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your support. All righty, so let me get into some

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of the more insightful connections here with the operations we're

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seeing on immigration enforcement. So the Charlotte Observer runs a

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story written by Danielle Battaglia. She was Theleigh. She was

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out of Raleigh, I believe, out of the McClatchy paper

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of the News and Observer up there. She's now gone

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up to Washington, DC. She covers Congress up there, and

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she had a story headlined Tom Tillis wants answers from

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Homeland Security on Operation Charlotte's Web. It says Senator Tom

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Tillis called for oversight of the case of the US

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Border Patrol in Charlotte during a Senate hearing Thursday, and

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so that was my first the first time I knew that,

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Oh there was a Senate hearing yesterday about this. I

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did not know that, and so I did a search

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for that, put it into my next browser tab, and

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I was like, I'm gonna come back to that. I'm

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gonna circle back. Jen Psaki style border patrol agents began

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appearing throughout Charlotte's Saturday, near places like grocery stores, schools,

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and churches, rounding up Hispanic residents, often forcefully and with

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little information about what happens next to the people detained.

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The agents have since expanded throughout North Carolina to other

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cities including Raleigh, Winston, Salem, and Hickory. And so what

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Tilla said during this hearing, or I think it was

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actually before the hearing because they were waiting for Democrats

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to show up so they could hold the hearing. So

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he says, I want to make sure that Homeland Security

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can provide me with the definitive list of people who

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were detained, how long they were detained, whether or not

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they were released, and when property was damaged, whether or

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not they've been provided proper restitution. We are the party

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of law and order, and I want to make sure

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that we're also orderly in the process of enforcing it,

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his staff. Tillis's staff said his office is formally asked

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for this information from DHS. Now here's the thing. I'm

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fine with that. I agree with that. That's the proper

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role of a US senator. That's the point. That's why

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we send them up there, is to provide oversight, check

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and balance on the executive branch authority and what they're doing.

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So it's totally fine, and I want to know that too.

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And I approach this. I'm going to use the analogy

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of the body worn cameras for law enforcement. Remember when

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the summer of fiery but mostly peaceful riots occurred and

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you had, you know, the left wingers saying we want

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body cams on all the cops, and the cops were like, yeah,

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we agree, we would like that too, And so you

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got body cams on all these police officers. Now, of

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course you got lefties that are like, maybe that was

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a mistake because these juries are acquitting cops in a

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lot of the cases. Well yeah, when you get the

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video proof of what actually went down, it doesn't support

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your narrative. So anyway, that's my approach on this. I

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want the information because just like the cops wanted the

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video to clear themselves of the false accusations, and the

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you know, community members wanted the body cam to try

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to prove police malfeasans like, they both agree, but they

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want it for different purposes. So I think this is similar.

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I want the information too. I don't know what it's

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going to say, but if it says that they've been

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picking up people. I saw the Cato Institute. They just

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put out some analysis post shutdown arrests. They're like, forty

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percent have been of illegal aliens that have committed no

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crime and they're not. They're not they don't have prior

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convictions in there, or they don't have pending charges. Forty percent,

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And that's the way they framed it. See now I

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see the data, and I say, sixty percent of the

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people they picked up have been convicted of a crime

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or have pending charges. So the majority that's yeah, sixty

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percent have charges pending or were convicted already criminal illegal aliens.

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So I would like to see the data. Two On Thursday,

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he said during a hearing of the Senate Committee on

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the Judiciary that he believes border patrol is now in

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his state because Sheriff Gary not my fault, McFadden used

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sanctuary city policy. There have been people released, he said,

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there have been bad outcomes. So a part of the

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reason that we're here is because of those bad decisions. Correct,

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exactly right. We are here because of Democrat policies, Democrat decisions,

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Democrat politics. That's why border patrol came to Charlotte. These

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are the ramifications of your choice's Democrats. So then Danielle

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Battaglia does some cleanup because he said sanctuary city policy,

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and so now she has to do the Actually, we're

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not a sanctuary city. Sanctuary cities are banned under state law,

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and North Carolina lawmakers recently passed a bill that requires

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sheriffs to comply with requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Why why are sanctuary cities banned under state law? Why

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are sheriffs now required to cooperate with ice? Why? Because

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they weren't cooperating. Just a couple, McFadden being one of them,

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the most prominent one, I would suspect, and they were

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running and cities were running sanctuary city policies. That's why

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the state legislature stepped in and said stop it. Now,

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McFadden has argued for years that holding defendants at the

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request of ICE after they have posted bond and complied

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with court ordered terms of release is unconstitutional, which, by

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the way, never tested, never been sued, never proven to

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be the case. That was just what the left wing

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lawyers put out there as talking points to rationalize these

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policy preferences. But then she says something else at the

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end of the article. Charlotte is considered by the nonprofit

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Welcoming America is the name of the nonprofit Welcoming America.

