But we wouldn't have Salud Carbajal if he'd been deported! And look how much he's done for the city that took him in! Look how much he cares about the citizens who pay his salary! Some elected officials would just do their job. But not Salud. He knows it's much more important to give the finger to Trump than it is to fix our problems. If only we could have millions more like Salud this world would be a bigger shithole.
Other misconceptions the news likes to throw out against the current administration:
1. Trump has the lowest overall deportation volume, nowhere near Clinton and Obama, but the most lawsuits for it by a staggering amount. Someone is going to respond, “but it’s the way he’s doing it, inhumane and no due process.” Clinton created expedited deportation. Obama was family separation and “cages” at the border, also used expedited deportation. There’s a lot of hypocrisy.
2. To stay on topic with the article, the media and left likes to say deporting undocumented goes against us being a country of immigrants, not true. We have 54 million immigrants in the U.S. 4 times the amount of the next country. In fact only about 10% of the countries in the world even accept immigrants. 90% have virtually none.
There are about 244 million immigrants worldwide, which means the U.S. has 22% of the world’s immigrants! Even if you subtract the undocumented, we still account for 16% of the world total immigrant population, which is 3 times the next country.
We are by far the most accepting and kindest country on Earth to immigrants, and we shouldn’t let people change that narrative because our country is taking a stand against the abuse of that kindness.
There are quite a few inaccuracies here, and you're conflating separate issues.
First, let’s stick to the actual deportation numbers, which are the relevant comparison:
Clinton averaged ~638 removals per day during his presidency.
Obama averaged ~1,060/day.
Trump (first term) averaged ~698/day.
Trump (second term) is claiming ~1,400/day, though independent estimates suggest the real number is lower—likely between 700–1,000/day so far.
Now, regarding expedited deportation and due process:
Yes, Clinton signed the IIRIRA in 1996, which created expedited removal. But what Trump has done—repeatedly ending legal proceedings mid-hearing to prevent eligible migrants from receiving relief—is not the same.
That’s where lawsuits come in: not simply for enforcing immigration law, but for violating it. Courts have ruled multiple times that Trump’s policies have broken the law or violated due process, including unlawful removals, family separation without tracking systems, and misuse of humanitarian parole limits.
As for the claim that the U.S. has 54 million immigrants and is the most generous country to them:
The actual number is around 47.8 to 53.3 million foreign-born individuals, depending on the source and how you count (e.g., legal vs. undocumented).
That includes naturalized citizens, green card holders, visa holders, and undocumented individuals—not all are non-citizens.
The undocumented population is estimated at ~10–11 million.
Globally, the UN estimates there are about 304 million international migrants. If the U.S. has ~50 million, that’s about 16–17% of the world’s immigrant population, not 22%. Still a large share, but the rest of the world is not sitting at zero—Canada, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the UK also host millions.
Finally, framing enforcement as the opposite of kindness is a false binary. The issue isn’t whether the U.S. should enforce immigration law—it’s how we do it, and whether it aligns with the Constitution and international norms. That’s what much of the criticism is about.
Thank you for proving my point David. I don’t care if you use the high or low numbers they are both way over the rest of the world. It’s a little beneath your normal argument to say “you said 54M and it’s actually 53.3M…”c’mon.
My numbers or your numbers, the narrative we don’t support legal immigration is unequivocally false, we support it more than anyone else by orders of magnitude. And the gaslighting that our tax dollars aren’t being used for safety net programs for millions of people that are just hardworking here is also false. It’s also false to say they are all providing our food in agriculture. The vast majority are in urban areas. There has to be a limits. CA is overrun and out of control with accountability on any of this, and it’s tiring to continue to listen to people not acknowledge that a major problem was created and constantly focus on how the solutions aren’t kind enough, need more bureaucracy, more waving foreign flags and burning in the streets, more state or county funds to preserve the problem, etc…
I appreciate you acknowledging the numbers support the broader point about U.S. immigration levels. You're absolutely right that whether it's 47 million or 54 million, the U.S. accepts far more immigrants than any other country.
However, I think we're talking past each other on the core issue. No one serious is arguing that the U.S. doesn't support legal immigration—the numbers clearly show we do. The debate is about enforcement methods and whether current policies follow existing law and due process requirements.
When courts rule that specific enforcement actions violate legal procedures, that's not about being 'kind enough'—it's about following the law as written. You can support strong border enforcement while also requiring that enforcement follows established legal processes.
