By executive order, Gov. Greg Abbott gave the Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety permission to take apprehended undocumented immigrants back to border ports of entry. This problem extends beyond nations that try to smuggle narcotics and weapons.
Families and individuals are escaping their countries because they feel insecure and want to have a chance at a normal life. They don’t have a good standard of living there. They are barely making ends meet while providing for their families. Most people lack access to either a good education or a well-paying job. Even if they are able to support themselves, local gang or cartel members frequently threaten them or extort them.
These individuals love their country and don’t want to go, but they are forced to leave due to their miserable living conditions and fear of death. They come in search of a chance to better their quality of life and provide a better financial future for themselves and their families. They would much prefer to travel hundreds of miles in hazardous circumstances and unsafe modes of transportation than stay in their dangerous hometown in the hopes of entering the U.S. for a better life.
Although entering the nation unlawfully is illegal, why would these individuals subject themselves to that? Because they desire a sense of security and the capacity to support their families.
Imagine living with that type of fear — what actions would you take to protect your family?
It is crucial, in my opinion, to make an effort to think of ways we may help these nations restore their land.
In order for the U.S. to achieve its goal of improving border security, more funding should be utilized to purchase new equipment and carry out training programs for not just U.S. Customs, but also for other auxiliary agencies like Border Patrol in order to detect weapons, drugs and human trafficking. We must empower their citizens, assist in educating and training them and encourage communities to come together and take back what they have lost in order for their nations to address the core causes of their problems with violence and poverty.
Kids, so the saying goes, are our future. These youth may remain, prosper and transform their neighborhoods. They wouldn’t have to leave their country in search of a better opportunity because they could find one there if given the chance.
Marisela Elizondo
Brownsville
Stop whining;
conserve water
After our local paper, The Associated Press, PBS, CNN and the BBC you can find, with a lot of diligence and research, honest information on Facebook. You have to work at it, but among the rants and raves there is accurate public opinion good and bad. An example happened when the city of Mission, like other cities, put in force its Stage 2 water conservation measures.
The Facebook responses on the city’s page varied from faint praise for their action to raucous condemnation from citizens who somehow connected it to several new car washes, and provided statements such as follows: “When they stop approving permits for new car washes I’ll consider this;” “This is a joke I’ll use my water however I please I’m paying for it;” “I put a lot of money in my yard;” “Why are they doing this my bill is already too high;” “Guess it means we should get a $5 water bill;” “What about our hike in Taxes, are we also restricted from being in our homes?” “Bill are to high for 2 person.”
It is impossible to describe those comments any way other than being from uneducated, affluenza-infected male and female Karens. It is not a suggestion or a request, it is an ordinance.
Would they rather help now, or possibly subject everyone to rationing — or worse yet, trucked in water?
It is a shame we have citizens who have a clean car fetish or would rather water their lawns than help the community preserve drinking water.
Come on folks, suck it up. Get with the program and hope for a tropical storm to come up the Valley and add to the water in Falcon and Amistad.
Ned Sheats
Mission
Response
to letters
My response to letters by Robert Ramirez and Oscar Garza printed Aug. 2:
Jesus Christ taught us to always give a hand up to those in need. Most people of good conscience will always do so quietly, more than those communal narcissists who rant about it publicly, to feel good about themselves, by extolling their fake philanthropy. They have received their reward (Matthew 6:5).
While we agree to always lift our brothers and sisters in need, nowhere does the Good Word say that anyone should enslave themselves permanently to those refusing to work, while in good perfect health, with a smug sense of entitlement, while those who follow the rules are burdened with the tyranny and autocracy of paying for these opportunists’ perks. It is rampant abuse against the funding, bled-out workers.
Contrastingly, the liberal shamers proclaim it is very “humanitarian” to coddle these bottomless pits — it feeds their own big egos.
The unprecedented welfare abuse rewards to the strong, healthy and lazy defines “immoral.”
My advocacy for legal immigration is consistent; I will always be very proud of it.
These lawful immigrants represent everything that is good and decent about humanity and playing by the rules. It shows respect for constitutional laws and rejection of disorderly communistic aggression of a sovereign country.
On the subject of asylum seekers, a very high percent of asylum seekers do not meet the criteria to apply for asylum. Those who do are required to follow a strong, defined legal process. Crossing illegally into this country at will is not a strong argument for asylum seeking.
Imelda Coronado
Mission
Orbán
opposed
It might be good if the segment of our citizenry who wish to preserve our democracy would take note of a major invited speech at the 2022 annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas. The especially vile speech was presented Aug. 4 by Mr. Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary. For those who may be unfamiliar with Mr. Orbán, please know that he is an autocrat with a long history of anti-democratic practices. He has won four straight elections and has a grip on his country’s parliament that allows him to periodically amend the constitution to directly benefit him and his Fidesz party.
One of the documented methods Mr. Orbán uses to maintain control of elections is a fraudulent “chain voting” scheme whereby workers are threatened with termination if they do not vote for Fidesz. Another important part of the Orbán mode of control involved extensive gerrymandering resulting in redistricting that dramatically favors rural areas where his percentage of voters is highest. Sound familiar?)
The Aug. 4 CPAC speech by Mr. Orbán included vicious anti-immigration rants and highly divisive partisan rhetoric. His CPAC presentation occurred less than two weeks after a controversial July 23 speech in which he ranted about wanting to prevent Hungary from becoming a “mixed-race” country. It is alarming that CPAC apparently has high admiration for Mr. Orbán, his messages and his style of government.
As an appeal to RGV voters who are honorable, please reject those who hold Mr. Orbán in high regard and wish to replicate his style of government. We can and we should do better.
Roger Brown
Mission
