Dear
Senator Kamala Harris,
I wrote you a letter which asked (among
other things) if the Democratic Party was actually interested in solving the
immigration issue - instead your email, dated April 5, 2019, goes on and on
about how President Trump was (and is) a bad boy and shut down the US
government etc, etc.
The US Border Patrol reports that in
February 66,000 persons crossing our border illegally were apprehended -
36,000, of which are parents and children and it is estimated that
apprehensions will exceed 100,000 in March.
There are thousands more lining up in caravans coming from as far as El
Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
America One News (OAN) claims the cost of these illegals has reached
more that $200-billion just for 2019.
Somehow, I had expected public outrage by the
fact that caravans in foreign nations, numbered in the thousands, have
organized with the intent to inflict themselves upon our sovereign nation with
the expectation they have a "right" to be here.
This, of course, is an insult to the integrity and the rights of all
those persons who have sought citizenship in accordance to the legal
method.
The real question here is "What
is my Congressional Representative proposing to do about this issue?"
I notice you continue to thump your chest
about your experiences as a State prosecutor and how you are prepared to
enforce the law. Is this rhetoric?
As a prosecutor you must know that in
order to prosecute anyone crossing the American Border in violation of American
Immigration law, the offender must be aware of the actual US boundaries and
commit an overt act in defiance of a "marked" boundary which warns him of the
consequences of his illegal act. A fence with a
sign that says: "NO TRESPASSING - VILLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED
AND PROHIBITED FROM REQUESTING ASYLUM!"
or words to that affect, would affectively notify any trespasser.
If you think you are Presidential material don't you think you should be voicing a plan
to stem the tide of illegal immigration?
It is obvious a fence and signs are necessary and could have been
negotiated prior to the government shutdown.
A twenty-foot high fence and $-billions in expense could easily have
been negotiated to a regular chain-link type with signs provided Congress
(Democrats and Republicans) worked together to provide amendments to the
immigration laws which would make it illegal for border violators to request
asylum.
My suggestion is that you get off your
"High Horse" and attempt to seek a plan which would involve cooperation by both
sides of the political fence. Who knows,
this might actually improve your political ratings which (to be honest) appear
to be less than desirable.