As for California and urban impacts, those are legitimate policy concerns that deserve discussion based on data rather than broad characterizations. Local communities dealing with resource strain have valid concerns that should be addressed through policy solutions rather than dismissed.
The question isn't whether limits should exist—most people agree they should. It's whether we can enforce those limits while maintaining legal standards and addressing legitimate community concerns about implementation and resources.
The right to appeal is a choice. If the cases are not appealed, the ruling is final. Trump's administration has chosen to not appeal a LOT of rulings against them. Why? Because they know that if it reaches the appellate court, their ruling sets a precedent.
David, the “criticism” is not about whether or not Trump's policies align with the Constitution or international norms. The “criticism” is not real criticism, it's phony baloney garbage spewed by the Democratic Party because they have nothing they stand for at this point but being anti-Trump and stopping Trump. If you want to talk about administration policies that don't align with the Constitution or international norms let's go through the “Biden” years. “Biden” committed treason by opening our borders the way “he” did. And the Democrats who were really doing the operations in Biden's name are obviously too scared of being tried for treason to come out and claim responsibility.
They’re beginning to mimic the president’s policies because it is based in common sense. The people making all the noise are the ones getting all the money from the COTTAGE industry of illegal immigration and the Support of said immigrants. Wake up people and pay attention to what is really happening. Stop believing your local and national newscast that lied to you on a daily basis or at least present only one side of the argument.
Good article. Re Catholic charities (CC). We did a documentary video on the border, speaking with border agents and locals at Jucamba springs and other sources. We found for instance that Catholic charities were receiving incredible amounts of money from various federal agencies. Like $600 million every three months from the last administration. Which seemed hard to believe but we saw and filmed the white CC vans that came to the border several times a day and picked up 60 aliens at a time. Taking them inland to various help centers that were also government funded NGOS’s. There were no questions asked by border agents who said they were instructed ‘ hands off’ any interference with migrants, we asked so what do they do out here in the desert? They sit and report on the next cartel truck, operators, talk on their radios, pass the time. Those days are over for now.
Those $600m figures to CC were later unearthed and confirmed by the DOGE investigations, and that was just CC. There was many billions spent to these many ‘help’ NGO’s that were in fact importing groups of people unvetted into the country. We thought there should be some kind of orderly process but they just ran across the open dessert at night, kids, women, black people, Chinese people, Mexican people, after the ‘cartel trucks’ , that’s what border agents called them, dropped them off in the dark of night. The charity vans arrived each morning after 10:00 am. Most immigrants had cell phones and knew the schedules.
So once again the government was funding non governmental organizations, to do underhandedly what government could not do in the open. That has changed for now, at least at the border. What we had was a huge, organized, systemic Tea Pot Dome scandal that engaged nearly the entire federal (and state) governments.
I think Abbot was shipping migrants that were already in the country. Shifting the social burdens to Democrat cities. At Jucamba (50 miles east of San Diego) we saw these groups of migrants sitting in the desert, on the border, under tarps set up by border patrol, awaiting pick up. It’s a question if cities want these people or not. They get more crime and social costs, but also can get more federal apportionment funding, more congress people and even more presidential electors, all based on non citizen populations. And that seems unfair to citizens.
It should be obvious why various countries in the EU are now reversing course and deporting illegal immigrants. Loss of sovereignty and culture is happening widely throughout the EU, replaced with uneducated, unskilled migrants, many of which have no desire to assimilate or learn the native language.
Who stands to benefit from changing the fabric of our country? The Democrats want illegal migration to continue in order to achieve a super majority in perpetuity. Yes, replacing our predominantly Christian, white, middle class with impoverished, uneducated, non-white, often Muslim voters gives the Democrats the best chance for permanent political dominance.
Republican are as guilty as Democrats LT. It’s time to stop the partisan blame game, and for all Americans to unite to enforce exiting immigration laws or actively work to change the laws you oppose . Amnesty, acceptance of law breakers, who entered and remain unlawfully is not the answer. Think of those patiently waiting decades to enter.
Thank you for being a voice of reason. Blaming either Party for the problem is exactly what the Parties want us to do. Division is their goal, not unity among Americans. Politicians have been using migrants as pawns in their election game for decades.
Hmmm…the cost of bussing 102,000 new migrants from Texas to other parts of the USA at $148M = about $1,450 per migrant…sound like smart planning by Texas when considering the cost of crime & physical harm to Texas citizens. Why not spread the costs & pains across the nation?
