Thoughts on Immigration and the Laken Riley Act

One of the many difficulties that now-retired (thank God!) President

Joe Biden saddled us with are the consequences of his all but erasing 

the borders (especially the southern border) with shockingly lax 

immigration rules that let all and sundry enter our country --- some of 

them with lawless intentions in mind. House Republicans drafted and 

passed the Laken Riley Act, named for the 22-year-old nursing student 

in Georgia who was murdered while jogging near the University of

Georgia campus. Her killer was a 26-year-old Venezuelan man who

entered the United States taking advantage of the loose immigration

laws established by the Biden regime. He was arrested by university

police and charged with ten counts, among them felony murder,

malice murder, false imprisonment, aggravated assault with intent to

rape, and kidnapping. This evil individual was found guilty on all 

charges on November 20, 2024 and sentenced to life in prison without

any chance of parole. 

Many of the Senate Democrats opposed the Laken Riley Act, and one

Democrat senator, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, openly admitted 

their opposition was "the reason why we lost,". It must be noted that 

Sen. Fetterman was, to his credit, one of the bill's original co-sponsors.

He reasoned, "If you're here illegally and committing crimes, I don't 

know why anybody thinks that it's controversial that they all need 

to go." If you find this a miracle, you ain't seen nothing yet! The 

Laken Riley Act is a law requiring the U.S. Department of Homeland

Security to detain illegal immigrants admitting to, charged with, or 

convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or a crime

that results in death or serious bodily injury.

The U.S., at all levels of government, have gotten so soft on crime that 

we have become pro-crime and pro-criminal, making excuses for and 

misapplying compassion to many of the most dangerous criminals,  

from without as well as from within our borders. But the most recent 

election signaled a thundering demand for change in the way that 

justice is meted out around here.

Suddenly, Fetterman's colleagues fell in line in agreement with him. 

Following Trump's re-election, those who originally opposed the bill

now rushed to co-sponsor it! These Dems got the message loud and 

clear, regarding the need to tighten border security. We the People had 

not only spoken, we shouted from the voting booths! No more of

criminals breaking the law to enter our country to break our laws 

made to protect us! Next thing is to send a similar message to our city 

mayors, district attorneys, and municipal along with county judges 

demanding enforcement of local laws made to protect us as well.

To quote a line from a famous rock 'n' roll song, "We're not gonna take 

it anymore!"

MEM