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Sanctuary Cities Seek More Money For Migrants, But Is Money The Problem? | ZeroHedge

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

Chicago, New York, and Denver all seek more money to address the surge of migrants. However, money sent to sanctuary cities will only make things worse.

10,000 Per Day

The sanctuary cities seek more money to address the migrant issue.

New York City Mayor whines the problem will cost $12 billion. Denver’s mayor said the problem will consume 10 percent of its budget.

But what about Texas? On many days in December, there were 10,000 or more illegal entries.

Mayors Call for Action

CNN reports December migrant surge at Southern border largest in more than two decades as mayors call for action.

How Can Money Possibly Help?

Is the problem lack of money or is the problem 10,000 illegal entries into the US every day?

If you want to double the problem, double the money thrown at it. We can easily have 25,000 illegal crossing a day if we just spend enough.

New York City moans about accepting 161,000 migrants since 2022. At 10,000 a day or even 3,000 a day on average, how many does Texas have?

The blue, big-city mayors don’t like Abbott bussing migrants to their cities. But do you see any of them helping out Texas?

Biden vs Trump

  • “The reality is that Donald Trump has no plan to build a humane and secure immigration system,” Biden campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz said in a statement to CBS News. “He only cares about himself and will prey on our country’s most vulnerable if he thinks it will help him regain power.”

  • Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said Mr. Biden and Democrats were “directly responsible for the completely lawless and open border, allowing deadly drugs to flow into communities, giving safe passage to human traffickers, and empowering cartels to spread their violence.” 

    • The above quotes from CBS News.

    Trump says immigrant are ‘poisoning the blood of our country’ Such talk is not only inflammatory, it’s counterproductive. Independents will not be pleased with such statements. And independents will decide the election.

    We should all be offended.

    Trump would be better served with simple, accurate statements as in point #2 above.

    Both Trump and Biden are doing everything they can to offend the independents. One of them will lose because of it.

    No Plans

    As for point number 1, It’s true that “Trump has no plan to build a humane and secure immigration system.” 

    The reality is neither does Biden. Worse yet, Biden refuses to do anything to stem the tide.

    And this is happening on Biden’s watch not Trump’s.

    Biden Seeks $14 Billion

    On October 25, Immigration Impact reported Biden’s Emergency Funding Proposal Seeks $14 Billion for Immigration System From Congress

    Hooray Biden wants to expand ICE detention capacity by another 12,000 persons. That would last less than two days at the December rate.

    Money for Ukraine vs the US Border

    Since the beginning of the war, the US has given Ukraine about $113 billion.

    Biden now wants another $61.4 billion for Ukraine, but only $14 billion for the US border according to NPR.

    The entire package counting Israel is $106 billion.

    But this is not really about money, it’s about attitudes. Biden does not really want to do anything about the border and his priorities prove it.

    Doubling or even tripling money for the border won’t do anything until there is a clear admission that the flow needs to stop.

    And extra money for cities will make matters worse.

    The primary problem is one of attitudes. Biden does not want to address the problem.

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