San Diego Tribune: Money, resources running out for Tijuana migrant shelter
San Diego Tribune
November 27, 2018
Gustavo Solis
Money, resources running out for Tijuana migrant shelter
Sounding an alarm, Tijuana’s mayor said the city has only enough resources to support the Central American migrant caravan for two more days and beyond that, there is no guarantee of support.
“We will decide what to do when we get there,” Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum said during a press conference Tuesday morning.
“We won’t compromise the resources of the residents of Tijuana,” Gastelum said. “We won’t raise taxes tomorrow to pay for today’s problem.”
Tijuana’s Treasurer, Ricardo Chavarria, said the city spends about 600,000 pesos a day supporting the migrant caravan or roughly $30,000.
Money is tight right now because the city is near the end of the fiscal year and their top priority is not to cut municipal services, Chavarria said.
Baja California officials said Tuesday that there were about 8,000 members of the Central American caravan in the state, roughly 6,800 in Tijuana and 1,200 in Mexicali. Read the entire story here.
Fast Fact: Southwest Airlines helps anti-enforcement GALEO Inc. with membership drive – win free tickets!
Fast Fact: Tear gas used once a month at border under Obama
Tear gas used once a month at border under Obama
DHS data shows deployments dating back years
“The same tear-gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying against a border mob this weekend is actually used fairly frequently — including more than once a month during the later years of President Barack Obama’s administration, according to Homeland Security data.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has used 2-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile, or CS, since 2010, and deployed it 26 times in fiscal 2012 and 27 times in 2013. The use dropped after that, but was still deployed three times in 2016, Mr. Obama’s final full year in office.”
Brian Kemp Did Not Steal the Georgia’s Governor’s Race – National Review
“The law was passed by a Democratic legislature and signed by a Democratic governor.”
Brian Kemp did not steal the Georgia’s governor race – National Review
By David French
November 19, 2018
Claims to the contrary wrongly undermine faith in our elections.
When is it acceptable to question the legitimacy of an American election outcome? The proper answer is “almost never.” Or, more precisely, never do it without overwhelming evidence of fraud or misconduct that’s substantial enough to alter the outcome of the election. The person claiming decisive fraud or vote suppression bears a heavy burden of proof. Any other standard risks contributing to an already-toxic political environment that is leaving all too many voters paranoid and susceptible to believing unverified and inflammatory conspiracy theories.
Abrams lost her race by more than 54,000 votes. That’s a gap far outside the margin of fraud or suppression. Yet she fed the narrative that there was something fundamentally wrong with the election, asserting in her speech acknowledging the election results that “this is not a speech of concession, because concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true, or proper. As a woman of conscience and faith, I cannot concede that.” Instead, she was ending her race simply because her “assessment is the law currently allows no further viable remedy.”
Fast Fact: Temporary drivers license for foreign nationals “proper ID” at Georgia polls #DDS #LimitedTerm
Temporary drivers license issued to non-citizens is “proper ID” at Georgia polls.
This seems far, far away from “voter suppression.” The driver’s license Georgia issues to non-citizens – including illegal aliens who have already been ordered deported – is acceptable and “proper identification” when casting a ballot.
This, according to multiple staffers at the main office of the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration office in Marietta when asked multiple times by this early voter last week. To get an answer I had to explain what a limited term license is.
For those who are not well versed in the topic, the driver’s license DDS issues to foreigners is labeled “LIMITED TERM” across the top, which is the only difference between it and a U.S. citizen’s driver’s license.
The acceptance appears to be in compliance with Georgia law (OCGA 21-2-417) which merely says “proper identification shall consist of any one of the following: A Georgia driver’s license which was properly issued by the appropriate state agency;…”
This brings to mind the several attempts in the last few years under the Gold Dome to clarify the limitations of the limited term driver’s license, which, generally, is supposed to be valid for the period of an alien’s visa.
In the 2017 General Assembly, House Rep Alan Powell introduced a bill to add “INELIGIBLE VOTER” – which was a compromise to his original language, which would have added the term “NON CITIZEN” to the non-citizens driver’s license. Powell came under heavy fire from the illegal alien lobby and his attempt at driver’s license/voter ID reform died.
More than 20,000 aliens who have received a deferral in deportation proceedings or who have already been ordered deported also hold the same limited term license according to information from DDS early this year.
In 2016, the state senate passed a bill sponsored by Senator Josh McKoon that would have marked the limited term driver’s license held by this group with “NO LAWFUL STATUS.”
McKoon contended his bill would help prevent voter fraud and terrorism. The driving and ID credentials are also accepted as ID to enter federal buildings and to board airliners in America’s airports. Including the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO), corporate -funded opponents argued such reform would “stigmatize” people and represented a ‘Scarlett Letter’ for “immigrants.” The legislation died in the House.
For this writer, the lunacy that a driver’s license designed and intended for foreign nationals is accepted as valid ID to vote in Georgia is surpassed by the fact that literally no official I have ever spoken to at my Cobb polling place over the years – supervisors included – had ever even heard of a “limited term” driver’s license.
For a memorable first-hand education, readers may want to ask about this when they vote.
You read it here first.
D.A. King of Marietta is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society.
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Fast Fact: “In Fiscal Year 2018, Laredo Sector Border Patrol experienced an unprecedented increase in the apprehension of nationals from the country of Bangladesh”
“In Fiscal Year 2018, Laredo Sector Border Patrol experienced an unprecedented increase in the apprehension of nationals from the country of Bangladesh,”
Fast Fact: Mexicans in Tijuana want Central American migrants out of Mexico
Protesters in Tijuana want Central American migrants out of Mexico
The protesters said they had no problem with legal immigration, but they were strongly opposed to what they called an “illegal invasion.” Some protesters said the Mexican government should follow President Donald Trump’s lead and adopt tougher border policies.
“He’s defending his border, unlike our president,” said protester Elvia Vijeras. “Now there will be more violence in Tijuana.”
Here, from NBC News, with video.
What is “Chain Migration?”
NumbersUSA.com
Chain Migration refers to the endless chains of foreign nationals who are allowed to immigrate to the United States because citizens and lawful permanent residents are allowed to sponsor their non-nuclear family members.
HOW CHAIN MIGRATION WORKS
Chain Migration starts with a foreign citizen chosen by our government to be admitted on the basis of what he/she is supposed to offer in our national interest. The Original Immigrant is allowed to bring in his/her nuclear family consisting of a spouse and minor children. After that, the chain begins. Once the Original Immigrant and his/her spouse becomes a U.S. citizen, they can petition for their parents, adult sons/daughters and their spouses and children, and their adult siblings.
The Family-Chain categories are divided into four separate preferences:
- 1st Preference: Unmarried sons/daughters of U.S. citizens and their children (capped at 23,400/year)
- 2nd Preference: Spouses, children, and unmarried sons/daughters of green card holders (capped at 114,000/year)
- 3rd Preference: Married sons/daughters of U.S. citizens and their spouses and children (capped at 23,400/year)
- 4th Preference: Brothers/sisters of U.S. citizens (at least 21 years of age) and their spouses and children (capped at (65,000/year.
- Read more from NumbersUSA here
Fast Fact: About half of the illegal aliens in the USA did not cross our borders illegally #VisaOverStays
DHS identified just over 700,000 overstayers in 2017
About half of the illegal aliens in the USA did not come illegally. They came on legal, temporary visas and refused to leave as promised. The United states does not track departures, despite multiple laws passed into law for that purpose.