Thanks, Tim. My suggestion for fixing the border is to require the White House, Senate and Congress to relocate to a border town - one within walking distance of the border - while they hash out a new immigration plan. No going anywhere else until they agree on a new border plan in all its facets and it's put in place. We'd very quickly have a border that was strictly maintained and patrolled.
The social fabric of communities is being altered ,,,,,, and this is exactly what the opposition wants. They have failed long term so change the rules of the game. Oh and open your check account it is going to be very, very, very expensive. Forget about the cultural costs.
The cost of inflation by the idiots incharge have ruined many families and businesses. It is all related.
Are you still voting for and supporting their failure? Why?
You probably also love the Death Valley (closed State St.) the stupid narrowing of Old Town Goleta Hollister, and the dangerous e-motorcycles on the streets.......
It is time to change. Change is tough when you are part of the power elite of the past 50 years that has failed. Change is tough to do when you use the excuse "It just takes a little bit more of change and it will work." The Communist apologists use that one all the time. (It took the USSR 75 years to finally crumble) They want you to move along and ignore their failures.
When you walk into city hall look at each city council member including the Mayor. The turn into public works and look over that staff, and tell traffic engineers how they screwed up.
When you are done with that ask why they totally ignored the majority of the businesses and users of Old Town Hollister. Then ask them why they refused to engage Cars Are Basic, when we showed at Council sessions objecting.
You will then have a good idea who came up with this intentional congestion causing plan.
Good catch. There is an even larger "Robbing the Piggy Bank," coming. There are numerous issues of FEMA funds being used to house homeless that includes the illegals. FEMA funds are secured for rebuilding NOT housing of homeless. That Price Tag is going to come down on State, County, and City uses that were and are illegal.
The only thing that has stopped it is one party that controls the Senate, had long term control over the House, and the White House. When there is a change in administration and sweeping aside the administrative cover-up there are going to be a whole lot of elected, and administrative staff that are going to have to own up to intentional mis-use of Federal Money. It will be interesting to see how California fares when that hammer comes down.
The cost to the American taxpayer is incalculable. Easily in the hundred of billions, if not trillions. Major cost centers are obviously health, education and criminal justice. With over 10 million
Illegals during the Biden administration, the ongoing cost burden threatens social services, Medicare, housing etc. to the brink of collapse.Harris has already said she supports Medicare for illegals.
Yes, illegals are great for service jobs, cheap labor, which the Chamber of Commerce loves but,the net effect is a massive drain on our essential services.
Time for a change! Close the border, get tough on Mexico and other triangle countries. Massive deportations must be part of the process.
Why do we continue to be such suckers? Other countries certainly do not allow this. Countries such as Hungary realize their national identity is at stake and closed their borders resulting in backlash from other countries who have been overrun like France and Belgium.
When my daughter wanted a student visa in Spain, she had to hire a lawyer, open an account with a Spanish bank and a minimum of $8k balance. Also required health exam and complete criminal background check. When the visa expires, you MUST leave.
The illegals in this country also pose a security risk. Who are these people committing heinous crimes? This is a ticking time bomb and can go off on us at any given moment!
Great points on the border. Love the home analogy.
As to sanctuary cities & states they are aiding & abetting criminals. Which is a criminal offense. As such the government should also be held liable for any crimes committed by the law breakers they harbor, such as theft, rape, murder, or terror attacks.
Tax payer money is being used to harbor fugitives. We taxpayers are helping them break the law. Perhaps we should stop paying taxes as our money is being used for illegal activities.
Laws are what makes a civil society. If people don’t like the law they should lobby to change the laws, not break them.
Otherwise we can all park where want, drive as fast as we want, and not pay taxes. What laws are ok to break & who dictated that? Democrats. Rules for thee but not for me.
Many people say that Biden has committed treason by opening the border. A secure border is one of the fundamental duties of the American President, head of the Executive Branch of government.
I read this excellent article by Mr. Tremblay titled "The Cost of an Open Border"
and I quote "What in the world is going to happen with the U.S. border? Something that seemed so simple, so necessary has developed into a major conundrum for our country. When you talk about an “existential threat,” the border situation is exactly that. The border and immigration are of the most important concerns during this election period."