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It's considered to be a certified Welcoming city. This distinction

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means it's known for policies and programs surrounding immigrant inclusion.

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What the hell does that mean? So I opened another

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browser tap and what did I find? Welcoming America dot

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org and I went through their website and I found

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what it takes to become a certified Welcoming City and

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they have seven framework areas. This thing runs eight pages long,

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filled with all of the things that local gov. Co

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and agencies are supposed to do. They fall under the

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seven areas of civic engagement, connected communities, economic development, education,

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equitable access, government and community leadership. And safe communities, welcoming communities,

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ensure that all residents, including immigrants. And remember when they

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say immigrants, they mean illegal immigrants. Okay, they conflate illegal

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with legal purposefully so as to deflect from the actual

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issue at hand. So they just say everybody's an immigrant,

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but not everybody's a legal immigrant. But they don't care,

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because they want all of these things for illegal aliens

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to be able to fully participate in civic life, a

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thing that, by the way, you would not be permitted

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to do if you were an illegal alien in another nation.

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Immigrant residents have access to democratic spaces and shape community

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priorities and policies. Immigrants hold leadership roles in the community,

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and local institutions are invested in increasing access to leadership

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positions for immigrant residents. And all of that is a

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fancy way of saying de facto amnesty to make them

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full participants as if they were citizens illegally here they

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are on equal footing. That's the point. And again eight

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pages then, of all of the recommended policies and proposals,

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I'll give you a smattering, all right, if you're listening

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news from multiple sources. Why Well, because it's how you

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media landscape more transparent. All right, So Welcoming America dot org.

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According to the website, the way you get certified as

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a Welcoming city, which Charlotte is. I double checked. Charlotte

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is still a certified Welcoming city, and according to the website,

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you have to do some stuff to get certified. And

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they have standards here under seven framework areas, a grand

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total of one hundred and six standards across these seven

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framework areas. The first under Civic Engagement. I'm just going

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to give you a couple of them, because again there's

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one hundred of them, one hundred and six, but basically

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programs to support ieligible immigrants in voting, that's one of them,

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support them in obtaining US citizenship, developing civic leadership skills,

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and are accessible to speakers of languages other than English,

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so you get the flavor for the things that they're doing.

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Build up immigrant youth leadership, like the guy that's on

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the city council now, right. So that's under civic engagement.

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Next up is connected Communities. A couple of those from

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this category. Local government leadership does not make public statements

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discouraging immigration or immigrant inclusion, so they're telling our elected

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officials what to say. You cannot make public statements discouraging immigration.

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There is ongoing public communication from local government leadership about

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its commitment to welcoming immigrants. Think about every statement you

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have heard from Democrat officials over the last week. That's

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CC one dot one standard on going public communication from

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local government leadership about its commitment to welcoming immigrants. How

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about this one? The local government participates in celebrations of

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immigrant cultures, customs, and beliefs. I am looking forward to

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the Charlotte City Council's celebration of female genital mutilation. Can't

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wait for that event to occur. That should be fun.

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Next up the area of the economy, programs support immigrant

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job seekers in finding and obtaining employment. Again, this is

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for legal and illegal, So you got to have programs

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in your local government to help illegal aliens find work.

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Also to have programs to support immigrant adults in accessing

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additional education to obtain the skills and degrees required to

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meet their employment goals. How about this one. Chambers of

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commerce and or economic development agencies are engaged in immigrant

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inclusion work also support immigrants when they try to get

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occupational certification and or credentialing requirements. Might that explain some

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of the driver's licenses being handed out like candy to

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people who can't pass the road tests. Programs support immigrant

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business owners in accessing capital to start, sustain, and grow

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their businesses. How about occupational licensing assistance as well. Let's

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move on to the next category. Education. Just a couple

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from here, although it's a very lengthy list, but you'll

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get the flavor. Programs to address barriers to navigating local

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K through twelve school districts for immigrant families. Programs to

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train K twelve educators and staff on teaching and supporting

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diverse student populations, including immigrant students. Didn't we see a

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statement from CMS when all of this started. They're checking

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a box in a checklist to maintain their status as

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a certified Welcoming city. That's why they're putting out these

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statements saying this stuff, and it all sounds the same.

