Don’t Shoot the “Invaders”
UPCOMING EVENT: Next week, Wednesday, February 5 at noon. FFF is hosting a get-together in downtown Boston after the oral arguments in Ian Freeman’s appeal, where we will discuss the oral arguments. I will be there. Trillium Brewing Fort Point, 50 Thomson Pl, Boston, MA 02210; (857) 449-0083; https://trilliumbrewing.com. Reminder: The Court of Appeals is located at One Courthouse Way in Boston. The oral arguments are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on the 7th floor of the courthouse. Trillium Brewing is about one block away. See here for more details.
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To justify his plan to deploy at least 20,000 U.S. troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, President Trump has declared a “national emergency,” which is the time-honored way that rulers acquire omnipotent, totalitarian-like powers. Trump’s “national emergency” is based on his repeated claim that illegal immigrants are “invading” the United States. It is a claim that was regularly repeated by Trumpsters during the four years of the Biden administration.
But Trump is wrong. His claim of an “invasion” is just a great big power grab, one that enables him to acquire and exercise dictatorial powers.
An invasion is what the U.S. government did to Iraq. You know — bombs, missiles, bullets, soldiers, tanks, armored personnel carriers, war planes, death, injuries, massive destruction of homes, businesses, and infrastructure, POWs, torture, Abu Ghraib, and thanking the troops for their “service” against a people who had never attacked the United States.
The migrants, on the other hand, cross the U.S. border in an entirely peaceful manner. They do so in an attempt to save or improve their lives through economic activity — that is, by getting jobs and making money. They don’t cross the border with guns, shooting everyone in sight. Instead, they often carry their children, not weapons, in their arms. In fact, it is the Border Patrol and other federal personnel who initiate force against the migrants, who are simply crossing a border peacefully.
There is a distinct danger, however, with Trump’s calling migrants peacefully entering the United States, albeit without official per
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