This week, Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, signed a law that will allow local police in the state to arrest illegal migrants. The law will also permit state judges to order the removal of these migrants. The Biden administration is going to challenge the law, as you’d expect, because immigration enforcement is generally regarded as the sole responsibility of the federal government. Even though the Biden administration is completely ignoring that responsibility, on purpose, they’re still going to maintain that states like Texas aren’t allowed under the Constitution to do the job for them.
Not to sound too defeatist, but the Biden administration is probably going to win this case. That’s what happens every single time conservatives try to use the legal system to defend this country’s borders. It happened when Donald Trump tried to reverse DACA, which was de facto amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens. Even though DACA was just invented on the spot by Barack Obama to help Democrats in an election year, the federal courts determined that the Trump administration wasn’t allowed to get rid of it. Along the same lines, when Arizona passed a law allowing police officers to inspect the immigration status of suspected illegal aliens, the Supreme Court struck that down, too.
These kinds of legal defeats have gone on for decades. But this week, Greg Abbott seemed convinced he can win this fight. Watch:
Obviously, if Abbott somehow succeeds in this court battle against the Biden administration, then Texas could single-handedly halt the flood of foreign nationals into this country. Texas could ensure that it doesn’t become the next California. Everyone who cares about the future of this country would then herald Greg Abbott as a hero, and rightfully so.
But given recent history, it’s probably worth having a “Plan B.” And what that means is broadening the focus beyond the Biden administration. You wouldn’t know this if you listen to most conservative politicians, but the White House isn’t solely responsible for the immigration crisis at the southern border. They’re not the only reason we’re importing entire cities’ worth of illegal migrants from the third world every year. The Biden administration has some help. And for the most part, the organizations providing this help have escaped scrutiny.
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But that began to change quickly this week, when Ashley St. Clair, the conservative commentator, uploaded a video to social media as she waited to board a Delta flight at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport. Here’s what she saw:
My @Delta flight from Phoenix appears to be flying migrants who crossed the border and are being shipped to New York
When I asked a Delta representative if this was the case, his response was “What does it matter, they’re humans too”
What is happening???? pic.twitter.com/zew340d6u2
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) December 19, 2023
Ashley wrote on social media that she later approached a Delta representative to ask what was going on here. She says she received this response: “What does it matter? They’re humans too.”
She then posted this question to Delta on X: “Why the hell is @delta complicit in shipping illegal migrants from border states like Arizona to New York City? Our own mayor (a Democrat) has begged Biden to stop sending the migrants here because we are overwhelmed. Is Delta being directed to transport these migrants or are they willingly shipping illegal migrants to cities they know are crumbling for a paycheck from taxpayers?”
Predictably, Delta ignored her. The Daily Mail independently reached out to Delta, and didn’t receive a response. But Ashley did host a “Spaces” chat on X last night, in which pilots joined and said, among other things, that this is a common occurrence at airports. These pilots were too afraid to say any of this publicly, and they used voice-scrambling technology to hide their identities. So there’s no way to verify what they said.
What that means is that, because of the blackout from the airlines, we don’t have clarity on who’s paying for these migrants’ premium seats. We also don’t know why these migrants are in this country. Did they submit a fraudulent asylum claim and get waved in by the Biden administration?
That’s the normal way this is done, and apparently that’s what’s happening in Phoenix. Tayler Hansen with TENET media says he saw dozens of migrants at Phoenix’s airport this week. He reported they were receiving expedited security screening at the airport. When he spoke to some of these migrants, they admitted they were here to get jobs — not because they had legitimate asylum claims (which would require fear of persecution in their home country). Watch:
Illegal Migrants are littered throughout the Phoenix Airport right now. They’re receiving priority boarding and expedited security.
Many have no idea where they’re going.
Locations include Charlotte, Philadelphia, NYC, and Texas.
Multiple had to be escorted from the women’s… pic.twitter.com/HRXFLJzxPv
— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) December 19, 2023
Today at @PHXSkyHarbor multiple migrants admitted committing to immigration fraud and coming here for economic reasons, not to seek asylum.
Both @Delta and @AmericanAir were flying migrants to multiple locations giving them priority seating. @watchTENETnow https://t.co/N9fCuxTONk pic.twitter.com/WdWn1CpVKd
— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) December 20, 2023
“Current Revolt” also reported that some migrants had to be escorted out of women’s bathrooms at the airport, after they barged in. So at least they’ve already been Americanized in that respect.
Again, we really have no idea how large-scale this operation is, or who’s paying for it. But it does appear that Delta and other airlines know something that they’re not telling us.
If the federal government is paying an airline to relocate illegal migrants, it wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened. Last year, an official in Westchester County, New York obtained footage showing that migrants were being transported on secret charter flights, in the middle of the night, from the southern border to New York. In body camera footage dated August 13, 2021, one federal contractor tells a Westchester County police officer that, “The government is betraying the American people.” Watch:
So DHS claimed that nothing was out of the ordinary. They claimed that the contractors were lying, and that the Biden administration is just trying to reunite families, and for some reason, they’re doing it in the middle of the night. Oh, and also, they just forgot to disclose this to anyone, until this bodycam footage leaked, and they had to come up with some explanation as quickly as possible.