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I would not be surprised if they got a toolkit

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of some kind with this kind of language in it.

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Programs support immigrant students and accessing a whole bunch of services.

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They got various bullet points on that local government departments.

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Oh sorry, this is now the next category of equitable access.

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More than one hundred of these standards in seven categories.

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You have to meet them in order to be certified

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as a Welcoming city. Charlotte has been so certified. Okay,

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I've gone over. Let's see one, two, three, four of

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the seven areas. The fifth is the economy. And again,

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I'm not going to read all of these standards to

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you because there's a lot of them and that would

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be boring radio. And they're kind of like repetitive in

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their phrasing, but again a smattering so you get the flavor.

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Programs support immigrant job seekers in finding and obtaining employment.

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Programs support immigrant adults in accessing additional educator. I think

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I already read this. No, No, I did it. Yeah, access

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in and accessing additional education to obtain the skills and

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degrees required to meet their employment goals. Programs to support them, oh,

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I said, Oh, I did this already. The Chambers of Commerce, Certification,

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Occupational Licensing. Yes, I did all of that. I'm sorry.

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So the next one is I did not check off.

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Let me check equitable access. Okay, under the education category

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Programs addressing Barriers to navigating local K twelve. Oh I

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already did this one too. Oh oh, I see what

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it is. Their framework areas are not in the same

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order as all of the standards. Why would you do

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it that way? That's stupid. All right, well, let me

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just go to the next section here. This is where

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I was. This is under Welcoming Communities and short local

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services are acceptable to all residents, including immigrants. And again

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when they say immigrants, they mean legal and illegal. So

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they want to ensure services are available. For example, local

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government departments disseminate information on government services, resources, and public

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benefits with the goal of expanding access to immigrants. They

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want to address barriers to healthcare, legal services, mental health services,

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rental housing, home ownership, transportation, also to inform immigrants of

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workers' rights. Okay, So these are some of the areas

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that local governments have to provide. They have to set

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up systems to provide this stuff in order to get certified.

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Next up, this is on inclusion, participation, and equity. The

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local government has one or more st F positions whose

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responsibilities include advancing immigrant inclusion. So taxpayers are funding somebody

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in government to do this. To maintain compliance with the

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Certified Welcoming City Standards, which includes public libraries to implement

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an immigrant inclusion strategy, the local government leadership has an

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immigrant inclusion strategy for all of its departments and agencies.

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Participants of the group advancing Immigrant inclusion has to also

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reflect the diversity of the community in demographics, constituencies and

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sectors minus Republicans, right. I mean it doesn't say minus Republicans,

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but I'm sure that's not required, much like Republican representation

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on the Charlotte City Council, County Commission, and school board.

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So you have to what do quotas you have to

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make whatever this group is that you have to assemble,

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you have to have a group of leaders and residents

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that regularly convenes to advance immigrant inclusion efforts. So, like

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this is also another one of these examples of these NGOs,

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these non government organizations, right that just like attach themselves

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like a barnacle onto government and then they just feed

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off of the taxpayer trough. I know I'm mixing some

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metaphors there, but you get the idea, right, they're plugged in.

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They're like, well, you know, as if you want to

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be a welcoming city, which of course the suicidally empathetic

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must have this standard, like we have to have this certification,

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we have to be a certified welcoming city. We'll do

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anything to get at this status. So we can then

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signal it out that I'm better than you. I care

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more about these other people over here than you do.

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I'm better. You're terrible, You're a Nazi, you're a fascist.

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So then you have to set up this group. Now,

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maybe you could have the group be I don't know,

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not all say led by, but you know, a liaison,

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like a facilitator if you will, somebody who could come

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in with the big sticky pads, have people brainstorm with

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a charette or something, break out into discussion groups, and

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then you know, write all of your thoughts on the

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sticky pads and post it all around the walls, and

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then then cull all of that stuff and collate it

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and then put it into a fancy report and then

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check the box and pay me a check as well.