The new title should read "The Cost of an Open Border to Santa Barbara and California"
As Mr. Tremblay stated The "Existential Threat" is clear and a Danger to us all. As I have been
very direct to everyone here the So-Called-Santa Barbara Leaders failed to Detect that "Existential
Threat" then they Concealed that "Existential Threat" and I will give you all a hint by ...........>>>>
Director of the FBI stated on November 15, 2013 as follows: "FBI DIRECTOR WRAY CONFIRMS THE BORDER CRISIS POSES MAJOR HOMELAND SECURITY THREAT, DHS SECRETARY MAYORKAS STONEWALLS" https://tinyurl.com/mukhr7bn
I would suggest everyone here reads the above link and I quote "In the hearing, members received confirmation of the urgent national security threat posed by the nearly 1.8 million known gotaways and the rising number of individuals on the terrorist watchlist apprehended crossing the Southwest border—especially as America’s enemies, including Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah, have been emboldened to spread their malign influence following the October 7 terrorist attacks on our ally, Israel." Any Concealed Terrorists and additional "Existential Threats" operating here in SB County Folks???? I will pose another question for Mr. Carbajal. Any "Existential Threats" here in Santa Barbara County that were concealed? Anyone here in Santa Barbara that addressed those "Existential Threats"?
I had a physics professor once who had just chalked on the blackboard some equations having to do with quantum electrodynamics. He made the statement "This will be obvious to those to whom it is obvious". I think he might say the same thing about your article, Tim. To me it makes complete sense...but to others it may make no sense at all. That's the conundrum in which we find ourselves in America today. But not for the first time...so there is always hope. For me...much prayer!
Very sensible column. We currently have too many leaders who actively hate and undermine traditional America and traditional Americans. Our country is rapidly turning into nothing more than a Tower of Babel-style open-air market, ruled over by an Ivy-tech-finance oligarchy. I’d be all in favor of a 50 year moratorium on all immigration, but I’ll take anything I can get in the way of improvement. Here’s hoping Trump wins, ends the anchor-baby insanity, starts deportations and seals the border.
America was founded on Biblical values. Our values, such as belief that all men are created equal, and have an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are Biblical. Our constitution is Biblical. Innocent until proven guilty, freedom of speech, the right to bear arms... ALL Biblical. The United States was NOT founded on secularism.
Separation of church and state had more to do with the wide variety of different Christian denominations and not wanting to have one specific church denomination become the "State Church" and dominant or alienate the others.
But don't get it twisted, our founders were NOT all secularists. Yes, *some* of them were freemasons, the most well known ones. But most of the people that signed the Declaration of Independence were simple Christian men. Our laws and values are based on Biblical laws and values.
In the 1800’s American colleges started to removed statues and plaques that showed the Christian values they were founded on. And then they began to indoctrinate students with the narrative that the United States was never Christian. Marxists are very good at erasing history.
You are missing a big chunk of early American history. You can’t disagree with facts unless you’re a wokeist who thinks everyone has their own truth. I highly recommend you go back and study American history if you don’t know what I’m referring to. You’re just uninformed.
Multi cultural societies don't work. History shows that. America worked (past tense?) because the over-riding culture was the American Experiment. Call it the American Soul. Individual agency, self sufficiency and the rewards for merit. When this is valued as supreme by the citizenry, a spectrum of behavior and beliefs can flourish.
The "melting pot" is why American immigration worked in the past. People assimilated to American culture and followed American laws.
The people coming now do not respect us, or country, nor do they respect our laws. Plenty of footage shows them assaulting both citizens and even police officers in NYC only to be released without bail!
One video showed them giving the finger to the cameras as they left the police station. These people don't care about our laws.
I get really tired of people saying these people are asylum seekers. Most of them are men of fighting age.
There are some who say that if Trump loses, Kamala (or whomever the DNC ends up nominating) will grant the full citizenship if they volunteer to join our military… since they clearly want to start WWIII.
