Many readers have been clamoring for a positive blog. They say, “why are all your blogs so negative, so pessimistic?” The obvious answer is that virtually all of the news disseminated by the media is bad news. Bad news sells; good news generally doesn’t.
Others have suggested that my blogs are too long. Well, I can’t shorten my blogs; that’s my writing style. Plus, most of the issues I write about are complex, and I want to provide the full story. However, I am happy to report some good news.
One of the most underreported stories with respect to immigration over the last few years has been the fate of unaccompanied minors. Based on information provided by whistle blowers and gleaned from diligent investigation the conventional thought is that over 500,000 such children entered the US during Biden’s open borders presidency. Some simply walked across as part of the mass migration that characterized his tenure. Others were smuggled in surreptitiously by drug cartels, “coyotes,” or other means.
Even more disturbing is that the Biden Administration lost track of some 300,000 of them. Moreover, they were not actively looking for them. We suspect that most of them have been subjected to forced labor or sex trafficking, but we simply don’t know their fate. We don’t know if they are still in the country or even if they are still alive. They’re just “gone.” I think we can all agree that this is outrageous.
Right about now, you’re probably wondering, “where is the good news in all of this?” Well, under President Trump ICE personnel have been making a concerted effort to find and rescue these children. Recently, the NY Post reported that ICE has been able to rescue some 62,000 such children. Border Czar Tom Homan told reporters “I can’t discuss some of the mistreatment we found out about.” One can only imagine.
Conclusion
The mainstream media has been highly critical of ICE. It has been continually reporting incidents of protests and violence inferring that it is caused by ICE’s heavy-handedness. It has unfairly mischaracterized ICE personnel as “Nazis” and “storm troopers,” ignoring the fact that they are merely doing their job, and that it is perfectly legal.
Finally, we have a positive story of ICE rescuing missing children. 62,000 is but a small portion of the total, but it is a good start. We all “feel” for these innocent children many of whom are really young. My expectation is that ICE will continue to diligently look for these children and will continue to rescue more of them.
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