The Manufactured Border Crisis
OR… “How the GOP wastes taxpayer time and money on a fabricated crisis.” Does this crisis really exist and who’s actually responsible for it? Let’s explore.
Watch, But Don’t Listen!
With any politician, it’s more important to watch what they do, not listen to what they say. As has been stated, if a politician’s lips are moving, they must be lying. Nowhere is this true more than now… and more specifically within the ranks of the GOP, but it’s not limited to this party. The GOP has simply taken it to a whole new level. That’s not to say that the Democrats don’t lie; they do. Even Independents lie to get elected.
The difference now is whether they’re lying to you over something they’ve already done or lying to you over something they haven’t yet done. With the GOP, more often than not, they are not only lying to you over something they’ve already done, they’re lying to you over what they plan to do.
As stated, don’t listen to their words, watch their actions. Actions speak louder than words. If you watch what they do, then their lies fall right into place. They can’t lie their way out of their actions… though they may try, but that’s actually called gaslighting.
Border Crisis and Number of Crossings
Let’s begin this discussion with these dhs.gov border crossing statistics up to fiscal year 2013:
These above statistics set the tone of this article with regards to the statistics to come next. These above statistics also go to prove that we have had years under both Democrat and Republican Presidential leadership of higher than expected influx. Both parties are to blame here. Let’s further understand who was President at the time of the above statistics going back to 1989. Presidents prior to 1989 are not needed for the point this article is making. However, if you’re interested in all past Presidents, here’s a link.
In fact, up until 2013, the highest border crossings occurred at 1.8 million per year under Bill Clinton (D). George Bush (R) would get close second to this number at 1.3 million during fiscal year 1993. Here’s the list of presidents going back to 1993:
With the above table in mind, let’s proceed to the most updated DHS statistics for border crossings for 2013 and beyond. Let’s keep in mind that George Bush (R), Bill Clinton (D) and “Shrub” Bush (R) all presided over border crossings well above 1 million per fiscal year. It wouldn’t be until 2009 when border crossings began to subside again, but would then drastically surge during and after the COVID pandemic.
Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans can exclusively say that their border crossing policies have worked to lower immigrant attempted ingress. Here are the border crossing apprehensions from 2013 to the 2024 (YTD):
At this point and with these ever increasing numbers under Joe Biden, you might be wondering what the hell is going on? This is a very good question. Before we get into the REAL answer, let’s discuss what the GOP is saying, but not actually doing.
Republican Lip Service
Clearly, the Republicans are paying a lot of lip service to this ever increasing turn of events around the border, but without pointing fingers at the actual situations and actual politicians who are driving this migrant influx to the southern border states. No, the GOP prefers to point fingers at the Democrats, even though the Democrats aren’t the ones driving the border crisis directly. While Democrats aren’t the party causing this drastic border influx, the Democrats also haven’t done much to arrest it either. This is called complacency, of which the Democrats are fully and entirely guilty. In fact, the Democrats prefer playing on the world’s stage rather than tackling difficult domestic issues. This is fully evident of the Biden administration’s continual meddling in world affairs, like Ukraine and Israel, all while fully ignoring the problems at home… except when such a problem suits their political fancy.
One thing is certain, nothing happens in a bubble. If something is occurring, there’s definitely a driving factor behind it. It also means that someone or something stands to gain from that driving factor. Let’s also understand that what the GOP / Republicans are saying is absolutely not what’s actually driving the influx to the United States southern border.
The Republicans are claiming that it is Joe Biden’s lack of policy around border that is the cause and reason behind this influx. In fact, this could not be further from the truth. Let’s get to that truth right now.
The Truth Behind the GOP’s Manufactured Border Crisis
The reason immigrants are now flocking to the United States southern border is actually due almost solely to Florida’s Ron Desantis (R) and Texas’s Greg Abbott (R) actions. How are these two governors responsible for this influx? It’s quite simple….
When these two nab immigrants from the border, place them onto expensive cushy busses and expensive, but cushy chartered jets… then feed, clothe and subsequently fly or drive them across the the United States… what do you think is going to happen?
Yes, the word is going to get out that now these Governors are now pro-migrant and, more than this, are willing to place you, as a migrant, onto a bus and transport you to a nice new city… FOR FREE. This transportation is literally considered winning the lottery for many migrants. These men are taking migrants and placing them onto a very cushy busses, only to drop them handily off in Chicago or New York or anywhere else other than at the border. They might even get new clothes and food in the process. What migrant would say, “No” to that? In fact, these actions might even drive more migrants to the border… and that’s exactly what’s occurring. Yes, the word does get out.
The millions of recent influx of immigrants is NOT due to lax government policies or even due to policy changes at all, no. The influx is due to these insane trafficking policies performed illegally by irresponsible governors. This fully Texas Governor endorsed and costly trafficking of migrants across America is almost solely and completely responsible for the wild influx to the United States, that and the remnants of COVID. I did write that nothing occurs in a bubble. Right here is where that bubble pops. The GOP would have you believe it is Biden’s policies that are failing… when it’s just the opposite. The policies are failing because it is the GOP who is sabotaging the United States for their own political agenda. They are they ones placing hundreds, if not thousands of illegal migrants onto busses and jets, then transporting them all across the United States.
Yes, this word DOES get out to those seeking asylum here. The GOP realizes this enticement fact and is continuing to do it anyway, yes, on purpose. It is, in fact, the GOP who is attempting to force Joe Biden’s hand. Even then, these policies under Joe Biden are almost identical to the policies that have come before. Yet, we now have double, if not triple the number of migrants to the border? And where is Joe Biden’s administration on this border issue? Twiddling their thumbs.
Texas has spent more than $148 million bussing migrants across the country. Greg Abbott has also bussed more than 102,000 migrants (and counting) to cities around the country. Greg Abbott has even paid to fly at least 120 migrants on jets to Chicago.
Illegal Maneuvers
Let me get this one out of the way right now. What Greg Abbott and Ron Desantis have done by placing migrants onto busses and into jets, then transporting said migrants across the country is actually an illegal Federal Offense under 1907. Title 8, U.S.C. 1324(a):
Subsection 1324(a)(1)(i)-(v) prohibits alien smuggling, domestic transportation of unauthorized aliens, concealing or harboring unauthorized aliens, encouraging or inducing unauthorized aliens to enter the United States, and engaging in a conspiracy or aiding and abetting any of the preceding acts. Subsection 1324(a)(2) prohibits bringing or attempting to bring unauthorized aliens to the United States in any manner whatsoever, even at a designated port of entry. Subsection 1324(a)(3).
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Domestic Transporting — Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) makes it an offense for any person who — knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law.
Clearly, 1907. Title 8, U.S.C. 1324(a) makes it federally illegal to knowingly transport illegal immigrants across the country. Yet, the DOJ has done nothing towards indicting either Greg Abbott or Ron Desantis for their ongoing part in this illegal campaign of transporting illegal aliens across the country. Where is the DOJ on this action? Once again, the DOJ is missing in action.
Homeland Security and ongoing Security Threats
For GOP governors to actually play these illegal shenanigans all for the sake of politics, this says a lot about the United States… and not in a good way. Governors are elected to govern, not to backstab and cause security risks to the United States Federal government. And once again, the Department of Justice and Merrick Garland have done nothing to enforce federal code over this matter. There’s not even been a peep about this, not out of the DOJ and not out of mainstream media. Illegal is still illegal, yet nothing.
Encouraging Illegal Migrants and Manufacturing a Crisis
The point to all of the above for Greg Abbott is to show that the United States border policies are not able to handle migrants at all. This has been Greg Abbott’s ongoing shtick for months. However, when a rogue governor decides to undermine and, indeed, run afoul of the rule of federal law by endangering the United States of America AND becoming a national security threat himself AND by knowingly and willfully using paid transportation to move illegals around the country, this is a serious federal problem. It’s also crime. Worse, his actions only serve to encourage and entice would-be migrants around the world to flock to the United States southern border. More than this, tensions are now rising between the United States and Mexico over Greg Abbott’s actions and the GOP’s wider actions involving the border.
In fact, it is Greg Abbott who is causing the border migrant flood. It is Greg Abbott is who causing the problems that the United States is seeing at the border. It is Greg Abbott’s policies that are indeed undermining the rule of law and the United State of America. It is Greg Abbott who is single-handedly ruining our relationship with Mexico… all for what? To score political brownie points with his Texas base and the GOP? Greg Abbott, just like Donald Trump, is a clear and present danger to America. If he wants to play games with Texas, have at it. When his games endanger the security of the United States as a whole, that’s when his shenanigans must stop.
Since when is it okay for Governors to perform federal illegal actions and get away with it? I guess it’s when Merrick Garland and the DOJ both choose to turn a blind eye to it. When the rule of law doesn’t apply to politicians, then who does it apply to? Clearly, not to anyone else. If politicians aren’t considered to be citizens under the same rule of law as anyone else, then there is no rule of law.