Good article on the economic costs and impacts to the social order caused by large-scale (coordinated) illegal immigration. It's all part of the Deep State’s larger strategy to break down societies. See “Cloward-Piven Strategy", developed to hasten the fall of capitalistic societies by overloading governments with the flood of impossible demands, amassing massive unpayable national debt, and other methods, thus pushing societies into crisis and economic collapse. This is happening worldwide. Start wars to create refugees? Push them across borders in order to break down societies, create economic hardship & chaos within stable social orders so that Overlords can ride in to the rescue?
PS…Our Government is in bed with the cartels & in the business of drug smuggling & human trafficking…Evil surrounds US
Trump has already hinted at the military options that can be leveraged against the cartels. I say, bring in the drowns and target the leadership. Clearly, they are terrorist organizations.
Hmmm...they are indeed terrorist (with a Satanic bent). I think we should give Mexico a chance to clean up their own act. Day 1: Reinstate executive orders from first term. Restart & complete the wall (+++) ASAP in order to COMPLETELY seal the border. Cut off all drug routes (land, air, sea) to dry up their market. The government of Mexico has ample forces to take down the cartels. US can assist with intelligence & oversight, with limited air/sea force (as necessary). They need to clean their own house. If that doesn’t accomplish goals, begin with the economic sanctions. Finally, only as last resort, military action.
PS. I detest killing…but they are killing US in the worst way…mass poisonings
You’re spot on. The opposition say its no different than the past. I know, I’ve talked to them. They say check your history and your facts. How do you argue with that boneheaded mindset?
Unfortunately, the elephant in the room that neither side wants to discuss, is the number of failed states in our hemisphere. Clearly, at times Mexico is a failed narco state. Their judiciary and political class are terrified by their narco rulers.
Other countries include, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador just to mention a few. In Venezuela, Maduro is in the process of stealing the election.
Our backyard is as bad, if not worse than Eastern Europe!
"All I need to Know I learned in Kindergarten" My experience with recent immigrants is most are nice people that work hard. A small percentage are criminals of various sorts. If immigrants are undocumented it becomes difficult to prosecute the criminals. This makes an unsettled community.
This whole border situation could have been avoided if the Indigenous people of North America had built walls at the first sight of English and European illegal foreigners.
As I remember, there was a BI-PARTISAN bill on the floor that would ease the problems at the border. I also remember an old, egotistical, power mad, bully, who didn’t hold any type of political office, ordering the MAGA sheep to vote against it so, he could run his campaign on it. So the MAGA sheep did as they were ordered to do and they killed the bill, and here we are.
Also you sound afraid of different cultures, when this country is better for it.
Are you implying that native peoples were not competent enough to build walls? Or were they too lazy? (See, progressive spin is as easy as it is unfulfilling)
I guess my sarcasm wasn’t sarcastic enough. In plain English, is if the Indigenous people had not welcomed the illegal immigrants, then the ancestors of these immigrants wouldn’t have the problem at hand, trying to keep out other immigrants.
Actually, that "border bill" had nothing to do with securing our border and everything to do with giving MORE MONEY to Ukraine and making it EASIER for people to enter.
Also... Biden didn't need congress to act. He could have done everything we needed him to do by Executive Order.
Do you consider MI6 a culture? What about Taliban sleeper cells? It's called National Security.
Thanks, Tim. My suggestion for fixing the border is to require the White House, Senate and Congress to relocate to a border town - one within walking distance of the border - while they hash out a new immigration plan. No going anywhere else until they agree on a new border plan in all its facets and it's put in place. We'd very quickly have a border that was strictly maintained and patrolled.
The social fabric of communities is being altered ,,,,,, and this is exactly what the opposition wants. They have failed long term so change the rules of the game. Oh and open your check account it is going to be very, very, very expensive. Forget about the cultural costs.
The cost of inflation by the idiots incharge have ruined many families and businesses. It is all related.
Are you still voting for and supporting their failure? Why?
You probably also love the Death Valley (closed State St.) the stupid narrowing of Old Town Goleta Hollister, and the dangerous e-motorcycles on the streets.......
