Homeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas just issued a stern warning to anyone considering fleeing the communist nation of Cuba. What a contradiction that is to Joe Biden’s removing the “remain in Mexico” policy of Donald Trump which has opened the flood gates from Central and South America.
In contrast to what’s actually happening in Texas, the apparently delusional Mayorkas said, “the border is closed” (Washington Post, March 21, 2021). Is it a coincidence the migrant caravans didn’t get Mr. Mayorkas’ email? The Wall St Journal, in that same month, reported border agents were expelling about 5,000 a day and that’s the ones they have caught. The Texas Tribune reported 178,622 were taken into custody in April with more in May.
The coincidences just don’t stop. Mayorkas is a Cuban American and rejecting Cuban immigrants would seem odd. Odd, that is until you understand those fleeing Cuba would certainly tell of communist oppression there. Mayorkas wouldn’t want them describing their difficult life in a country progressives, including Bernie Sanders, often applaud.
In Cuba, the communists took their cue from U.S. progressives and are blaming their woes on Trump. Mr. Mayorkas doesn’t want fleeing Cubans saying otherwise. He also doesn’t want anything obscuring his tale about Trump causing the flood of migrants now streaming into Texas that Mayorkas says isn’t happening.
Interviews of these migrants has revealed they are coming in massive numbers now because they believe Biden, unlike Trump, is welcoming them in (ABC This Week, Martha Raddatz, March 21, 2021).
In the progressive’s world, Donald Trump is the cause of all problems and the Cubans represent a threat to that story. These are not coincidences, they are examples of an incompetent administration unable to deal effectively with either problem.
Ralph Miller
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Mr. Miller,
These are not coincidences, these are actions out of fear. Trump carried nearly 70 percent of the Cuban-American vote. The white house does not want them here for the reasons you listed and the fact that they know how they will vote one day. The people of Cuba actually have an asylum claim and our government is refusing them safety.
The disaster of the southern border will wreak havoc on our nation for years. Immigrants coming in at the pace we are seeing is not doable. We are doing an injustice not only to our own citizens but to the immigrants as well.
The health issues alone (COVID-19) and the poor job situation is a lose-lose for everyone. We have a homeless issue in so many cities that we should find a real solution for before we open the border up.
Bill Slack