WHAT ROLE, IF ANY, DOES IMMIGRATION PLAY? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2020) — The Twitter account @kancelkamala, also identifying itself as “@kamalakancel,” on Sunday released new images depicting what appears to be an April 1965 application completed by vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s mother for “nonimmigrant visitor” status in the United States. While it is […]
COURT ORDERS ALLOW FOR PUBLIC CHARGE RULES TO COME BACK by Contributor (Sep. 28, 2020) — Trump-era public charge rules are coming back despite the initial court order to stop these because of the pandemic. Other court orders have overturned the initial order and now allow for the harsher implementation of these rules. Immigrant communities […]
“LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF AVAILABLE RECORDS…” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 19, 2020) — On Friday night the Twitter account @kamalakancel posted images of what it said were four documents appearing to show the immigration history of Shayamala Gopalan Harris, the mother of Democratic vice-presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris. To date, Kamala Harris has […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2019 (Nov. 10, 2019) — Come on, folks! The handwriting is on the wall. The tea leaves have all been read. There is no way to peacefully and amicably heal the irreconcilable differences between the left and the right and the liberal and the […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2019 (Oct. 7, 2019) — OLD GEORGE AND MABLE LAMENT TODAY’S AMERICA George: “You know, Mable, we’ve been married almost 60 years and I look around and nothing seems the same anymore. Oh, sure, we’re surrounded by the little things that we’ve collected over […]
“WE CANNOT RELY ON OTHER COUNTRIES” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 9, 2019) — Acting Commissioner of the Customs & Border Protection agency Mark Morgan gave an early-afternoon press conference on the progress of “the wall” along the nation’s southern border; changes in immigration policies and responses by the federal judiciary; Hurricane Dorian’s devastation of the […]
“MANUFACTURED” OR “REAL”? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 12, 2019) — On Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. EDT, House Oversight & Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD7) convened a hearing on the humanitarian crisis at the southern border encompassing the Trump administration’s purported “child-separation policy.” Live-streaming is available at C-Span here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?462505-1/house-oversight-hearing-border-child-separation-policy C-Span’s caption for the […]
“A BORDER CZAR” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 14, 2019) — In a lengthy interview with “Fox & Friends” Friday morning beginning just after 8:00 a.m. EDT, President Trump made the announcement that former Acting Director of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will be returning to […]
“A MAJOR CRISIS” April 5, 2019 Dear Friends and Colleagues: Among the questions that relate to illegal immigration across our porous southern border which need to be asked of our friends on the left — but never are – is, “How many are enough?” “How many are too many?” “What do you do when you […]
IF NOT, WHAT IS NEXT? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 20, 2019) — Late Saturday afternoon, President Donald Trump addressed the American people from the White House in a speech lasting approximately 14 minutes in an effort to break the impasse between his administration and Congress which resulted in a now-30-day shutdown of parts of the […]
“WE ARE FOR BORDER SECURITY, BUT NOT A WALL” December 21, 2018 Dear Friends and Colleagues: I recognize that this is not in the spirit of the season; but, the big headline today is ‘…shudder’… possible, partial government shutdown over funding for the border wall. Proof that media group-think sifts what news they will tell […]
TOP DEMOCRAT SAYS COMMITTEE WILL “DO ITS JOB” BEGINNING NEXT MONTH by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 20, 2018) — On Thursday morning at 10:15 EST, the House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing concerning the committee’s oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with the department’s secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, listed as the only witness. Chairman Bob […]
THE “HAVES” VS. THE “HAVE-NOTS” by OPOVV, ©2018 (Nov. 17, 2018) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the show that, if it doesn’t grab you, then you’re not paying attention. Hello, my name is Turtle, which is the abbreviated form of my birth name: ‘Turtle Who Sits on Rock in Moonlight.’ We […]
“BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY” by Sher Zieve, ©2018 (Oct. 29, 2018) — There’s something very wrong with this world, today. We all know it. We all feel it. There’s something in the air that is causing anxiety and a general feeling of unease in the world at large. There are people who appear to be […]
TRUMP MAY ISSUE EXECUTIVE ORDER TUESDAY by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 28, 2018) — As of Sunday evening, Fox News and the Associated Press have reported that the caravan of Central-American “migrants” is in southern Mexico, approximately a thousand miles from the closest port of entry into the United States. The thousands-strong group of travelers largely […]
“THE THREAT TO OUR COUNTRY IS SEVERE” by Jeff Crouere, ©2018 (Oct. 27, 2018) — With an army of 10,000 migrants closing in on the Southern border, The White House is considering a range of options including a temporary halt to asylum. On Friday, it was reported that approximately 1,000 troops would be deployed to […]
“CHILDHOOD SCOURGES” by Old Frank, ©2018 (Oct. 19, 2018) — Dear Friends and Colleagues: Watching clips of the “caravan” from Central America that is soon to arrive at our southern border reminded me of an earlier post concerning our most cherished. A couple of decades ago it was widely reported that serious childhood afflictions were […]
PROTESTERS AND COUNTER-PROTESTERS CLASH, OVERWHELM POLICE by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 2, 2018) — The fatal stabbing of a 35-year-old man in Chemnitz in the Eastern German province of Saxony last Sunday sparked a week of protests and clashes between supporters of liberal immigration policies and those opposed. Widespread protests against German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 2015 […]
SAYS STATE’S “SANCTUARY” POLICIES “ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 13, 2018) — Pro- and anti-Trump rallies are taking place recognizing President Donald Trump’s first visit to the State of California to take stock of eight border-wall prototypes in support of his “Build the Wall” campaign promise. Trump arrived at Air Station Miramar in San […]
“MAGNIFICO!” by OPOVV, ©2018 (Mar. 5, 2018) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the most watched info-news show in its time slot. We’re going to take you to Naples, Italy, for an on-the-spot election report by our very own intrepid explorer, Professor Wert. Hello, Wert, we’re all waiting anxiously for […]