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 The best way to conceal the truth
is to hide it behind something of less significance." Confucius
In 2008 during the Great Recession, Barack Obama hammered an $800 billion
stimulus bill though Congress. Those who actually read it found it was a wolf in
sheep's clothing. It had little to do with stimulating the economic recovery and
everything to do with stimulating the progressive docket.
When reporters queried Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel about this deceptive
tactic, he didn't even try to hide the fact it was a progressive wish list. He
stoically retorted, You never let a serious crisis to go to waste. With a slip
of the tongue, "Rahm's Rule" for progressive politics was coined.
Progressives use Rahm's Rule to publicize one crisis to cover
up a crisis they chose to hide. The greater the magnitude of a crisis, and more
public attention focused on it, the easier it is to enact unanticipated,
regressive progressive policies.
"He who is out of sight is out of mind." Homer
Progressives know the world is focused on the crisis in the Ukraine and will
"not let this crisis go to waste." They have evoked "Rahm's Rule." Like Nero
fiddled while Rome burned, as Ukrainian cities burn, progressives are "fiddling"
with U.S. border policy with no concern for American safety.
The day he took office, President Joe Biden eradicated many of Donald Trumps
immigration policies with his executive eraser. This included halting
construction of the border wall, reviving the Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals Act, and canceling most of Trump's immigration constraint defenses.
Biden axed these policies despite a projection from the Princeton Policy
Advisors that showed this would result in as many as 2,000,000 illegal
immigrants crossing the southern border based on recent trends. They noted,
Biden's polices would lead to the largest influx of illegal immigrants in U.S.
history; and they did.
Illegal crossings reached 1.7 million in 2021, the highest since 1960. Securing
our border was such a low priority, Biden put Kamala Harris in charge of border
security, which was obviously below her pay grade.
"I can see myself as the one in charge, not the one following the leader."
Kamala Harris
The most critical immigration covenant that Biden eradicated was the Migrant
Protection Protocols (MPP), aka "Remain in Mexico" program. Since the Southern
Border Processing Centers can only hold 4,750 migrants, border agents ran out of
detention facilities a month after Biden ended the MPP.
Confirmed security data show the number of illegal crossers
increased from 101,098 in February, to 212,672 in July. This massive increase
was a 60-year high, in a little over half a year.
"Our plan is to give everyone who wants to come to America a pathway to
citizenship." Joe Biden
 In April, Texas and Missouri sued the Biden administration, arguing that his
policies would increase crime and financial hardship for them. In August 2021, a
Texas District Court judge ordered Biden to enforce the MPP, citing his actions
violated Section 1225 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The judge rejected
Biden's effort to block his ruling and the court ordered him to enforce it ASAP.
Progressives won a key court battle for migrant minors seeking asylum. This
enabled parents to send their children across the border alone, which enabled
them to then join them at a later date.
"Many of these asylum seekers are only seeking access to our social services."
Joe Manchin
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The Russia-Ukraine war was the crisis progressives
needed to invoke Rahm's Rule to increase the number of illegal
immigrants entering the U.S. With Americans focused on the Ukraine
crisis, the word leaked out; since Biden failed to end the MPP, he'd
do an end run around it, and scrap Title 42. This was a Trump policy
that restricted illegal immigration to protect Americans' health as
well as their security.
Despite pleas from vulnerable Democrats up for
reelection and warnings from border agents that the U.S. can't
handle thousands of more illegal immigrants, Biden says he plans to
open our borders anyway.
"Viruses always spread regardless of borders.
That's no excuse to keep people out." Joe Biden
When Biden announced he'd be ending Title 42, it sparked fears in
states around America. There is no way they can finance this
record-shattering surge of illegal immigrants. Homeland Security
anticipates over 18,000 illegal migrants a day entering the U.S.,
which is over triple that of the current level!
White House spokesperson Kate Bedingfield said, Yes, when the CDC
lifts Title 42 there will be a massive increase in Southern border
crossings. And we are looking into ways to deal with this."
Title 42 was put in place with the onset of COVID-19 to allow border
agents to stop the spread of the virus. Border agents claim this
enabled them to keep over 2 million illegal migrants out of the U.S.
"Texas can't take care of its own citizens, let alone a new wave of
aliens." Michael McCaul (R-TX)
The progressive panic to increase illegals in U.S. states stems from
Census data that shows blue states are losing population to red
states. With businesses and the middle class fleeing liberal high
tax states for the tax and business friendly red heartland, the left
needs bodies to replace them. Since Congressional representation is
based on population, they are obsessed with having open borders.
It has been said that "rules are not as sacred at principles." The "Rahm
Rule" is the gold standard for progressives. Even though America has
an endless potpourri of problems trying to enforce our immigration
laws, Biden is looking under every legal rock for ways to justify
and "openly" break our immigration laws! Progressives only care
about increasing the blue state head count in Congress.
America needs highly trained technical and medical
professionals. Many of them from nations like Egypt and India have
been waiting years for a green card to work in America. Yet the left
fills our states with illegal unskilled workers dependent on
government, while ignoring those we need most.
It is illegal for anyone to cross our border without permission.
America does not need an excuse to deny entry to illegal immigrants.
We do not need laws restoring illegal immigrants crossing our
borders that might have COVID or any other illness. Title 42 or no
Title 42, what don't progressives understand about what is
"illegal"? Rahm's law or no Rahm's law, Biden's actions are a crisis
our government can't ignore.
In some countries those trying to cross the border illegally are
shot and killed and others are put in jail. When U.S. border agents
arrest illegal border crossers, they simply send them back to
Mexico. U.S. border agents were hired to enforce America's
immigration laws. They were taught that there is nothing "legal
about illegal." If anyone is here illegally, they are breaking the
law. It's time that the liberal left learns this!
"Let me state the obvious. Illegal immigration is illegal, duh."
John Kennedy
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