By JIM NESMITHMs. Shin, you seem to operate under the same premise that President Trump does, that immigrants are not screened (link). You are sadly uninformed and totally wrong.
They are screened extensively and they are screened in a manner that is much more effective and sophisticated than that advocated by you. The simpleton’s approach to Immigration contained in the RAISE Act will result in huge backlogs for legitimate immigrants, be a huge deterrent to highly desirable immigrants and open numerous doors for huge levels of fraud and abuse. In other words, it will have precisely the opposite affect you claim to promote.
In specific response to your column, the proposed proclamation before the County Council is a simple, compassionate, non-political statement of support for human rights and decency. It is no more political than the Bill of Rights. Whereas your vituperative diatribe is xenophobic, divisive and scare-mongering, politically motivated and hateful.
I can’t help but wonder if you aren’t trying to position yourself for running for County Council. I can see no other reason for continually making these kinds of hateful arguments, modeling yourself after Trump.