Or maybe they shouldn’t have been allowed to walk across the border & welcomed into Our Country in the first place. Close the border, send them home, problem solved.
Good column. I’d love to share it with some of my shitlib friends. It might help them relax to learn that EUROPEAN countries are having to tend to out of control immigration-based problems too. It isn’t just the Taco man! But none of them are talking to me any longer.
All roads lead to the Vatican. Thanks for writing on a controversial topic to increase awareness on Europe. Locally, there are many SBCounty residents, including SBCurrent readers, Catholics and Christians, who are against DHS enforcement of immigration law. Aiding the 8-10M undocumented illegal aliens in California “is the right thing to do because they are nice, good, working people”, they came for a better life. The 2M waiting in line to be annually allowed entry are of no consequence. They are simply out of sight, so don’t matter. Western Civilization, our Judeo-Christian based culture, is in trouble. With every passing week more Christian- Catholic hypocrites surface locally.
At the same time to immigrate, the Vatican requires assimilation to Catholic Doctrine. An American Pope is elected to keep American dollars rolling in to fuel its indoctrinated hypocrisy as the Vatican pushes open borders and acceptance on US. The Vatican flock has many American sheep.
The job report indicates the impact of government policies and practices from Ai to acceptance of high numbers of undocumented residents. Citizen’s must be given priority to jobs. It’s a multi- pronged issue impacted by high birth rates pushed by certain religions to immigration practices which vary by American state.
"They are simply out of sight, so don’t matter. Western Civilization, our Judeo-Christian based culture, is in trouble. With every passing week more Christian- Catholic hypocrites surface locally."
What is Judeo-Christian culture? Jews and Christians have very little in common, indeed Jews (Talmudic ones, not Second Temple Jews who no longer exist) explicitly sought to distance themselves from Christians in the late. 1st Century.
How is this society "in trouble"? You do realize most people coming from Latin America are at least culturally Catholic, right? Unlike many *Americans* they're often not heretics. Anglo Protestants have historically hated Catholic immigrants out of suspicion they were "against American values" (which is hardly a bad thing given the enlightenment values America was founded upon), does this still persist today?
As for me, America's interests are hardly a concern of mine. Whether or not immigrants are here illegally or not is irrelevant, I am aloof toward these issues, so I don't think it's hypocrisy.
"Most Orthodox rabbis do not engage in such dialogue. The predominant position of Orthodoxy on this issue is based on the position of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik; he held that Judaism and Christianity are "two faith communities (which are) intrinsically antithetic". In his view "the language of faith of a particular community is totally incomprehensible to the man of a different faith community. Hence the confrontation should occur not at a theological, but at a mundane human level [...] the great encounter between man and God is a holy, personal and private affair, incomprehensible to the outsider". As such, he ruled that theological dialogue between Judaism and Christianity was not possible."
You know what is amazing is to listen to the rhetoric. Let's put the arguments "Safe Routes to Schools" or "Roundabouts are Safe"......
The issue of the previous administration and allowing thousands of illegals while being incompetent is sooooo similar.
SBCAG authorizes SRS's while the MOVE liars state they make kids safer and they have numbers proving more kids riding bikes to elementary and middle schools (the previous bike coalition stated that had failed)... Don't like it ask France who works for city of Santa Barbara and made that comment. Look at the fact there has been no increase since his statement.
Roundabouts are safer? Are they Pedestrian, pedal bike, or ADH friendly? Nope. Do cars travel faster down street over "controlled" intersections?
It is the same chaotic thought pattern, because it sounds great!!! It is the same politically correct Bleeeeet that costs the taxpayers massive amounts of money, breaks down over time and cannot be fixed without more money then it cost to put them in.
Millions flooded the nation. Hundreds of Millions was siphoned off FEMA for illegals to live in hotels, leaving people at risk that are citizens and here legally.
Just more of failure excused by we "have a dream" that excuses failure and "It will work."
Failure is as Failure Does.
Trust is violated by one party in 4 years and the excuse is????????
In Ireland the law has always been that BOTH parents of a baby born there must have been in the country LEGALLY for a full year for the child to have birthright citizenship. No anchor babies produced in birthing hotels like we have here, creating a "family" link for immigration. Unfortunately their current Government is giving social assistance priority to migrants, as ours is here. I do so wish I got free medical care as they do, and all the rest of the perks and accommodations available to the downtrodden underclass. I'll happily pay more for vegetables to remove the cartel influence from our region, and send back those indentured slaves and potential sleeper cell infiltrators.