The rule of law must apply to everyone or it applies to no one!
Joe Biden and the Democrats
The Democrats don’t get a pass here. The Democrats are just as much complicit in this situation as is Greg Abbott and the rest of the Republicans. By Joe Biden and the rest of the Democrats staying mum about pushing an indictment onto Greg Abbott over his illegal transport of many, many illegal immigrants, the Democrats instead choose to sit idly by doing nothing at all. That’s also not governing. The point is, if you’re elected to govern, then govern. Sitting around doing nothing is not governing.
Unfortunately, this is what the Democrats are doing. Yes, some Democrats might have extreme liberal agendas, but it doesn’t matter when the Democrats of any type won’t push anything through. Sitting on your hands is not governing any more than bussing migrants across the country.
The State of America: Two Party System
America is under siege, not just by the Republicans, but also by the Democrats. Both parties are actively sabotaging the United States by either intentionally performing illegal actions (Republican politicians) or by sitting around doing nothing (Democrat politicians) allowing others to perform illegal actions. Right now, politicians of any party are running roughshod all over America and its citizens.
It is, in fact, the two party system that is failing America. Neither of the two parties are working towards or for the best interest of America. They both have their own internal agendas which don’t include working for the citizens or in actually solving problems. In fact, both parties seem intent on either doing nothing or in creating problems, rather than solving any.
The reason we elect our representatives is to work on our behalf. Yet, so many of these elected representatives only have personal agendas they wish to push. For whatever reason, these selfish, self-centered, egotistical, ill mannered politicians seem to be continually elected and re-elected. Why? What are they doing for you?
This is the state of America. America is being overrun by elected people who have no interest in fixing America. They only have interest in making bank for themselves and doing nothing else in the process. Lip service doesn’t fix things, only actions do. We need to tell these politicians to shut up and get to work.
Reactive versus Pro-Active
America has always had mostly a reactive system with politicians. Something bad happens, we make a law against it. That’s pretty much how the founders wanted it. That also means that knee jerk reactions tend to rule. What that also means is that when something bad happens, we can’t just ban it in the locale where it happened. No, we have to ban it everywhere.
This is what’s happening with abortion rights. When we thought we had the abortion issue locked down, conservative justices come along only to completely upend what had been in place for years… all to throw it right back into turmoil again.
Once again, knee jerk reactions rule the roost. Let’s not just ban abortion, now we have to ban everything possible involving abortion, including IVF, drugs, stem cell research and eventually, nearly everything that has come out of the technologies involving birth, babies, stem cells and all the rest.
The point now is that these politicians are taking aim at the very medical technologies which have given America incredible quality of life and longevity improvements. Yet, the fundamentalist Christians feel it is their place to take it all away and throw America back into a medical dark age. It’s coming, folks. You had better get prepared… all thanks to the GOP.
Drugs that had been created using these technologies are now under fire for the same reason as abortion. It’s only a matter of time. This is why FEDERAL laws handling fundamental rights must exist. They must exist and they must matter because it puts EVERY citizen on a level playing field no matter where they live. Having states create a haphazard patchwork of laws only serves to put everyone at risk. This is why Federal laws matter. It’s why Federal laws must exist. It’s why Federal laws have to continue to exist. It’s why Congress must act swiftly to craft Federal abortion laws that apply to all states equally. And yet, crickets!
The System is Hopelessly Broken
The Federal government cannot keep twiddling its thumbs doing nothing… thanks Democrats. The Federal government cannot keep throwing out and replacing the Speaker of the House… thanks Republicans. These are wastes of taxpayer time and money. When Government workers are not governing, then what the hell are they doing, other than collecting a paycheck? Why do we keep electing these worthless people? Something has to change. Exactly what that is and when it will happen is unknown.
I’d love to offer up a quick fix solution here. Unfortunately, our political system is so intrinsically and hopelessly broken, the only way fix it is to throw it out completely and start over fresh with a brand new and modern Constitution. We must endeavor to make a new modern Constitution that takes into account MODERN ideologies and technology, that limits the damage any one political party or political actor can do to America and that allows quick, easy and PERMANENT removal of bad actors from the stage. We cannot afford or allow this level of sabotage to remain in the ranks of politicians. Politicians need to work for the betterment of America; they are not elected to sabotage it.
One thing is crystal clear, America cannot stay on its current political trajectory. If anything, the manufactured border crisis proves this sabotage situation out… in spades.
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