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It's pitiful that we can't/won't do anymore than we do to combat these gangs and just pretty much let them do whatever they please. I know it's easy to say there's just nothing that can be done, etc., but there has to be a way to really disrupt their operations. For one, law enforcement and the feds should start attacking (yes, ATTACKING. Don't give them the luxury of life if that's what it takes) their leadership rather than putting much of their resources on street level operations. Terrorize their operations (again, primarily from the top down) with guerilla-type warfare, too. Get the military heavily involved, too. They terrorize and endanger innocent citizens in multiple ways daily and as far as I'm concerned that makes them domestic enemies that we swore to defend our nation against, not to mention the ones operating outside of our borders.
Sad But True. What's being allowed into this country by so called "Leaders" is like us paying for a new virus brewed in China.
Gangs generally don’t concern me. They typically stay in their areas and if you aren’t in the game, you can pretty much avoid them. It’s the random crime that we should put more emphasis on, punks out looking to ‘hit a lick’ and crap like that, car-jacking, strong arm robbery, beatings, rapings……those are the crimes that end up with innocent victims.
Yeah. Just forget about them. We can't control them anyway. They don't bother me so I'm not concerned with them. They generally stay in their lane anyway.
There is. There absolutely is.
Exactly. As long as the majority of people in this country are not willing to do what it truly takes, well……..see my previous post.
Hispanic immigrants in this country are soooooo not a real problem. It’s the worst talking point out there.
We need to work the demand side. That's what creates the supply. The market will always find a way when the demand is there. And there's a S4!t ton of folks who demand it.
Memphis just elected a District Attorney that believes murderers shouldn’t be in jail. He got more than 60% of the vote, I think. Memphians want this violence.
But if you've ever seen somebody high on marijuaner, uh, you can tell, they cuticles are dialated. Now I learned that in the Narcotics Trainin' Prevention in Tupelo MS. They teach that ever' 6 months, and we went up there, and, to see it. And they had a boy that tried that marijuaner pill.
How can allowing 5M illegals in the last 2.5 years who are impoverished and uneducated be a non problem? Fentanyl and other narcotics, Child Sex Slavery, More tax dollars needed for our social safety nets, Hospital emergency rooms and maternity wards having to eat the costs and lowering wages for our LEGAL working poor. Every Border Patrol Officer or Mayor of a Border Town you hear talking these days is screaming for help amid the chaos that was self and intentionally created. A nefarious and destructive plan designed to turn TX Blue like they did CA. The 5M that have illegally crossed the last 2.5 years is the size of Ireland and estimated tax payer costs will be $20B yearly to take care of them.
It's almost like meaningful immigration reform should be at the forefront of our legislative concerns, but we've created a two party system that doesn't value anything of meaning but focuses on demonizing the other side and "winning" office.
Where do you think MS-13 members come from?
Law enforcement should be at the forefront along with going back to the previous Admin policies that were working but trashed day 1 by the current. New policies have emboldened and encouraged the illegals to trek north to their Sugar Daddy Uncle Sam. Stating facts is not deamonizing a political party, it's just stating facts. This is a National Security crisis that shouldn't be politicized as we should all come together for the survival of our country.
Jobs dry up, they stop coming. The border goes both ways. And I just happen to have a little experience working with them, so I'm biased. They are largely good people, family oriented and in my opinion, we need them. Do bad people come across the border, of course. See my previous post.
I think that in part explains the Trump personality cult to a significant degree. National Republicans are beholden to the pro-business lobby that likes cheap labor. National Republicans give you tax cuts and easy access to guns and conservative judges that limit abortion rights. You really don't get much else but rhetoric, slogans and tweets and made-for-TV anger over something they know the base will high-five each other over and foolishly think the libz have been owned (fyi, I know libz and they laugh at the childishness of lib owning). Most of these cultural issues aren't a big deal to rich Republicans. They'll criticize colleges but do whatever they can to get their kids into an Ivy League school, something almost completely unavailable to ordinary Republican voters. There are lots of critical race theory/social justice theory inspired lesson plans in K-12 schools in red states. Republicans either didn't care or didn't notice until some activists pointed it out. Rich Republicans put their kids in private schools. Trump at least made ordinary Republicans, the ones looked down upon by college grads, feel like they mattered. But, what in the world is someone like Ted Cruz actually good for unless the only thing you want in a politician is to complain about the things you complain about?
Immigration is a big part of it. 30 years ago, both democrats and republicans acted like they wanted to stop illegal immigration. Republicans continued to pretend to care while liking the downward pressure on wages. It's corrosive to have such an in your face example of voting not really mattering.
The Biden Admin. is planning to give every immigrant family approx. 285K to get started for their new life in the USA. And if they start a small business, they would get another 250K for their business to get started. Don't know if Biden can do this on his own by executive order or if this will come from the recently passed 1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill, but at least now we have the House in GOP control, so they will never pass anything like that for at least the next 2 years.