Radical Muslims, which seems to be all we hear about, goal to dominate Western and Christian culture,
1. to out populate us by having more children, hence no covid jabs for Muslim countries, only Christian & Jewish countries
2. Immigration to spread their shear numbers throughout the world
3. to use our values and rights against us. “For example, by instrumentalizing migrants at our borders.”
Our country, CA especially , has purposefully normalized the “Mexican” culture not integrating into the Melting Pot of America.
Notice how the public schools keep pushing dual language, notice how the Hispanic students can’t read and write at grade level?
CA dept of education pays lots of money for more Spanish speaking kids, ESL.
Exito Santa Barbara in 1969 stated their purpose to not integrate into our society.
The required ethnic studies program falsely teaches that this land belongs mexico and that white people are intruders. When the facts are Mexican workers came here after European Americans created jobs.
Our own state and local governments are perpetuating, trying to destroy our state and country.
They support, with money and words, violent riots and protests under foreign flags. Insurrection movements, violence against the US and local governments.
They use our laws to of first amendment rights to justify this violence.
Now we see Muslim communities popping up in other states.
Divided we fall.
United we stand. But we are not united. Democrats have purposefully divided us.
The cattle, the Democrat voter is blindly following and are contributing to the demise of this country.
It is your duty to stand up and have those difficult conversations, ask questions of these ignorant people.
Create dialogue.
Stop hiding while the enemy storms through this town, this state, this country.
"Radical Muslims, which seems to be all we hear about, goal to dominate Western and Christian culture,
1. to out populate us by having more children, hence no covid jabs for Muslim countries, only Christian & Jewish countries
2. Immigration to spread their shear numbers throughout the world
3. to use our values and rights against us. “For example, by instrumentalizing migrants at our borders.”
Our country, CA especially , has purposefully normalized the “Mexican” culture not integrating into the Melting Pot of America." - Mexicans are literally Catholics, or at least culturally Catholic - yet you speak about Muslims? Who have a negligible presence in Mexico? There also exists no "Christian culture" anymore. America is a secular nation as are most others, "Christendom" in the temporal sense, is dead. Besides the Gen Z Muslim man or woman is hardly any different than their secular, western counter parts.
I am all for deporting non-citizens who pose a threat to our communities and people. I do favor finding pathways forward for the many who work hard and add to the diversity of our culture and quality of life. Finally, it would be great if we held to our values of fairness, and kindness versus the hate, and glee that fuels too much of this conversation. We are Americans, we are better than that.
- sanctuary law is literally protecting violent criminals. Our sheriffs are completely frustrated that they are handcuffed in not being able to do anything with really bad people.
- as soon as you say “only those that pose a threat,” this is also a rub. Where does it end? Should we send planes over to grab all of Somalia since it’s unfair they can’t walk here? What is the cap on the “kindness?” 6 billion people would rather be here. I’m getting nailed on taxes and cost of living here as middle class, meanwhile my neighbor has a few dozen people in a house with many kids/babies. There are adults on disability, getting calfresh because of all the kids, and Medi-Cal, plus before and after school care with meals. Is one house on my street enough? Should we have two or three? Should I pay another few % in taxes for it?
These two bullets points above are objective problems to me. And classifying me wanting them fixed as hate or glee is disingenuous.
I agree that things could be done better, and that we have to figure out common sense exceptions. But CA being positioned against the federal government in the complete opposite direction is causing much of the chaos.
We have 40 million legal immigrants here. 3 times the next country in the world. That’s 1/8 of the U.S. population and 16% of the total world immigrant population. What number would you prefer to add diversity to our culture? 1/7? 1/2? We are already carrying over 1/5 of the world’s immigrants when undocumented added, when is it enough to stay kind? My opinion is we are already the kindest nation on Earth in this regard…but I realize you have a different opinion, so I’m honestly trying to understand it.
Gene....Do you distinguish between legal and illegal "non-citizens" ? I believe we have a boat load of diversity...much of it non-assimilated. We need more homogeneity and assimilation. Also...I'm a little curious about oft quoted tropes like "work hard or hard working"...what is underlying message?
Of course violent criminals should be deported. However, this article completely omitted the part where Trump has been deporting people who are not criminals and who are here LEGALLY. He is deporting over opinion and speech. This freedom based page should be outraged.
yes...prove it...meaning please document your assertion if you wish to have readers put some credibility into your statement. I think it's a fair request. And to be clear, proving or documenting, doesn't mean re-quoting another person or news outlet...put some meat on that bone... if in fact, you are accurate then people should be aware of that and I agree that would be a major cause for concern.
