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The Caravan, MS-13, and the Opioid Crisis

Published on November 18, 2018 By sirrahc

“We need to stop the caravan. We need to build the wall.” — Newt Gingrich For weeks we have been reading and hearing about the “caravan” of over 7000 Central Americans trekking their way through Mexico to the United States, with the stated goal of either pleading for amnesty or simply demanding that the U.S. […]

Animals, Humans, or Something In-Between

Published on May 27, 2018 By sirrahc

“These aren’t people, these are animals, and we’re taking them out of the country at a level and a rate that’s never happened before.” — President Trump, in response to a California sheriff’s frustrations with state “sanctuary” law making it difficult to deal with MS-13 You’ve probably heard about this story already, but allow me […]

Unusually High Criminality among Arizona’s “DREAMers”

Published on January 21, 2018 By sirrahc

“Unfortunately, if the goal of DACA is to give citizenship to a particularly law-abiding group of undocumented immigrants, it is accomplishing the opposite of what was intended.” — John R. Lott Economists tend to be very good at number-crunching and statistics. John Lott, who holds a PhD in economics from UCLA, has worked for various […]

Sojourners Among the Hebrews vs. Illegal Immigrants in America

Published on January 29, 2017 By sirrahc

“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” — Leviticus 19:33-34 (ESV) […]

Joe vs. Jose: An Illustration

Published on January 15, 2014 By sirrahc

Those of us interested in such things sometimes talk about the negative consequences of allowing illegal immigration, but it isn’t always easy to articulate the problem. People need to understand how it might affect them directly. If they can understand how the system currently gives unfair advantages to the illegal immigrant over the legal resident […]

Keeping the I-Word

Published on April 28, 2012 By sirrahc

Brief rant… On O’Reilly last night, the Talking Points memo included a MoveOn.org video (“Drop the I-Word”) urging people not to use the term “illegal immigrant” anymore. According to the voiceover, “Calling a person illegal takes away their humanity.” Baloney! No one’s questioning their humanity! That claim is victicrat-speak. “It’s racially-charged, legally inaccurate, and morally […]

Top 10 Things Liberals Have Taught Me about Myself (Part 1 of 4)

Published on April 27, 2011 By sirrahc

You know, sometimes you just need someone else’s perspective. Another viewpoint to explain reality to you and show you things about yourself that you never knew. Things that even your friends won’t tell you, or don’t know. Heck, they’re probably guilty of it, too, and don’t even realize it. Let me give a few examples […]

Church, Family, and Immigration Law (Part 3 of 3)

Published on June 2, 2010 By sirrahc

In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, I examined and reacted to several sections of Jenny Hwang’s recent guest column in Christianity Today titled “Arizona’s Border Crisis“. Specifically, I focused on those issues raised and hypothetical scenarios given that could impact not only the illegal immigrants themselves but their families and the churches/organizations who […]

Church, Family, and Immigration Law (Part 2 of 3)

Published on May 27, 2010 By sirrahc

In my last post (Part 1), I examined some of the issues brought up by Jenny Hwang in her recent Christianity Today article, “Arizona Border Crisis”. So far, I’ve been less than impressed with her research and reasoning. Let’s continue… This law should trouble conservatives because it greatly broadens the government mandate and could add […]

Church, Family, and Immigration Law (Part 1 of 3)

Published on May 26, 2010 By sirrahc

Almost everything you read these days about immigration law, especially the recently-passed Arizona legislation, has to do with what exactly does the law say, is it racist, what does “reasonable suspicion” mean, will good citizens be unfairly targeted and inconvenienced, will immigrants’ rights be abused, should law enforcement officers “waste” their time trying to identify […]