PAX Centurion - Summer 2017

Page 30 • PAX CENTURION • Summer 2017 617-989-BPPA (2772) PREVENTABLE CRIME: Our choice – Murder, rape and robbery or civil rights for ILLEGAL aliens? Putting the word ILLEGAL back in the illegal immigration debate W ORDS HAVEMEANING. But of course, whenever discussion arises about the matter of ILLEGAL immigration, liberal newspapers and supporters of ILLEGAL immigration and OPEN BORDERS conveniently and intentionally drop the word ILLEGAL from the discussion. They will, invariably, launch into an emotional discussion preceded by clichés such as “we’re a nation of immigrants”. That is only partly true: some of us are immigrants, some of our parents were immigrants, and some of us were born here, (and if we were born here, we are not immigrants by definition but instead “native-born Americans”). According to anthropologists, virtually all of our ancestors came here from somewhere else, in a variety of different ways and for different reasons. And as individual countries formed, each society created rules, regulations and laws for orderly arrival and documentation that best suited their purposes and needs.You can disagree whether those rules and laws were/are good or bad, fair or unfair, but a country that fails to establish borders marked by boundaries, fences or walls and doesn’t make laws for entering….is simply not a country, or won’t be for very long. The word ILLEGAL means, very simply, in violation of the established law, andYES, Mr. and Mrs. Liberal, people and individuals CAN be ILLEGAL , inasmuch as they dwell within the borders of a country against the laws of the country they have entered. If I or my family enters Mexico or Ireland, with disregard and disrespect for their laws, then I and my family are ILLEGAL in those countries and are subject to deportation. Pretty simple so far, isn’t it? Obey the laws of the country you have chosen to enter and you won’t be considered ILLEGAL. So, by the simple process of deductive reasoning, if you are a member of a violent gang such as MS-13, which is known to engage in murder, rape and torture AND you are in the United By James W. Carnell, Pax Editor States ILLEGALLY, then you should be seized and deported immediately. Right? No argument there, is there?You’re in our country ILLEGALLY AND you’re an identifiable member of a violent gang; good to go, right? For example, on June 15 th , 2017, the NewYork Times reported that authorities on Long Island arrested 39 members of MS-13, where they have attributed 17 murders since January 2016 to these savages, the most recent being the deaths of four young men found dead in Central Islip inApril. And the article goes on to say that, …. “ The arrests came as part of an effort to eradicate gangs that operate across international borders . Called Operation Matador, it included agents from Immigration and Customs enforcement and Homeland Security , as well as local law enforcement…. In addition to the 39 members of MS-13, six members of other violent gangs, such as the Latin Kings and the Surenos were arrested. According to the immigration agency, people are considered confirmed gang members if they … have tattoos of gang symbols…”. … Most of those arrested come from El Salvador and Honduras. Five others are from Mexico, and two are from Guatemala… twenty had criminal histories …. twelve had originally crossed into America as unaccompanied minors ”… You recall the term “unaccompanied minor” from the Mexican border invasion in 2014/15, don’t you? The pictures of poor children atop railroad cars, arriving all by themselves, destitute and hungry, homeless, tempest- tossed, yearning to breed free , or something like that…? It was, as we know now, a fake. Most of the “unaccompanied minors” turned out to be 19 or 25 or older, except that without documents, our Customs officials, under the direct orders of the Obama administration, had to take them at their word and release them with a piece of paper upon their promise to return for an immigration/status hearing at a later date. (“Yeah, right, stupid gringos, we’ll show up at your immigration hearing” …) And we know, from many published reports in the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald and many other sources, that MS-13 is operating—right NOW—in East Boston and other local communities. So again, using logic and common sense and having due regard for the safety of the law-abiding residents- including LEGAL immigrants- of Boston, the “local law enforcement authorities” (us) should be cooperating with federal authorities, including I.C.E., to apprehend and deport these violent gang members, who are here ILLEGALLY , BEFORE they commit violent crimes, right? Or better yet, don’t take my word for it, but as Timothy Sini, Suffolk County Police Commissioner said in the NYT article: … “There are times when we know someone is an MS-13 gang member… but we’re not in a position to make a criminal arrest…So another tool in our toolbox is to work with the Department of Homeland Security to target active known MS-13 gang members for violation of civil immigration laws, which is