On Friday (March 26) the Pima County GOP sponsored a trip to the Arizona border with Sheriff Dannels (Cochise) and Sheriff Lamb (Pinal). We need to hear and learn the truth of the horrors on our southwest border. The current Administration in Washington D.C. is not willing to be truthful about the crisis on our southwest border and continues to downplay the human tragedy that is taking place. The security of our nation, health of our citizens, freedom of all people, and protection of children is no longer at risk–instead, it is now being destroyed.
Our border crisis is not new, and Washington D.C. has been planning and preparing for the surge(s) on the border for at least a decade. The unaccompanied alien children (UAC) program managed by the Health and Human Services/Office of Refugee Resettlement/Administration of Children and Families (HHS/ORR/ACF) has changed the program acronym to unaccompanied children (UC) removing the designation of alien (the legal term for a person who is not a citizen). Wouldn’t you think that unaccompanied children (UC) might include homeless children in the United States? It doesn’t. This surge on our border is a human trafficking crisis, and the numbers are growing under this Administration.
President Trump’s Administration worked with Mexico and Central America to reduce border crossing and specifically children coming to the U.S. alone. See the significant decrease in FY 2020; we were winning. Let’s be clear, many of these “children” are males between the ages of 16-18. Consider that approximately 47% of Salvadorans, 56% of Guatemalans, and 52% of Hondurans are under the age of 25. They are potential voters. Do you wonder why they arrive with the BIDEN t-shirts? They are already supporting their candidate!
While there is great concern about national security, human trafficking, and drug trafficking, you should also be concerned about your health and the health of Americans. Dr. Lee Vliet (Tucson, AZ) addressed this issue in many articles over the past decade. Not until this most recent surge on the border have we been faced with the COVID invasion. The Northern Triangle isn’t vaccinating their citizens. The poverty rate in Honduras is 62%; Guatemala 60%; and El Salvador 30%–they have no healthcare, and they have no vaccinations—COVID or otherwise.
The Pima County Republican Party will continue to work for all Republicans in Pima County and bring you events, learning opportunities, and information so we can persuade our Pima County neighbors with facts and not fake news. For today, all we can say is “they’re coming to America”.