September 21, 2024

Letter to the Editor:

Border is just a pawn for Donald Trump 

Real and efficient border security was within reach earlier in the year. Both political parties worked hard and had a real solution at hand.

When former President Donald Trump heard of it, he contacted members of the House of Representatives and the Senate and told them to defeat it. He said he needed to use it as a campaign issue.

Trump’s stated solution is to round up millions of people who are suspected of immigration violations and deport them, whether or not they are actually citizens. If you fit a specific physical profile and are not carrying papers, tough luck.

As that class of individuals is of great importance to food production in this country, their absence will result in our food prices skyrocketing. It is a stupid non-solution for a problem that Trump has created.

Before you vote, look and listen carefully to what Trump and his unqualified policy architects have in store for America’s citizens.