by Reps. Bill Mercer HD 46, Brandon Ler HD 35, Sherry Essmann HD 52, Jodee Etchart HD 48, Mike Yakawich HD 51, Nelly Nicol HD 53, Larry Brewster HD 44, Greg Oblander HD 40, Sen. Kenneth Bogner SD 19
We write to encourage a call to action. We must immediately address the illegal immigration happening in Montana. I, as well as many Montanans, have seen the numbers – fentanyl confiscation in Montana up by 20,000%, sex trafficking up by 116%, illegal immigration at our northern border up 597% with over 10,000 illegal immigrants crossing per month. These inexpiable numbers indicate two things: The failure of the Biden Administration to protect America from the influx of crime caused by the illegal immigration crisis on our border, and the need for the Montana State Legislature to act where the federal government fell short. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, was quoted by the American Press regarding securing his state’s borders as saying, “Every minute we wait means more fentanyl deaths, more strain on our first responders, and the looming possibility of street releases – something that no small community wants.” But what are we as Montanans doing with the information that has already been well circulated regarding our state? Are we still pretending what is happening at the southern border can’t affect a state as far away as Montana? Look at accounts like the Bozeman resident who was stabbed to death by an illegal immigrant or the apprehension of three illegal immigrants stalking Bozeman locals in a sex trafficking scheme. Denying the facts can only mean one is suffering from motivated skepticism or an ideological fallacy. This is not the case for Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, who was also quoted saying, “Our border communities are not just political backdrops, not just places you go to point out problems. They’re places where real people live, where they’re trying to raise their families.”
This is why we are calling on you to urge your state legislators to vote for a special session where we can gather for a week and address these issues as many other states have already done. It is our job to protect the Montana population by halting those inexcusable statistics. It is likely that the U.S. Supreme Court will soon be asked to consider the constitutionality of Senate Bill 4 enacted by Texas, which is what our bill in the special session is based upon. It will be important that other states impacted by the Biden Administration’s unwillingness to enforce federal immigration laws have enacted their own laws to signal to the Court that we must have the ability to defend our interests if the Biden Administration will not. The impacts extend far beyond southern border states.
Mike Mercer says
How about we offer an incentive, snitch on cartel, get citizenship.
WMA says
I will never understand how a woman can be filled with so much fear and hatred that she advocates sowing land mines at the base of a border wall to blow the legs off of innocent men, women and children whose only crime is wanting a better life.
WMA says
I know you don’t have any, but I would consider it a favor to myself and all Star readers for you to offer just a tiny bit of evidence that illegal immigrants vote in any significant numbers.
Gomez says
She can’t, so she won’t. She’s just hoping that if she repeats the lie enough times, a certain amount of low information, gullible voters will believe her.
helen sabin says
Legislators can make laws and who is to enforce them? The Federal government will NOT – they encourage illegals to come. Already we are understaffed with the Terrific Sheriff’s office, the Hamilton Police and the State Patrol. We already don’t have enough LEO’s to respond to all the calls that come into the various offices. At any one time, we have one sheriff Northland one south. Consider how long it takes to run from Corvallis to Lolo…when seconds count our Leos are only minutes away.
So how about this: We let those who have waited LEGALLY come in and work. They will be welcome. But we must get rid of BIDEN and as a state contact president TRUMP when he is once again in office to make it an executive order to do so. NO MORE letting in illegals to vote like Biden is doing. Illegals and Criminals are put in jail and NO MONEY is sent to a country that refuses to take them back – no foreign aid. We build the wall but we put step on bombs and they climb the wall – BOOM when they step down. If we toughen up, there are ways -if we demand it. but Bitterrooters are sleepy – only around 39% of Montanans voted….in the primary. What does that tell you?