Southwest
Kamala Harris was our border czar. In Texas, we saw what that means
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The dizzying ascent of Vice President Kamala Harris, from the most extreme leftist in the U.S. Senate, to also-ran 2020 presidential candidate, to vice president of the United States, to presumptive 2024 presidential nominee, and — for all we know — de facto president of the United States in the accelerating dotage of President Joe Biden, has little precedent in American history.
There are a lot of firsts in her resume, for better and worse alike, but for those of us in Texas, one matters more than the others: she will be the first White House border czar to contend for the presidency.
Here in Texas, we live with Harris’s border — and it is, in a word, a disaster.
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You may have heard by now that this is fake news. Harris, insists compliant regime media, was never a “border czar.” The title doesn’t even exist, they say: there’s no federal title including the word “czar” anywhere. But all this is disingenuous and misleading on two counts.
Migrants walk along the highway through Suchiate, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Sunday, July 21, 2024, during their journey north toward the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
One is rhetorical: The colloquial use of “czar” for a federal senior official focusing upon a specific subject matter has been commonplace for decades. (Searching WhiteHouse.gov turns up dozens of examples, including from the Biden administration.) Members of Congress certainly thought Harris was a border czar.
The other reason it is misleading, and downright deceptive, is that the White House actually staged a formal presidential event in March 2021 to announce the vice president’s assumption of responsibility for — well, let’s let President Joe Biden tell it:
“I’ve asked her, the VP, today … to lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle and the countries that help — are going to need help in stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border.”
The historical record is clear and indisputable: whatever you want to call it, she owned it. The real fake news is the accusation of fake news. Harris was tasked by the president of the United States to deal with “stemming the migration to our southern border.” So, given that responsibility, what is her record?
There’s a reason she won’t run on it.
By any metric, the Biden-Harris border record, with Harris at the helm, has been the worst in American history. The numbers speak for themselves. There have been 8,114,601 encounters at the southwest border under the Biden-Harris administration, excluding known and unknown “got-aways.” More than 460,000 individuals from over 77 nations, including nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, have been paroled. Additionally, more than 680,000 entries have occurred through the CBP One app.
But those numbers tell only part of the story. Coming down to the human level, in the streets and communities where Americans actually live, what Harris has presided over is this: families ravaged by fentanyl, streets rendered unsafe by crime, epidemics of homelessness aggravated by tens of millions of illegal immigrants, and the looming end of rule of law.
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The last item is no hyperbole: Harris has gone on record in favor of decriminalizing illegal border crossing, and has even agreed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should be abolished. Combined with her (admittedly non-border) record raising bail funds for summer-2020 rioters, we have a fairly clear picture of a radical leftist who simply does not believe in the basic principles of law and justice that are the essential prerequisites for American life and society.
A large group of Chinese migrants, including three from Bangladesh, line up for a Customs and Border Patrol officer at Jacumba Hot Spring, California, on June 6, 2024, where the group arrived after crossing the US-Mexico border overnight. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
This is really what’s at stake in our ongoing border crisis — whether or not America remains a nation with rule of law, and moreover one that prioritizes its own citizens as the proper object of governance. Harris has given her answers, and they are no and no.
Presumably she did so because it is advantageous in the ideological hothouse of American progressivism, which has almost entirely captured the Democratic Party — excepting the handful of Democrats, faithful to their communities, who voted to censure her border-czar record in late July. But it is not advantageous to us, the Americans who must live with her leadership and its failures.
As Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said in his speech at the Republican National Convention, never before has an election mattered as much as it does now, when we are facing an invasion on our southern border. As Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott stated the following day, a president’s most sacred duty is to secure our country, and America needs a president who will secure our border. Harris’s record on this issue shows a lack of effective action, further underscoring the urgent need for strong leadership to address these challenges.
Coming down to the human level, in the streets and communities where Americans actually live, what Harris has presided over is this: families ravaged by fentanyl, streets rendered unsafe by crime, epidemics of homelessness aggravated by tens of millions of illegal immigrants, and the looming end of rule of law.
Kamala Harris wants to be president of the United States. Texas knows her record, up close. Come and see it. Come see the trafficked millions who cross, known and unknown, illegally, into our country. Come see the border communities that live in fear of both crime and direct attack from the southern bank of an unsecured border. Come see the cartel lookouts who watch your every move, and occasionally warn you to leave the American soil on which you stand. Come see the human cost of the Harris border.
She won’t run on that record. But the record is here.
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Long Beach will hold a pride festival this weekend after the one they originally had scheduled was canceled.
Long Beach city officials said the celebration was nixed after the nonprofit that organizes it, Long Beach Pride, failed to submit the required information for an event permit.
It was supposed to start on Friday and last through Sunday.
“Despite continued collaboration and multiple deadline notices, the City did not receive the required documentation needed to complete safety reviews, inspect critical event infrastructure, such as the stage, electrical systems and tent, and emergency exiting plans to ensure compliance with public safety standards,” the city of Long Beach said in a statement. “With event programming scheduled to begin on May 15 at 5 p.m. with Teen Pride and essential information still outstanding, there is no longer sufficient time to safely permit the festival this year.”
