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The Growing Threat Of Illegal Immigration Brings A Crime Wave

September 9, 2024


In the 1960 classic motion picture “West Side Story,” lyrics in one of the songs “America,” are meant as a light-hearted take on the American dream: “I like to be in America, / Okay by me in America, / Everything free in America, / For a small fee in America.” For the most part, audiences went along with the lyrical parody, and laughed in the spirit and intent of the dance scene. 

The story itself pits two neighborhood teenage gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, fighting against each other for turf; the one was an Anglo (white) group, and the other Puerto Rican. In this writing, I use the story and song only as a lead-in for the issue at hand. Back then newly arrived immigrants - Puerto Ricans - were accepted, as they are considered American citizens.

But things are different today; immigration is a much more complex issue. The reason is that an overwhelming number of immigrants - migrants - are entering the country illegally. The American dream in this postmodern era is being undermined and is slowly diminishing. People from around the world, Central and South America, China, Middle East, Africa, Europe, have crashed the southern border of the U.S.

Since its inception, the Biden administration’s open border policy has welcomed into the country an estimated 10 to 12 million illegal migrants. This does not include “get aways,” those who enter the country and manage to evade border security. It is also estimated that countless military-age men entered the country, and that are on the terrorist watch list. All this has resulted in a catastrophic migrant crisis.

States and sanctuary cities have been inundated with criminal activity and burdened with fiscal insolvency. There is a crime wave throughout the nation committed by illegal migrants - theft, assault, rape, and murder. Several in particular are examples that defy the standards and protocols of immigration in America, and reveal just how bold and unrestrained this wave of migrants has become.

In New York City's Time Square, two police officers were breaking up an altercation, when the combatants numbering about 6 to 8 turned on them. The whole group, police and migrants, fell to the ground wrestling and throwing punches. Several were arrested, but later released; there were no serious injuries. It is this kind of injustice that has dispirited law enforcement.

The incidents of migrant crime have become alarming and more brazen. Aurora, Colorado is a suburb of 100,000 residents, just outside the sanctuary city of Denver. The dangerous and violent Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, has been involved in criminal activity in major cities and has taken over multiple housing complexes in Aurora. The gang is terrorizing residents, and surveillance video shows armed men rampaging through the buildings looking for vacant apartments, and in one case using a crowbar to pry a door open.

The governor of Colorado, Democrat Jared Polis, refused at first to believe the infiltrating of the complexes by migrant gangs, until he was shown the video. City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky stated, “I worry about everything that I know regarding this gang, and I worry about everything that I don’t know.

In another defiant act, the lives of children were jeopardized and placed in harm’s way. Groups of migrants have been stopping school buses on California highways. In one case, a small group walked down the center of a highway, and the driver had to swerve around them, threatening the safety of the student passengers. Drivers have now been ordered to skip certain stops where migrants might attempt to stop the bus. Parents are now taking an active part in assuring their children are safe.

Republican Tennessee Congressman Mark Green is chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. He has written, in part, “We have heard of the horrific crimes committed by illegal aliens against innocent Americans like Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, and Jocelyn Nungaray. We have questioned how such terrible acts could possibly be allowed to happen in our communities. Ultimately these atrocities were made possible by an administration that has set aside decades of bipartisan immigration enforcement precedent.”

The consequences of illegal immigration have been horrendous; we are facing a humanitarian disaster. I believe history will show the Biden administration and Democrats as the cause of great upheaval in America. With effects on education, housing, medical assistance, and language, our traditions and institutions will have to change and adapt to millions of foreign people who may refuse to assimilate. 

Now the rampant crime is creating anger, derision, and civil unrest between natural-born Americans and migrants. We may soon be just another third-world nation, where people will seek greener pastures beyond our borders.     


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