It is time to change. Change is tough when you are part of the power elite of the past 50 years that has failed. Change is tough to do when you use the excuse "It just takes a little bit more of change and it will work." The Communist apologists use that one all the time. (It took the USSR 75 years to finally crumble) They want you to move along and ignore their failures.
Old town Goleta is now a permanent traffic jam. Lots of unused bicycle lane though. Who is the idiot who came up with that plan?
When you walk into city hall look at each city council member including the Mayor. The turn into public works and look over that staff, and tell traffic engineers how they screwed up.
When you are done with that ask why they totally ignored the majority of the businesses and users of Old Town Hollister. Then ask them why they refused to engage Cars Are Basic, when we showed at Council sessions objecting.
You will then have a good idea who came up with this intentional congestion causing plan.
Hello Cars Are Basic, the change has come and it is being done however the
Local-Elite-Power-Brokers of Santa Barbara are not going to tell you or wave
a Red-Flag and say "Hey They Caugth Us Robbing the Piggy Bank" You can
see the signs here >>>> https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-county-organized-health-system-and-three-health-care-providers-agree-pay-68
There is alot more coming.............
Howard Walther, member of a Military Family
Good catch. There is an even larger "Robbing the Piggy Bank," coming. There are numerous issues of FEMA funds being used to house homeless that includes the illegals. FEMA funds are secured for rebuilding NOT housing of homeless. That Price Tag is going to come down on State, County, and City uses that were and are illegal.
The only thing that has stopped it is one party that controls the Senate, had long term control over the House, and the White House. When there is a change in administration and sweeping aside the administrative cover-up there are going to be a whole lot of elected, and administrative staff that are going to have to own up to intentional mis-use of Federal Money. It will be interesting to see how California fares when that hammer comes down.
The cost to the American taxpayer is incalculable. Easily in the hundred of billions, if not trillions. Major cost centers are obviously health, education and criminal justice. With over 10 million
Illegals during the Biden administration, the ongoing cost burden threatens social services, Medicare, housing etc. to the brink of collapse.Harris has already said she supports Medicare for illegals.
Yes, illegals are great for service jobs, cheap labor, which the Chamber of Commerce loves but,the net effect is a massive drain on our essential services.
Time for a change! Close the border, get tough on Mexico and other triangle countries. Massive deportations must be part of the process.
Why do we continue to be such suckers? Other countries certainly do not allow this. Countries such as Hungary realize their national identity is at stake and closed their borders resulting in backlash from other countries who have been overrun like France and Belgium.
When my daughter wanted a student visa in Spain, she had to hire a lawyer, open an account with a Spanish bank and a minimum of $8k balance. Also required health exam and complete criminal background check. When the visa expires, you MUST leave.
The illegals in this country also pose a security risk. Who are these people committing heinous crimes? This is a ticking time bomb and can go off on us at any given moment!
Again, why are we such suckers?
Great points on the border. Love the home analogy.
As to sanctuary cities & states they are aiding & abetting criminals. Which is a criminal offense. As such the government should also be held liable for any crimes committed by the law breakers they harbor, such as theft, rape, murder, or terror attacks.
Tax payer money is being used to harbor fugitives. We taxpayers are helping them break the law. Perhaps we should stop paying taxes as our money is being used for illegal activities.
Laws are what makes a civil society. If people don’t like the law they should lobby to change the laws, not break them.
Otherwise we can all park where want, drive as fast as we want, and not pay taxes. What laws are ok to break & who dictated that? Democrats. Rules for thee but not for me.
Love it. ALL OF IT!! You are spot on! Oh how I wish I could stop paying dreadful taxes without loosing sometime else down the road!
Many people say that Biden has committed treason by opening the border. A secure border is one of the fundamental duties of the American President, head of the Executive Branch of government.
I read this excellent article by Mr. Tremblay titled "The Cost of an Open Border"
and I quote "What in the world is going to happen with the U.S. border? Something that seemed so simple, so necessary has developed into a major conundrum for our country. When you talk about an “existential threat,” the border situation is exactly that. The border and immigration are of the most important concerns during this election period."
