More than 10 million invaders have been apprehended at our border, and the Biden administration has released most of them into our communities. In response, California has welcomed invaders, recently qualifying them $150,000 in first-time home buyer creditsallowing them to compete in an already heated housing market.
You’d expect a different approach in a state like Oklahoma, where not a single county has voted for a Democrat presidential candidate since 2000. Not in Kevin Stitt’s Oklahoma.
At a time of record legal and illegal immigration, why is Stitt focused on bringing more foreigners into the state instead of enforcing laws against illegal aliens?
The Oklahoma legislature seriously addressed illegal immigration when it passed House Bill 4156 earlier this year. If enacted, the legislation would make Oklahoma the first state in the country to criminalize residence without legal entry into the country. The offense of “impermissible occupation” would be a misdemeanor for first-time offenders, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $500 fine. Repeat offenses will carry an aggravated felony, up to two years in prison and a $1,000 fine. Offenders must leave the state within 72 hours of their release and are barred from returning.
Before the law was set to take effect on July 1, Federal District Judge Bernard Jones, Trump Appointed, Temporary injunction granted on the law when it goes to the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Instead of defending the law, Gov. Kevin Stitt immediately appointed a task force to find ways to do the opposite — attract By offering work permits and state-approved legal documents to illegal aliens.
Last week, Stitt’s 11-member task force announced His recommendations for bringing more illegal aliens into the state. The task force’s messaging deliberately avoids acknowledging the illegal status of these individuals, with task force members referring to them as “immigrants” or “newcomers”. Tricia Everest, Secretary of Public Safety and Chairwoman of the Task Force, said“Most people who are non-citizens are actually highly educated.”
While some legal immigrants are highly educated, almost no illegal aliens fit that description. Who are we kidding? A new report shows that illegal immigration costs taxpayers $150 billion per yearTo say nothing of the accompanying gang violence, criminal activity, drugs and cartel culture.
One of the task force’s recommendations is to create an “Office of New Oklahomans.” The purpose of this office is to extend work permits and visas to non-citizens who intend to move to Oklahoma or are already there. It will also extend the “Driving Privilege Card to Qualified Non-Citizens”.
Significantly, the task force never used the word “illegal”. Citizens with legal documents already have a visa and work permit issued by the federal government and can obtain a driver’s license in Oklahoma and every other state. The real goal of the task force, hidden behind vague language, is to provide legal documents to people who even the Biden administration has refused to allow. Despite half a century of record legal and illegal immigration, the task force feels we still don’t have enough foreign workers.
“If we have non-citizens, and they’re coming to our universities and training, and they become experts in areas where we need them – if we need nurses – there aren’t enough visas available nationally that Where they can actually practice here,” Everest told reporters. . The Governor himself echoed this point A post last week on X.
Who in their right mind thinks we have too many Americans working in nursing and engineering and not enough foreign workers? Kaiser Family Foundation Analysis It found that the share of hospitals reporting recruitment of foreign nurses doubled between 2010 and 2022, “and an increasing share of hospitals employ increasing numbers of foreign-educated RNs to fill vacancies over time.” In many parts of the country, you will find Native Americans in the minority in the workforce of health care workers, especially nurses and pharmacists.
The question is, at a time of record legal and illegal immigration, why is Stitt focused on bringing more foreigners into the state instead of enforcing laws against illegal aliens? He claims he opposes issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, but why does his task force need to issue licenses to “qualified non-citizens” if not to those who are here illegally?
in the past, Stitt strange argument that licensing a population prone to drunk driving would lower insurance costs. This claim comes with their embrace Electric vehicle griftwhich holds Due to a spike In auto insurance costs.
Stitt seems determined to turn Oklahoma into another California, as he did under pressure.Criminal Justice Reform“The state is now involved with Chinese immigrant marijuana farmers organized crime. Combined with the criminalization of theft under certain thresholds, Criminal mischief What was once a stunning slice of the American heartland has exploded.
A scathing audit released by state Auditor Cindy Byrd earlier this year found that the Stitt administration misused COVID funds earmarked by the Communities Foundation of Oklahoma to resettle Afghan refugees in the state. Baird observed. “This was not an acceptable cost for this grant. The State of Oklahoma had other grants available for these types of services.”
It’s amazing how no one thought of such a brilliant economic plan before Stitt. Let’s import people from the most backward third world countries to help with special jobs because, of course, Oklahoma doesn’t know how to clean up its rear end without the help of such morons from Kabul and Kandahar who have missed out on the Enlightenment.
The Oklahoma debacle shows that despite GOP officials’ superficial rhetoric against the border crisis and Biden’s immigration policies, Republican leaders haven’t changed their ways. Deep down, they continue to support open borders and oppose any effective measures to reduce incentives for illegal immigration. They focus on maintaining the status quo rather than putting their own citizens first.
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