Stop advertising on here for "Living proof tent crusade." It's lead by a scumbag who wants Palestinians slaughtered. Terrible look that you guys advertise for this.
This article is true, I am sure a Republican site would not have fake news in it! The comparisons stand on the face of it but fail any close scrutiny. The big difference is many immigrants to the US are doing the dirty jobs the good old whites do not want to do.
Think farming, gardening, car washing, house cleaning, retail, restaurent, hotel. This is many jobs and a huge contribution to our society in the service offered, taxes and GDP. This is not the case in Scandiland.
What is missing / unspoken is what I find fascinating. If a million hardworking non documented immigrants are deported from the country this year and perhaps 100,000 work in the fields of California, then who is going to plant, grow and harvest our food? This can only lead to shortages, price rises and upset.
What will our GDP look like with a million workers removed? A hint: inflation.
The moral hypocracy of deporting hardworking immigrants while eating the cheap food they grow for us is a fetid stench.
The lack of any real policy to address this is taggering. The victim, I am a saviour trope only goes so far. We need policy to accept the good hard working non documented immigrants. Create criteria for undocumneted workers to become legal. Based around time, family and contribution to society. It could be done.
Illegal invaders undercut wages. Want a ‘living wage’? Evict the people who are here illegally. Cesar Chavez hired men to repel the people trying to come to America illegally. The legal residents, white, black, brown etc couldn’t and wouldn’t work as cheaply as the illegals.
If you count all the social services and law enforcement the $5.00 a pound you pay for fruit and vegetables is more likely $25.00.
Thank you for mentioning Chavez. As someone who grew up here and was a Chavez supporter, it drives me crazy how many of my East Coast friends don't know that.
uhmm.perhaps there were undocumented workers prior to Joe Biden too? Too simplistic Jeff.
The immigration issue is long standing and many years in the making. All of our body party political are responsible for this monumental F*** **.
I conclude that the powers that be, the business and political establishmnet wanted it this way. Why? We would have done something different if we trully cared.
You're too simplistic. let's just start by throwing out everyone who came in under Biden. Legal immigrants can work. No need to make lame ass excuses for allowing illegal immigration to do jobs Americans won't do. If we need more workers and people want to come here to work we can have an expanded guest worker program. I am not aware of any administration letting in more illegals than Biden. God bless Trump for working to get their asses the hell out. This shit show has to do with the Democrat party seeking future voters. The Democrat party does not care if America turns into a third world shithole as long as they have the power to keep themselves fat.
When I see someone use the tired old saw "good old whites do not want to do" is tantamount to acknowledging that the writer has marginal...at best...concerning illegal alien labor and it's impact on any nations labor force. Suggest you do some homework on that...and as previously referenced...Caesar Chavez..or Milton Friedman. "Cheap labor" is not cheap.
My God. This kind of thinking blows my mind. So DH, all our fruits, veggies, dish washers, busboys... were being taken care of by the existing legals & illegals here before Drooling Pervert Joe (DPJ) let in 10 to 20 million Illegal Aliens. You do know that DPJ flew in Illegal Aliens from around the world in unmarked planes? Look it up. He then bussed them all over the country in unmarked white busses. Why did we need DPJ's 20 million Illegal Aliens when everything was being picked and cleaned in record numbers?
Remember the caravans of 10s of thousands traveling up through Mexistan with tee shirts that said "Joe let us in", after DPJ was elected? (Illegally).
I love the fair minded LibTards in Marthas Vineyard that had the National Guard remove a few hundred Illegal Aliens after a few days even though there were hundreds of unused mansions (Barrack OblameO) that could of housed them. Horror of all horrors when President Trump has the National Guard help quell rioting and looting Illegal Aliens and others in L.A..
I am not demanding a permanent under class. Read my post with a more open mind.
I have made the point that there is a dire lack of policy. I am making the point that costs are going to go up. You agree and indeed advocate that Americans pay more for jobs they want done. If the problem is the Joe Biden years then have a policy that addresses this issue. Dont make it every illegal, Many illegals are here cos of US citizen processing is antiquated. Many have moved here becuse of crime in their home country, partly craeted by IMO US drug consumption. To have masked enforcement officers to me looks dangerously close to the KKK riding again. Are they trully scared of being identified when they are law enforcement? I am pointing out the process chosen to remove illegals is dumb at best and inhumane at worst. A civilized society does better. The body politique in Washington is failing the country. It is corrupt.
