View from Index Journal about transporting immigrants to northern cities
OUR VIEW
Precious human life or political pawns?
Political stunts and grandstanding are nothing new.
South Carolinians might remember, for example, whe
former Gov. Mark Sanford in 2004 brought two little pig
to the Statehouse to protest what he labeled as pork spending
by lawmakers.
But those were pigs, not people.
Three governors - Greg Abbott of Texas, Doug Duce
of Arizona and Ron DeSantis of Florida - have upped the
ante when it comes to political stunts by busing immi-
grants to Washington, D.C.
Sending busloads of humans to D.C, and even dropping
them off near Vice President Kamala Harris' home is how
these governors are protesting the Biden administrations
immigration policies.
Rest assured the governors have plenty of supporters
who see busing immigrants to D.C. as a fantastic political
statement, a political coup, if you will.
But then, the governors and their supporters only view
those who were bused as illegal immigrants. They don't
view them as human beings whose lives and well-being
matter. No, they are but pawns on a chess board.
Expendable, even.
Now, if these human beings were bused across state lines
against their will, is it possible they are victims of a federal
kidnapping crime?
Here's a question raised by one of our subscribers and
one we would like Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham
and Rep. Jeff Duncan to get an answer to: Isn't knowingly
transporting illegal immigrants within the U.S. a federal
offense?
The reader found the following within the Immigratic
and Nationality Act (I.N.A.), at Section 274(a) (1)(A) (il).
In order to convict someone under this section of the law
the prosecutors would need to show that:
Precious human life or political pawns?
Political stunts and grandstanding are nothing new.
South Carolinians might remember, for example, whe
former Gov. Mark Sanford in 2004 brought two little pig
to the Statehouse to protest what he labeled as pork spending
by lawmakers.
But those were pigs, not people.
Three governors - Greg Abbott of Texas, Doug Duce
of Arizona and Ron DeSantis of Florida - have upped the
ante when it comes to political stunts by busing immi-
grants to Washington, D.C.
Sending busloads of humans to D.C, and even dropping
them off near Vice President Kamala Harris' home is how
these governors are protesting the Biden administrations
immigration policies.
Rest assured the governors have plenty of supporters
who see busing immigrants to D.C. as a fantastic political
statement, a political coup, if you will.
But then, the governors and their supporters only view
those who were bused as illegal immigrants. They don't
view them as human beings whose lives and well-being
matter. No, they are but pawns on a chess board.
Expendable, even.
Now, if these human beings were bused across state lines
against their will, is it possible they are victims of a federal
kidnapping crime?
Here's a question raised by one of our subscribers and
one we would like Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham
and Rep. Jeff Duncan to get an answer to: Isn't knowingly
transporting illegal immigrants within the U.S. a federal
offense?
The reader found the following within the Immigratic
and Nationality Act (I.N.A.), at Section 274(a) (1)(A) (il).
In order to convict someone under this section of the law
the prosecutors would need to show that:
