Letter from Sherwood Guernsey, Esq.

Talk is Cheap and Only Votes Count

I agree, too many immigrants are crossing the border for this country to handle. The president (any president) needs the legislative power to stop the flow. Period.

The need is so compelling, our U.S. Senate negotiated a bi-partisan bill to protect our borders, including the power to stop the flow. A conservative senator from Oklahoma and a liberal one from Connecticut figured out what many consider the “strictest and most comprehensive” border security bill ever passed.

The president said he will stop the flow across the border immediately if the bill passes. But Senate Republicans sabotaged the bill and it failed. Republican Senator Langford, who supported the bill, stated he had heard from a well-known commentator: “I will do whatever I can to destroy you, because I do not want you to solve this during the presidential election…” “By the way, they have been faithful to their promise, and have done everything they can do destroy me in the past several weeks,” the Oklahoma Republican added.

Ugly.

Now, what about the House? They could pass it, but have not acted.

We must each ask ourselves, what is going on here? We have a problem and now a solution, so why is this crisis still a crisis?

Because the Senate Republicans sabotaged it and now the U.S. House of Representatives will not act, while yelling about how dangerous it is. That’s why.

Where does your representative stand? Any president needs the power to stop the flow and provide for more judges and resources. If Republicans really supported border security, they’d say, “This is BS, we have a problem and a solution; nation over party!”

With such a razor-thin majority, just your congressman could solve the border problem. Urge your representative to lead rather than follow. The citizens of New York deserve better than just talk.

Talk is cheap. Only votes count.

Sherwood Guernsey, Esq.
Rural Freedom Network