Seem to me that people of the world are waking to the [DS]' plan to collapse modern societies via starting wars to push people across borders. And yes, I do believe that the Catholic Church is part of the play, as evidenced by the vast sums of money funneled to Catholic charities by governments. Here in America, it appears that our government is in bed with both the cartels to push the drugs and people across the border and Catholic charities (and other religious organizations), to identify, mark, and track migrants in order to enslave them within our communities. Thanks to the Biden administration, the scoundrels that were handling Biden and using the autopan behind his back to run their ops.
When does a Church become a playground? When does a Church become a business When does a Church become political? When does a Church become corrupt? When does a Church become willfully blind? When does a Church become controlled?
House of GOD? Those who you are taught to trust the most….Expect MANY MANY MANY similar reports to surface from around the world. Connected. The choice to know will be yours…
Catholic Charities are working with governments... to enslave migrants? Huh? "When does a Church become a playground? When does a Church become a business When does a Church become political? When does a Church become corrupt? When does a Church become willfully blind? When does a Church become controlled?" The Church is a hospital for sinners, the Church itself is not a business, the Church literally calls the faithful to be actively engaged in politics [https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20021124_politica_en.html - "DOCTRINAL NOTE on some questions regarding The Participation of Catholics in Political Life"], how is the Church "blind", who is "controlling" it? You linked an article dating back to 2018 on abuse - yet that has absolutely nothing to do with Catholic Charities (in 2025 no less), it merely seems like a cheap shot to discredit the Church due to the presence of grievous sinners within her, which is what secular liberals do to justify their hatred of the Christian faith.
First, I’m not a secular liberal & I don’t hate anyone (except Our Nation’s enemies) or religions. FYI…Unfortunately, like most all institutions, the top of the Church is compromised...the cult leaders (Roths) long ago took control of the Catholic Church & control the Pope (along with Banks / Financial Institutions / WW Gov Control -> which control The People). Saudi Arabia (House of Sauds) were in control of Oil Tech, Sex/Children trafficking (as well as control (assigned) over US / UK Politicians / Tech Co's (primary)). But many of these strings have been cut & SA is now w Team Trump. Soros controls organizations of people (create division / brainwash) + management / operator of slush funds (personal net worth never reduces -- think DOJ settlements , eg Consumer Protection, Enviro pacts etc etc).
You are living in The Matrix…a false sense of reality to control the herd. Enjoy The Show!
But we wouldn't have Salud Carbajal if he'd been deported! And look how much he's done for the city that took him in! Look how much he cares about the citizens who pay his salary! Some elected officials would just do their job. But not Salud. He knows it's much more important to give the finger to Trump than it is to fix our problems. If only we could have millions more like Salud this world would be a bigger shithole.
Yea, verily
Other misconceptions the news likes to throw out against the current administration:
1. Trump has the lowest overall deportation volume, nowhere near Clinton and Obama, but the most lawsuits for it by a staggering amount. Someone is going to respond, “but it’s the way he’s doing it, inhumane and no due process.” Clinton created expedited deportation. Obama was family separation and “cages” at the border, also used expedited deportation. There’s a lot of hypocrisy.
2. To stay on topic with the article, the media and left likes to say deporting undocumented goes against us being a country of immigrants, not true. We have 54 million immigrants in the U.S. 4 times the amount of the next country. In fact only about 10% of the countries in the world even accept immigrants. 90% have virtually none.
There are about 244 million immigrants worldwide, which means the U.S. has 22% of the world’s immigrants! Even if you subtract the undocumented, we still account for 16% of the world total immigrant population, which is 3 times the next country.
We are by far the most accepting and kindest country on Earth to immigrants, and we shouldn’t let people change that narrative because our country is taking a stand against the abuse of that kindness.
There are quite a few inaccuracies here, and you're conflating separate issues.
First, let’s stick to the actual deportation numbers, which are the relevant comparison:
Clinton averaged ~638 removals per day during his presidency.
Obama averaged ~1,060/day.
Trump (first term) averaged ~698/day.
Trump (second term) is claiming ~1,400/day, though independent estimates suggest the real number is lower—likely between 700–1,000/day so far.
Now, regarding expedited deportation and due process:
Yes, Clinton signed the IIRIRA in 1996, which created expedited removal. But what Trump has done—repeatedly ending legal proceedings mid-hearing to prevent eligible migrants from receiving relief—is not the same.
