Down At the Border, Justice Is Strange

We should bring the governors of Virginia and South Carolina, Glenn Youngkin and Henry McMaster, in for questioning. They want to help another governor, Greg Abbott down in Texas, so they are sending National Guard troops his way to give him a hand.

Ahem, they say it's to help slow the flow of drugs and human trafficking into America.

Excuse me -- can I offer my "ahem" a little louder -- what you really want to slow is the flow of undocumented people into this country. Why make it sound like you are fighting off drugs and human trafficking?

"As leadership solutions at the federal level fall short, states are answering the call to secure our southern border, reduce the flow of fentanyl, combat human trafficking and address the humanitarian crisis," Youngkin said.

Noble endeavors all, but if that's what you really want, you aren't showing it by your actions. I've got some questions:

Question 1) A month or so ago, when immigrants started to rush the border, there were counts of how many immigrants were pouring in. But, where were the counts of how much fentanyl was intercepted? I mean, if those rushing the border were bringing fentanyl, why didn't we hear a single news report of how our border agents intercepted the drugs, or even that they were watching and looking fo it? Oh, I don't doubt that the drug lords are sneaking fentanyl into America, but I'm thinking they are a little smarter than to send it with a group of immigrants who are going to present themselves at the border in order to apply for asylum. I could be wrong, but that's my guess.  

Question 2) How many human traffickers did you catch during that rush? How many do you plan to catch? How many have you caught in all this time that there has been this crisis at our border? Go back to the '50s. I'm would guess you've caught some, but I wonder. If it is the human traffickers you are after, shouldn't we be hearing news reports of how you are arresting them? Stop the criminals, not the victims. The refugees are the victims. Does it somehow bring the human traffickers to justice if you arrest their victims? Why don't we try a different approach and arrest the criminals instead of the victims? Do you even have a plan for catching the traffickers, or are your eyes so focused on stopping the dirt-poor migrants that you lose sight of what you're after? 

Question 3) Just what is it that you see as a humanitarian crisis? What is it that is such a terrible thing going on -- to you? I'm thinking you and I have different ideas about what the humanitarian crisis even is. I'm having my doubts that you are sorry for those dying on the floor of the Mexican desert. I'm having doubts that you would like to make it safer for them to get here. I'm having doubts that you want to make it easier on them when they arrive, or that you want to help them. Your form of charity is to give them a swift kick back across the border and warn them that if they show up again, they're going to jail.

You've got a strange way of stopping the drug flow. You've got a strange way of stopping human trafficking. You've got a strange way of addressing the humanitarian crisis. You can prop up your opposition to the immigrants by yelling about how we need to stop drugs, and stop human trafficking, but it's the immigrant you go after. That just doesn't make sense.