Even if you buy that story, no one has ever explained why the federal government should ever be in the business of “reuniting” anyone in the first place. If you, as an American citizen, are separated from your family because you commit a federal crime, then guess what? The government’s not going to pay for your family to visit you in prison. Nor should they, the whole premise is absurd.
But it’s gone unchallenged. And so private companies have continued to facilitate the transportation of migrants throughout the country. Yesterday the investigative journalist James O’Keefe interviewed the driver of a limousine company, who admitted that he routinely shuttles migrants to Phoenix’s airport:
BREAKING: @okeefemedia interviews Jet Limo bus driver dropping off migrants at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Are these migrants from the border? “Correct”
“I work for Jet Limousine and take a few trips a day”
Airline pilots, agents coming forward with more…
DEVELOPING… pic.twitter.com/N7tKxEW99O
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) December 21, 2023
Notice the secrecy of the whole operation. The guy claims he’s not doing anything wrong. But he also doesn’t want to mention his name, or his employer, or who hired his employer, or where he’s picking up these migrants.
We’ve seen this a lot lately. A few months ago, a New Yorker noticed a bunch of guards standing outside a hotel. It turned out to be one of the many hotels that’s been co-opted for use as an emergency migrant shelter. Watch how the guards responded to the man’s questions:
They end up calling an NYPD officer over to harass this guy, and to his credit, the NYPD officer refuses to do so. But that still raises the question of who these guards are, and why the NYPD is stationed at the hotel. To be fair, New Yorkers voted for this — they wanted a sanctuary city and they got it. But we’re seeing this same pattern of secrecy play out everywhere now. It’s not just happening in New York.
This is a recurring pattern that’s played out again and again. The various organizations that are helping the Biden administration resettle migrants are very cagey about the whole thing. The only way to get any clear answers is to speak directly to the migrants themselves. Often, they’re willing to open up about what’s going on.
That’s why the other day, the commentator using the name “Nuance Bro” decided to speak to some of these migrants. Again, he was at Phoenix airport, waiting for his flight. That’s when he encountered several African migrants from Guinea who were on their way to New York City. Watch:
Just ran into a group of African migrants from Guinea heading to New York City. They had documents from “Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc” Im seeing migrants ALL over the place here at the airport this is insane.
Thank you to @CurrentRevolt for filming and… pic.twitter.com/RAwmDPm5QV
— Nuance Bro (@NuanceBro) December 19, 2023
Well, that’s interesting. Why are these migrants from Guinea carrying paperwork from “Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona?” If you go to that organization’s website, you’ll find that they claim to help “families who have legally entered the United States and have escaped persecution in their home countries.” They say they, “serve migrant families who have left their home countries to escape violence and poverty.”
So essentially, they’re adopting the Biden administration’s approach. They’re treating all asylum claims as valid, no matter how fraudulent they are. That raises a couple of questions. For one thing, are these Catholic charities receiving money from the federal government for helping to resettle these illegal migrants? What kind of services are they providing exactly?
We need the answers to these questions, because it’s not just one Catholic group in Southern Arizona that’s involved. Resettling migrants in Europe and the United States, without regard for the wellbeing of either country, is now the policy of the Vatican. With Pope Francis’ blessing, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops operates something called “Migration and Refugee Services.” They say their mission is to, “Treat refugees, migrants, and people on the move … with dignity, respect, welcome, and belonging.”
In Christian theological circles, this is known as “liberation theology.” It was prominent in Latin America in the 1960s. The idea is that the oppressed need to be liberated. It is rooted in Marxist ideology, and publicly, Pope Francis has suggested that he rejects it. In the same breath, though, the Pope goes out of his way to make it clear that he endorses illegal migration. Just this week, the Pope defended a group that’s charged with bringing illegal migrants into Italy. He also told leaders in Europe to start treating migration to their continent as a fact of life, instead of an emergency.
This is not consistent with actual Catholic teaching, which puts a high premium on the rule of law. But that’s now how the progressive leaders of the church in the modern age see it.
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At this point, you have to take a step back and ask: Have conservatives ever criticized any of this? When was the last time you heard about NGO’s, or Catholic charities, or Pope Francis, or major airlines, or limousine charter companies, in the context of the immigration crisis? For that matter, when was the last time you heard anything about the white-shoe law firms — particularly the firms in New York — that offer “pro bono” legal services to fraudulent asylum applicants? That happens all the time. Illegal migrants from places like Venezuela are coming here with made-up sob stories, and they’re getting high-powered legal representation for free.
When was the last time these organizations were called before Congress to answer basic questions about their level of involvement in the flood of migrants at our southern border? It’s never happened, as far as I can tell.
If we take conservatives like Governor Greg Abbott at their word, then they view this flood of migrants as an invasion. But so far, they’ve only fought back against the Biden administration, which is well-protected by the federal courts. That strategy needs to change. According to some estimates, Joe Biden has imported 250 years’ worth of Hispanic migrants into this country in just three years. That is not compassion. That endangers millions of Americans who have done nothing wrong. It destroys our sovereignty and our way of life. And it’s going to continue until we admit a very uncomfortable fact, which is that Democrats in congress and the White House aren’t the only reason this is happening.