again. They stop at no opportunity to aid illegal aliens to remain in the United States. This time ICE SVU has quietly begun to release illegal aliens from detention centers because of the Chinese Virus. As usual, ICE ERO is doing this on the down low, again lying to or deceiving their supervisors, Stephen Miller and Ken The Knife Cuccinelli. This shows that ICE SVU is more responsive to propaganda campaigns in the press to benefit illegal aliens than to its mission and the President.
Immigration lawyers say the U.S. government has unexpectedly started to release detained migrants in Louisiana amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Several lawyers say they have been notified that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would start releasing their clients, some of whom had been previously denied parole. Nathalia Dickson, a lawyer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, says she knows of 16 people who are being released from one jail. ICE spokesman Bryan Cox says the threat of the coronavirus is one factor in an ongoing custody review process, but denied there had been a “policy change.” [Some Migrants Detained In Louisiana Are Being Released, Lawyers Say, PBS, April 3, 2020]
The head of ICE SVU in charge of detention facilities in Louisiana is William Joyce, Acting Field Office Director. Is Joyce panicking or is he in on a campaign of sabotage of immigration enforcement. There is no need to release illegal aliens because of the China Flu. Each and every illegal alien can immediately be released from custody by agreeing to forego their legal proceedings and return to their homeland. It is as simple as that if they truly fear the Wuhan Virus.
Joyce can be contacted here (sorry, no photograph):
1250 Poydras Suite 325
New Orleans, LA, 70113
Phone: (504) 599-7800
Email: NewOrleans.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov
But they don’t. The Kung Flu is nothing more than an excuse to release illegal alien into the population, and for them to delay or hide from deportation. That is the game that is afoot. And it appears to be successful.