That’s where lawsuits come in: not simply for enforcing immigration law, but for violating it. Courts have ruled multiple times that Trump’s policies have broken the law or violated due process, including unlawful removals, family separation without tracking systems, and misuse of humanitarian parole limits.
As for the claim that the U.S. has 54 million immigrants and is the most generous country to them:
The actual number is around 47.8 to 53.3 million foreign-born individuals, depending on the source and how you count (e.g., legal vs. undocumented).
That includes naturalized citizens, green card holders, visa holders, and undocumented individuals—not all are non-citizens.
The undocumented population is estimated at ~10–11 million.
Globally, the UN estimates there are about 304 million international migrants. If the U.S. has ~50 million, that’s about 16–17% of the world’s immigrant population, not 22%. Still a large share, but the rest of the world is not sitting at zero—Canada, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the UK also host millions.
Finally, framing enforcement as the opposite of kindness is a false binary. The issue isn’t whether the U.S. should enforce immigration law—it’s how we do it, and whether it aligns with the Constitution and international norms. That’s what much of the criticism is about.
Thank you for proving my point David. I don’t care if you use the high or low numbers they are both way over the rest of the world. It’s a little beneath your normal argument to say “you said 54M and it’s actually 53.3M…”c’mon.
My numbers or your numbers, the narrative we don’t support legal immigration is unequivocally false, we support it more than anyone else by orders of magnitude. And the gaslighting that our tax dollars aren’t being used for safety net programs for millions of people that are just hardworking here is also false. It’s also false to say they are all providing our food in agriculture. The vast majority are in urban areas. There has to be a limits. CA is overrun and out of control with accountability on any of this, and it’s tiring to continue to listen to people not acknowledge that a major problem was created and constantly focus on how the solutions aren’t kind enough, need more bureaucracy, more waving foreign flags and burning in the streets, more state or county funds to preserve the problem, etc…
I appreciate you acknowledging the numbers support the broader point about U.S. immigration levels. You're absolutely right that whether it's 47 million or 54 million, the U.S. accepts far more immigrants than any other country.
However, I think we're talking past each other on the core issue. No one serious is arguing that the U.S. doesn't support legal immigration—the numbers clearly show we do. The debate is about enforcement methods and whether current policies follow existing law and due process requirements.
When courts rule that specific enforcement actions violate legal procedures, that's not about being 'kind enough'—it's about following the law as written. You can support strong border enforcement while also requiring that enforcement follows established legal processes.
As for California and urban impacts, those are legitimate policy concerns that deserve discussion based on data rather than broad characterizations. Local communities dealing with resource strain have valid concerns that should be addressed through policy solutions rather than dismissed.
The question isn't whether limits should exist—most people agree they should. It's whether we can enforce those limits while maintaining legal standards and addressing legitimate community concerns about implementation and resources.
Stop making things up.
The right to appeal is a choice. If the cases are not appealed, the ruling is final. Trump's administration has chosen to not appeal a LOT of rulings against them. Why? Because they know that if it reaches the appellate court, their ruling sets a precedent.
David, the “criticism” is not about whether or not Trump's policies align with the Constitution or international norms. The “criticism” is not real criticism, it's phony baloney garbage spewed by the Democratic Party because they have nothing they stand for at this point but being anti-Trump and stopping Trump. If you want to talk about administration policies that don't align with the Constitution or international norms let's go through the “Biden” years. “Biden” committed treason by opening our borders the way “he” did. And the Democrats who were really doing the operations in Biden's name are obviously too scared of being tried for treason to come out and claim responsibility.
They’re beginning to mimic the president’s policies because it is based in common sense. The people making all the noise are the ones getting all the money from the COTTAGE industry of illegal immigration and the Support of said immigrants. Wake up people and pay attention to what is really happening. Stop believing your local and national newscast that lied to you on a daily basis or at least present only one side of the argument.
We are witnessing the result of avoiding law enforcement for 50 or so years.
Good article. Re Catholic charities (CC). We did a documentary video on the border, speaking with border agents and locals at Jucamba springs and other sources. We found for instance that Catholic charities were receiving incredible amounts of money from various federal agencies. Like $600 million every three months from the last administration. Which seemed hard to believe but we saw and filmed the white CC vans that came to the border several times a day and picked up 60 aliens at a time. Taking them inland to various help centers that were also government funded NGOS’s. There were no questions asked by border agents who said they were instructed ‘ hands off’ any interference with migrants, we asked so what do they do out here in the desert? They sit and report on the next cartel truck, operators, talk on their radios, pass the time. Those days are over for now.
