Letters to the Editor September 28, 2021: When it reins, it pours

• Published date: 28 September 2021
• Author: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The article describes "profound instability" in Haiti as justification for the migrants' arrival in the US. But many, perhaps most, of the migrants came from South American countries where they had already been granted asylum. The camp in Del Rio, Texas suddenly burgeoned from approximately 1,000 to nearly 15,000 migrants when the Biden administration announced that Haitians would no longer be deported.

The article says that the camp "has been reduced to less than half by expulsion flights and detentions." While some illegal immigrants were in fact expelled, over 12,000 were released into the US with a simple request that they appear at an immigration office in the future – a request with which few will comply.

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The article cites "images of US border guards on horseback using long reins to whip at black migrants." Border officials are trained to twirl reins to control their horses and prevent migrants from grabbing them, which would endanger both the officials and the migrants. The photographer who took the photos has said that the photos have been misconstrued and that no migrants were whipped.

We are told, "Pregnant women and parents with children have been released." In truth, anyone who is accompanied by a child, whether or not they are probably related, and any women who simply claim to be pregnant get free passes into the country.

It is reasonable to suggest that Biden's real agenda is to open the border to any and all people wishing to enter the country thereby subverting immigration laws passed by Congress. Nearly two million illegal immigrants are expected to take advantage of this policy supporting illegality by the end of the year. This obvious attempt to change the country's demographics is meant to add future Democratic voters while providing a steady stream of low-wage workers.

Note the shocking lack of concern for public health during the ongoing pandemic. While Biden argues vociferously for a COVID vaccine mandate for US citizens, there is no government-supported COVID testing or vaccine mandate for those crossing the border illegally. Testing by NGOs shows a COVID infection rate of 18% to 20% for migrants who are allowed to enter and then travel freely throughout the country. Biden either does not care about the nation's health or does not believe his own claims that vaccines are essential.

EFRAIM COHEN

Zichron Yaakov

What's odd about the Squad

Perhaps it is time to change the language we use to refer to the "Squad."

Rather than referring to them as "progressives," it is time to "reclaim our vocabulary" and call them regressives.

ILENE BLOCH-LEVY

Sha'arei Tikva

In "The first 100 days were quiet," editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz, commenting on the "Squad," suggests that the "progessive" vanguard wants "an Israel that is weak and cannot protect itself."

Considering the cogency and clarity of the rest of the article, one wonders why Katz does not simply write that the regressive – rather than progressive wing of the party – or rather the antisemites within, want to encourage Israel's enemies to destroy it by weakening it both economically and militarily.

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