An ungodly way to treat migrants
Re “Texas governor buses migrants to Harris’ home,” Sept. 16
It is ironic that some conservative Christian governors, who declare their faith as a guiding principle of their administrations, decide to act in an unchristian way. Sending the “stranger in our midst” to an unfamiliar place is anathema to what a person of faith should do.
At the same time, liberals are being “blamed” for criticizing red states that do not welcome immigrants. So this happens, and guess what? The immigrants are helped.
What point are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey trying to make? They are a “noisy gong and a clanging cymbal.”
James Severtson Reseda
I think this scheme is a clever way to give progressive states a taste of what border states like Arizona and Texas are struggling with.
Though it would have been better for everyone were the arrivals of these migrants coordinated with the sanctuary cities and states, I trust it is the governors’ intention to make the experience real since the arrivals of these migrants at the border are likewise unannounced.
This raises the question of why the Biden administration has yet to do anything effective about the worsening immigration crisis. His ambiguity has only added more fuel to the fire.
John T. Chiu Newport Beach
After the airlifts of undocumented immigrants from Florida and Texas to Massachusetts, Democrats in Congress should seize the opportunity to present their long-dormant immigration reform plan for a vote.
If Republicans vote it down or block it from consideration, that will present the Democrats with another winning argument that it’s the Republicans who are not interested in solving the serious immigration problems facing the country. Charles Blankson
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