US News
Rep. Crenshaw Unfamiliar With 1965 Immigration Act, Says English-Speaking Workers Won’t Do Construction
“For some reason, people who speak English just won’t go work there,” Crenshaw said.
Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw admitted that he is unfamiliar with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act, and asserted that Americans lack the work ethic to do construction or agricultural jobs.
The Texas representative made the remarks during a Leadership Institute Digital Town Hall on Wednesday evening.
During the online event, Crenshaw was asked questions from viewers that were submitted to a moderator. One of the participants asked how he would reform the Hart-Celler Act and if he would end birthright citizenship.
“I mean, it’s an interesting question, it’s a detailed question. I didn’t even get a chance to look into the act that you’re talking about, but I understand the concept,” Crenshaw replied.
The act, of course, established the current structure of the US immigration policy. It abolished the quota system that had been based on national origin, created chain migration, and encouraged the importation of foreign workers from Latin America. Naturally, this also caused a massive shift in the demographics of immigrants.
Crenshaw said that it is possible that we are “reading too much into the Fourteenth Amendment,” which granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States. He added that if “we were to do it all over again we wouldn’t have that rule,” but that “reversing that rule is politically very difficult.”
The former Navy SEAL officer explained that if he was “king for a day” he would end birthright citizenship, but will not try to do it in his role as a politician.
“In reality, we have many many other priorities before we get to the birthright citizenship issue. When it comes to immigration it’s the least — it’s not the least our problem — it’s close,” Crenshaw said.
Crenshaw explained that he believes securing the border is the main issue people should be focusing on, but acknowledged that birthright citizenship incentivizes people to illegally enter the US to have babies. He said that the numbers of people being released into the US are very low compared to how they used to be, citing the Remain in Mexico policy.
At this point, Crenshaw noted that the nation needs to consider the “needs” of business owners who rely on immigrant work forces (instead of paying fair wages to Americans).
“They can’t hire Americans. They just can’t. These construction companies, farmers, they have tried,” Crenshaw said.
The representative claimed that places that had fewer immigrants, citing Alabama, couldn’t find workers to do those jobs. This, Crenshaw asserted, is a problem with the work ethic of Americans, not with business owners who prefer to pay ultra low-wages to foreign nationals.
“That’s an American cultural problem that I wish we could fix,” Crenshaw said. “I wish our teenagers would actually go to work. They don’t.”
Crenshaw added that he has to be “sympathetic” to “some of these business owners who are creating jobs and creating wealth in America, creating growth, building things — they can’t do it without anybody working there.”
“For some reason, people who speak English just won’t go work there,” Crenshaw said.
Crenshaw just said "Obama was pretty good on the border"
— Brett MacDonald (@TweetBrettMac) May 14, 2020
During the Q&A, Crenshaw also asserted that President Barack Obama was “pretty good on the border.”
Culture
Black Lives Matter Extremists Cover Former Home of Chauvin Defense Witness With Animal Blood, Leave Severed Pig Head on Doorstep
The former home of Barry Brodd, who testified as a witness for Derek Chauvin’s defense, was covered with animal blood and a severed pig’s head was left on their front porch on Saturday morning.
The former home of Barry Brodd, who testified as a witness for Derek Chauvin’s defense, was covered with animal blood and a severed pig’s head was left on their front porch on Saturday morning.
Brodd no longer lives at the Santa Rose home that was attacked.
Brodd testified last week that police were justified in keeping George Floyd pinned because he kept struggling.
The new family that lives there called the police when they were awakened by the group of black clad individuals outside their home shortly after 3 a.m.
Law enforcement believes that the individuals thought that Brodd still lived there.
Santa Rosa Police say 45 minutes later a hand statue at the plaza mall was vandalized w/blood and a sign saying “Oink Oink”. The substance is believed to be animal blood.
⠀
(2/3) #ChauvinTrial pic.twitter.com/7EmX5MRx7A— Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) April 18, 2021
“Because Mr. Brodd no longer lives in the city of Santa Rosa, it appears the victim was falsely targeted,” police said in a news release.
Santa Rosa Police Chief Rainer Navarro through Brodd under the bus on April 13, issuing a statement saying “Mr. Brodd’s comments do not reflect the values and beliefs of the Santa Rosa Police Department.”
Approximatey 45 minutes after the home was vandalized, a hand statue in front of the Santa Rosa Plaza mall was also splattered with animal blood. The vandals, who match the description of the people who attacked the home, left a sign with a pig on it that read “oink oink.” The statue has no apparent message related to the trial, as it is dedicated to immigrant agricultural workers.
Damage to the residence exceeded $400, making the attack a felony, according to a report from KPIX.
Anyone who witnessed or has information about the attack is encouraged to contact SRPD through their online Tip Line: http://www.srcity.org/CrimeTips.
Culture
MUST WATCH: California Restaurant Owner Blocks Health Inspector’s Car, ‘If We Can’t Work, You Can’t Work’
A GoFundMe campaign to support the restaurant has raised over $20,000.
In an email to her ex-husband Hunter Biden, Kathleen Biden told her troubled former spouse that he is a better father than Joe Biden was.
The cryptic email was found in a trove of documents currently being reviewed in a joint effort by District Herald and the Nationalist Review, provided to us on Friday by a source who obtained them from former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
“I want you to know that you are a great father – a better father than your dad. Your girls love you because you love them for who they are. You haven’t judged them, you have loved them for who they are. You listen and you make them and their problems important to you. You make them great because you allow them to be who they are without unfair expectations. You are patient, caring, and loving,” Kathleen Biden wrote. “I know you and I have struggled but your love for the girls hasn’t waivered. Remember how we use to joke that the girls didn’t have anything to survive to make them strong and interesting? Well, we gave it to them! They did survive it and they are stronger. Through it all they never questioned your love or commitment.”
Kathleen Biden asserted that the former Vice President “wasn’t perfect” as a father.
“I know you love your dad and I do too but he wasn’t perfect,” the mother of Hunter’s children continued. “No one is perfect. At your core, you taught our girls what was important. They are kind, thoughtful, open, curious, funny, compassionate and hard working. You were as much a part of that as I was in helping them grow. Don’t ever question whether you were as good a father as your dad. You were better, in every way.”
In response, Hunter wrote that he worries he has failed them. “Thank you for this it means everything to me. I worry so much that I have failed you all in so many ways,” he said.
Hunter also acknowledged that he will need to earn his children’s trust and respect back, though the reason is unclear.
“I know the girls love me- but I often wonder if they trust and respect me. I know it’s something I have to earn back. And I know that you are the best mother I have ever known. You have raised three incredible young women. We are so lucky to have them, and I am so lucky to have met you 23 years ago. Thank you,” he wrote.
Black Lives Matter Extremists Cover Former Home of Chauvin Defense Witness With Animal Blood, Leave Severed Pig Head on Doorstep
WATCH: Los Angeles Democrat Mayor Eric Garcetti Booed HARD At Dodgers Opener
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Buys $1.4 Million Compound in Extremely White California Neighborhood
MUST WATCH: California Restaurant Owner Blocks Health Inspector’s Car, ‘If We Can’t Work, You Can’t Work’