The new title should read "The Cost of an Open Border to Santa Barbara and California"
As Mr. Tremblay stated The "Existential Threat" is clear and a Danger to us all. As I have been
very direct to everyone here the So-Called-Santa Barbara Leaders failed to Detect that "Existential
Threat" then they Concealed that "Existential Threat" and I will give you all a hint by ...........>>>>
Director of the FBI stated on November 15, 2013 as follows: "FBI DIRECTOR WRAY CONFIRMS THE BORDER CRISIS POSES MAJOR HOMELAND SECURITY THREAT, DHS SECRETARY MAYORKAS STONEWALLS" https://tinyurl.com/mukhr7bn
I would suggest everyone here reads the above link and I quote "In the hearing, members received confirmation of the urgent national security threat posed by the nearly 1.8 million known gotaways and the rising number of individuals on the terrorist watchlist apprehended crossing the Southwest border—especially as America’s enemies, including Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah, have been emboldened to spread their malign influence following the October 7 terrorist attacks on our ally, Israel." Any Concealed Terrorists and additional "Existential Threats" operating here in SB County Folks???? I will pose another question for Mr. Carbajal. Any "Existential Threats" here in Santa Barbara County that were concealed? Anyone here in Santa Barbara that addressed those "Existential Threats"?
Howard Walther, member of a Military Family
I had a physics professor once who had just chalked on the blackboard some equations having to do with quantum electrodynamics. He made the statement "This will be obvious to those to whom it is obvious". I think he might say the same thing about your article, Tim. To me it makes complete sense...but to others it may make no sense at all. That's the conundrum in which we find ourselves in America today. But not for the first time...so there is always hope. For me...much prayer!
Very sensible column. We currently have too many leaders who actively hate and undermine traditional America and traditional Americans. Our country is rapidly turning into nothing more than a Tower of Babel-style open-air market, ruled over by an Ivy-tech-finance oligarchy. I’d be all in favor of a 50 year moratorium on all immigration, but I’ll take anything I can get in the way of improvement. Here’s hoping Trump wins, ends the anchor-baby insanity, starts deportations and seals the border.
America was founded on Biblical values. Our values, such as belief that all men are created equal, and have an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are Biblical. Our constitution is Biblical. Innocent until proven guilty, freedom of speech, the right to bear arms... ALL Biblical. The United States was NOT founded on secularism.
Separation of church and state had more to do with the wide variety of different Christian denominations and not wanting to have one specific church denomination become the "State Church" and dominant or alienate the others.
But don't get it twisted, our founders were NOT all secularists. Yes, *some* of them were freemasons, the most well known ones. But most of the people that signed the Declaration of Independence were simple Christian men. Our laws and values are based on Biblical laws and values.
Don't believe me? Watch this:
https://youtu.be/3OSAZTf_x8c?si=8UF6Id5dwKIqN_b4
In the 1800’s American colleges started to removed statues and plaques that showed the Christian values they were founded on. And then they began to indoctrinate students with the narrative that the United States was never Christian. Marxists are very good at erasing history.
You are missing a big chunk of early American history. You can’t disagree with facts unless you’re a wokeist who thinks everyone has their own truth. I highly recommend you go back and study American history if you don’t know what I’m referring to. You’re just uninformed.
Multi cultural societies don't work. History shows that. America worked (past tense?) because the over-riding culture was the American Experiment. Call it the American Soul. Individual agency, self sufficiency and the rewards for merit. When this is valued as supreme by the citizenry, a spectrum of behavior and beliefs can flourish.
The "melting pot" is why American immigration worked in the past. People assimilated to American culture and followed American laws.
The people coming now do not respect us, or country, nor do they respect our laws. Plenty of footage shows them assaulting both citizens and even police officers in NYC only to be released without bail!
One video showed them giving the finger to the cameras as they left the police station. These people don't care about our laws.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-migrant-flips-middle-fingers-charged-attacking-nypd-times-square
I get really tired of people saying these people are asylum seekers. Most of them are men of fighting age.
There are some who say that if Trump loses, Kamala (or whomever the DNC ends up nominating) will grant the full citizenship if they volunteer to join our military… since they clearly want to start WWIII.