Officials noted that they were working to see if a “shortened event” could be held this weekend, and indeed, an agreement was reached to stage a one-day gathering on Sunday.
Billed as “Canceled? Never Heard of Her!” and emceed by comedian and drag queen Jewels, it will still bring the city’s LGBTQ community together after Sunday morning’s Long Beach Pride Parade, which was not canceled.
“Long Beach Pride weekend is a culmination of celebrations put on by our community, including our many vibrant restaurants, bars and businesses, and that will never change,” Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson said in a press release issued late Saturday night. “Along with the Pride Parade, we are proud to join the party with this new event that reaffirms what this City has always stood for: that every person belongs here.”
“The festival may have been canceled, but Long Beach drag artists don’t cancel joy,” added Jewels Long Beach.
The one-day “Canceled? Never Heard of Her!” festival will take place at Bixby Park from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. A free event, it will include music by several performers and a drag show.
More information can be found here.
Los Angeles, Ca
L.A. Jewish institution among targets of foiled terrorist attack, U.S. officials say
A Jewish institution in Los Angeles was among the locations targeted in a recently foiled terrorism plot, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton announced this week.
The thwarted terrorist attacks were the result of the recent arrest of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, an Iraqi national and senior member of Kata’ib Hizballah, U.S. officials said.
“Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, a commander for the terrorist organization, Kata’ib Hizballah, faces serious charges for his role in numerous attacks against U.S. interests across the globe, including his efforts to kill on U.S. soil,” Clayton said. “As alleged, for years, Al-Saadi committed himself to furthering the terrorist goals of Kata’ib Hizballah and the IRGC, two terrorist organizations dedicated to harming the United States and its allies.”
Al-Saadi recently attempted to carry out attacks in the U.S., officials said, including attacks at Jewish cultural places of interest in New York, Los Angeles and Scottsdale, Ariz.
“Al-Saadi attempted to disrupt American society through intimidation and violence,” a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office reads. “… Those who engage in or support terrorism against Americans and on U.S. soil should take note: the whole of the federal government is committed to dismantling terrorist organizations and bringing their members to justice.”
In a three-month period, Al-Saadi allegedly directed 18 terrorist attacks throughout Europe, including bombings, arson, and assaults targeting American citizens and points of interest. Prior to his arrest, national security officials say he was planning similar attacks on U.S. soil. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said that Al-Saadi “presented a serious threat to our national security.”
The European attacks included the bombing of the Bank of New York Mellon, an American bank, in Amsterdam on March 15. On April 29, two Jewish men, one of whom was a dual U.S.-British citizen, were stabbed and seriously injured in London.
In 2020, Al-Saadi took to social media, calling for others to attack and kill Americans in retribution for the deaths of Iranian military officer Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi military commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, U.S. officials said. In more recent months, Al-Saadi allegedly used social media to encourage the killing of Americans and Jews to further the terrorist goals of Kata’ib Hizballah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
“In or about February 2026, for example, AL-SAADI posted on one of his social media accounts a message in Arabic, which read in part, ‘Do not abandon the blood of your Imam of the time, oh Shiites of Iraq. Kill everyone who supports America and Israel. Do not leave any of them remaining. Civil and military targets, as well as voices of discord, kill them everywhere.’” U.S. officials said.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch confirmed that one of the U.S. targets was a Manhattan synagogue. On April 3, Al-Saadi allegedly spoke to an undercover law enforcement officer whom Al-Saadi believed could carry out attacks in the U.S. That same day, Al-Saadi allegedly texted the undercover officers photographs and maps showing the exact location of a prominent Jewish synagogue in New York City.
Officials have not said what specific locations in L.A. and Arizona were targeted by the terrorist group.
Al-Saadi now faces numerous charges for these crimes in U.S. court. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
The case is under investigation by the FBI’s New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, which is comprised of investigators and analysts from the FBI, the NYPD, the FBI Washington Field Office, Counterterrorism Division, and more than 50 other federal, state, and local agencies. Investigators also received help from the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, Counterterrorism Section, the Office of International Affairs of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
A man armed with a knife was shot by L.A. police officers responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call overnight, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers with the Hollenbeck Division responded to an apartment complex in the 3000 block of Glenn Avenue in Boyle Heights at 1:45 a.m. Saturday after callers reported a male suspect was armed with a knife and had just assaulted someone in the complex.
Arriving officers found the suspect in front of the residence, but he did not comply with officers’ commands to drop the weapon. He then advanced toward the officers and an officer-involved shooting occurred, LAPD confirmed.
“The suspect was struck by gunfire and remained non-compliant,” the LAPD Public Information Officer said on X early Saturday morning. “Officers deployed a 40mm foam round and ultimately took the suspect into custody.”
Video obtained by KTLA shows the man being loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital; officials said he was transported in stable condition, adding that his knife was recovered at the scene and booked as evidence.
No officers or community members were injured during the incident. The man’s name was not released.
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