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Taxpayers are funding this kind of stuff. And then there

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was this for government and community leadership criteria that is

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designated in this list, all of the following local government

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departments are expected to meet these criteria. So they have

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all the criteria, all the standards, and then they put

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little stars or asterisks next to all or several of

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these standards. And if there's a star next to it,

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that means that all of the following local government departments

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are expected to meet the criteria. And those these agencies

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include child protective services, communications, departments that enforce building construction, fire,

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health and housing codes, economic development, emergency dispatch, emergency management,

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emergency medical services, fire, human resources, law enforcement, neighborhoods, planning, purchasing,

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public health, and zoning, all of them basically everything that

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the city does basically. And then the final category law enforcement.

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video dot com. Final segment of their framework from the

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Welcoming America dot org website. In order to get certified

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as a Welcoming City, which Charlotte is final category law enforcement,

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local law enforcement agencies must have programs in place to

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build trust and mutual understanding with immigrant communities and immigrant

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serving organizations. Right, so this is making your local police

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department sticky with these activist groups. And then you can

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check a box. And this is why you keep hearing

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these local leaders saying the same thing about you know this,

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this is how you build trust in these communities, and

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we're trying to maintain trust and all that, Or how

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about this one. Local law enforcement agencies cannot have policies

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in place where the primary purpose is to detain or

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deport immigrants. That's the two eighty seven G program. That's

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what that is. So it's saying you can't be certified

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as a welcoming city if you have two eighty seven G.

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That's why they scrap it. Programs that also inform immigrants

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of their rights and responsibilities when interacting with local law

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enforcement and the legal system. Programs to inform immigrants of

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their rights and responsibilities when interacting with immigration enforcement and

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the detention system have to have a policy in place

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that clarifies the jurisdiction and separation between local law enforcement

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and federal immigration enforcement agency. So I'm curious, like, who's

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monitoring all of this or is this a self reporting

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kind of a thing, Like does Sheriff Gary not my

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fault McFadden send over all of his interview clips and

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his press briefings or his press releases rather send them

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over to the city so they can comply with these standards.

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And again, like, taxpayers didn't vote for this, You didn't

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ask us if we wanted to do this. You got

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one hundred and six standards that you've committed to doing. Charlotte,

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did you guys discuss all of this stuff? Did you

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talk about how you're going to somehow direct the local

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law enforcement to not have any policy whose primary purpose

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is to detain or deport immigrants? Is that why you

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keep saying we have nothing to do with immigration enforcement.

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That's not us. We're not going to deport you because

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you have to check the box, right, Or how about

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the local government has to have a process in place

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to identify the priorities and goals of immigrant residents for

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creating a safer community. It's like, first off, no deportation,

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and law enforcement has one or more staff positions whose

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responsibilities include advancing immigrant inclusion, so they too have to

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have staff. So we're paying for this, So that again

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I gave you probably I don't know, thirty out of

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the one hundred and six standards. They then say on

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their website communities can use the Welcoming Standard to guide

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their next steps in building a Welcoming Community. For example,

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advocates can use it to shape their policy agenda. States

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can use it to inform the assistance and resources they

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provide to communities. Local governments and community based organizations can

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use the Welcoming Standard as evaluation and planning tool. Nonprofits

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and local government entities can also join the Welcoming Network

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as a member, and then you'll receive technical assistance and

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resources that assist communities working to meet this standard. What

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do you want to bet that these activist groups that

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are now part of these demonstrations against the immigration enforcement operations,

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what do you want to bet that they've got people

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that have these Welcoming City standards that they're members, that

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they know what these things are. Then that's why they're

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saying these things the way they're saying them. Local governments

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can be assessed against the Welcoming Standard to become certified,

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and Charlotte has done exactly that. Now when they talk

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also about due process, you've heard a lot about that,

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all the due process stuff, and I'm going to get

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into this in the next hour. Along with the audio

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from the Senate hearing. I want you to keep in

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mind Saulolenski's fourth rule for Radicals right from his book

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Rules for Radicals, and the fourth rule says that activists

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need to make the enemy live up to its own

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book of rules. This tactic involves forcing the enemy to

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strictly adhere to their own established standards, procedures, or policies,

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which will then overwhelm them due to the sheer volume

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or impracticality of compliance. For example, if they have a

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rule that says we will reply to every letter, well

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then you just swamp them with a million letters, and

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then that's an insurmountable workload, and then that they're unable

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to fulfill what they promised to fulfill, and then you

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can accuse them of lying and you can damage their credibility. Right,

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that's the immigration court system after you've allowed in ten

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million illegals in four years. All right, that'll do it

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