California and Illegal Immigration

President Trump and his administration are floating the concept of busing illegal immigrants from the border to sanctuary cities. After all, certainly they would be welcome there. Nancy Pelosi's response through her spokeswoman was

The extent of this Administration’s cynicism and cruelty cannot be overstated,” Pelosi spokeswoman Ashley Etienne said in a statement Friday. “Using human beings—including little children—as pawns in their warped game to perpetuate fear and demonize immigrants is despicable, and in some cases, criminal.

It sounds like Pelosi doesn't want illegal immigrants in her city of San Francisco, a sanctuary city. Why would that be? Isn't President Trump simply helping them be all inclusive and accepting to immigrants building a more diversified community?

Think about what happens when large numbers of people move into one area. Of course it puts pressure on the school systems and other infrastructure that supports a community. It also puts pressure on housing and job availability. More people coming in requires housing for them to live in and a job so they can pay for the housing.

California has be "blessed" with an occupation of 2.2 million illegal aliens, that's 5.6% of the state's population. It may not be a direct cause, but anyone who would deny that this might have an impact on homelessness and unemployment isn't being intellectually honest. California's occupation of illegal immigrants is higher than any other state.

One of California's challenges is homelessness. The problem has reached the level of being referred to as a humanitarian crisis. In 2018, HUD estimated through what is called a Point In Time (PIT) census that California has 129,972 homeless people. Again, the highest in the nation making up 25% of all the homeless people in the United States.

California doesn't lead the nation in unemployment but it doesn't rank that well either. Of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, California comes in 39th. Not exactly the land of milk and honey.

California is also "blessed" with some of the most liberal (and most vocal) members of Congress. These include Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Diane Feinstein, Kamala Harris, and Adam Schiff. These members of Congress have left behind state politics and would probably defend themselves by saying these are state issues and they are part of the Federal government. Their "leadership" at the federal level is making it more difficult for the state and local governments to address the issues facing California. While these individuals do have federal responsibilities, the people they are supposed to represent are owed some level of support at the federal level.

California isn't the only state with issues and liberal politicians but they are, in my opinion, the most glaring example. I think it's time for the people of California to wake up and take a look at what they are getting from the politicians they are electing, both at the state and federal level. The last thing we need is for this type of "leadership" to spread across the entire country.