Good article on the economic costs and impacts to the social order caused by large-scale (coordinated) illegal immigration. It's all part of the Deep State’s larger strategy to break down societies. See “Cloward-Piven Strategy", developed to hasten the fall of capitalistic societies by overloading governments with the flood of impossible demands, amassing massive unpayable national debt, and other methods, thus pushing societies into crisis and economic collapse. This is happening worldwide. Start wars to create refugees? Push them across borders in order to break down societies, create economic hardship & chaos within stable social orders so that Overlords can ride in to the rescue?
PS…Our Government is in bed with the cartels & in the business of drug smuggling & human trafficking…Evil surrounds US
Trump has already hinted at the military options that can be leveraged against the cartels. I say, bring in the drowns and target the leadership. Clearly, they are terrorist organizations.
Hmmm...they are indeed terrorist (with a Satanic bent). I think we should give Mexico a chance to clean up their own act. Day 1: Reinstate executive orders from first term. Restart & complete the wall (+++) ASAP in order to COMPLETELY seal the border. Cut off all drug routes (land, air, sea) to dry up their market. The government of Mexico has ample forces to take down the cartels. US can assist with intelligence & oversight, with limited air/sea force (as necessary). They need to clean their own house. If that doesn’t accomplish goals, begin with the economic sanctions. Finally, only as last resort, military action.
PS. I detest killing…but they are killing US in the worst way…mass poisonings
I agree wholeheartedly. Thank you for speaking so clearly. Glad to read the many wise perspectives offered here on The Current.
Great Article Tim, thanks for the taking the time to write and share.
You’re spot on. The opposition say its no different than the past. I know, I’ve talked to them. They say check your history and your facts. How do you argue with that boneheaded mindset?
Unfortunately, the elephant in the room that neither side wants to discuss, is the number of failed states in our hemisphere. Clearly, at times Mexico is a failed narco state. Their judiciary and political class are terrified by their narco rulers.
Other countries include, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador just to mention a few. In Venezuela, Maduro is in the process of stealing the election.
Our backyard is as bad, if not worse than Eastern Europe!
"All I need to Know I learned in Kindergarten" My experience with recent immigrants is most are nice people that work hard. A small percentage are criminals of various sorts. If immigrants are undocumented it becomes difficult to prosecute the criminals. This makes an unsettled community.
Cars Are Basic, THE HAMMER has already fallen on the heads of the
So-Called-SB Leaders and OTHERS. It is not JUST the Local Government
Officials IT IS EVERYONE here that deals with MONEY and I mean
ALOT OF MONEY. Think Federally Insured Funds.
https://www.occ.treas.gov/topics/laws-and-regulations/enforcement-actions/index-enforcement-actions.html
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This whole border situation could have been avoided if the Indigenous people of North America had built walls at the first sight of English and European illegal foreigners.
As I remember, there was a BI-PARTISAN bill on the floor that would ease the problems at the border. I also remember an old, egotistical, power mad, bully, who didn’t hold any type of political office, ordering the MAGA sheep to vote against it so, he could run his campaign on it. So the MAGA sheep did as they were ordered to do and they killed the bill, and here we are.
Also you sound afraid of different cultures, when this country is better for it.
Are you implying that native peoples were not competent enough to build walls? Or were they too lazy? (See, progressive spin is as easy as it is unfulfilling)
I guess my sarcasm wasn’t sarcastic enough. In plain English, is if the Indigenous people had not welcomed the illegal immigrants, then the ancestors of these immigrants wouldn’t have the problem at hand, trying to keep out other immigrants.
Actually, that "border bill" had nothing to do with securing our border and everything to do with giving MORE MONEY to Ukraine and making it EASIER for people to enter.
Also... Biden didn't need congress to act. He could have done everything we needed him to do by Executive Order.
Do you consider MI6 a culture? What about Taliban sleeper cells? It's called National Security.
I believe you meant, MS-13. 😆 But point taken.
God only knows how many sleeper cells just set up camp in the US in the last few years. Lord have mercy on all of us.
There’s that MAGA catchphrase “invasion “. Also, I did not say “better off”, I said “better for it” not the same thing.
I didn’t state anything about policy, and clearly you have closed your mind and put your blinders on to my opinion.