Those $600m figures to CC were later unearthed and confirmed by the DOGE investigations, and that was just CC. There was many billions spent to these many ‘help’ NGO’s that were in fact importing groups of people unvetted into the country. We thought there should be some kind of orderly process but they just ran across the open dessert at night, kids, women, black people, Chinese people, Mexican people, after the ‘cartel trucks’ , that’s what border agents called them, dropped them off in the dark of night. The charity vans arrived each morning after 10:00 am. Most immigrants had cell phones and knew the schedules.
So once again the government was funding non governmental organizations, to do underhandedly what government could not do in the open. That has changed for now, at least at the border. What we had was a huge, organized, systemic Tea Pot Dome scandal that engaged nearly the entire federal (and state) governments.
I think Abbot was shipping migrants that were already in the country. Shifting the social burdens to Democrat cities. At Jucamba (50 miles east of San Diego) we saw these groups of migrants sitting in the desert, on the border, under tarps set up by border patrol, awaiting pick up. It’s a question if cities want these people or not. They get more crime and social costs, but also can get more federal apportionment funding, more congress people and even more presidential electors, all based on non citizen populations. And that seems unfair to citizens.
It should be obvious why various countries in the EU are now reversing course and deporting illegal immigrants. Loss of sovereignty and culture is happening widely throughout the EU, replaced with uneducated, unskilled migrants, many of which have no desire to assimilate or learn the native language.
Who stands to benefit from changing the fabric of our country? The Democrats want illegal migration to continue in order to achieve a super majority in perpetuity. Yes, replacing our predominantly Christian, white, middle class with impoverished, uneducated, non-white, often Muslim voters gives the Democrats the best chance for permanent political dominance.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mamdani-officially-secures-nomination-new-york-city-mayor-2025-07-01/
Republican are as guilty as Democrats LT. It’s time to stop the partisan blame game, and for all Americans to unite to enforce exiting immigration laws or actively work to change the laws you oppose . Amnesty, acceptance of law breakers, who entered and remain unlawfully is not the answer. Think of those patiently waiting decades to enter.
Thank you for being a voice of reason. Blaming either Party for the problem is exactly what the Parties want us to do. Division is their goal, not unity among Americans. Politicians have been using migrants as pawns in their election game for decades.
Hmmm…the cost of bussing 102,000 new migrants from Texas to other parts of the USA at $148M = about $1,450 per migrant…sound like smart planning by Texas when considering the cost of crime & physical harm to Texas citizens. Why not spread the costs & pains across the nation?
Or maybe they shouldn’t have been allowed to walk across the border & welcomed into Our Country in the first place. Close the border, send them home, problem solved.
McGrune, “let them live in your town” - so Santa Barbara isn't your town? What is your town? And why do you even care what we Santa Barbarans think?
What "culture" is being lost exactly? Modern nation states have no culture to speak of worth protecting - it's no longer the Spanish Golden Age.
Good column. I’d love to share it with some of my shitlib friends. It might help them relax to learn that EUROPEAN countries are having to tend to out of control immigration-based problems too. It isn’t just the Taco man! But none of them are talking to me any longer.
None of them are talking to you anymore?!!
You lucky s.o.b!!!
All roads lead to the Vatican. Thanks for writing on a controversial topic to increase awareness on Europe. Locally, there are many SBCounty residents, including SBCurrent readers, Catholics and Christians, who are against DHS enforcement of immigration law. Aiding the 8-10M undocumented illegal aliens in California “is the right thing to do because they are nice, good, working people”, they came for a better life. The 2M waiting in line to be annually allowed entry are of no consequence. They are simply out of sight, so don’t matter. Western Civilization, our Judeo-Christian based culture, is in trouble. With every passing week more Christian- Catholic hypocrites surface locally.
At the same time to immigrate, the Vatican requires assimilation to Catholic Doctrine. An American Pope is elected to keep American dollars rolling in to fuel its indoctrinated hypocrisy as the Vatican pushes open borders and acceptance on US. The Vatican flock has many American sheep.
So, the Vatican is behind changes to Italian society? Nonsense, more anti-Catholic tropes.
https://thecatholicherald.com/radical-islams-increasing-foothold-in-italian-cities-highlighted-by-undercover-documentary/
The job report indicates the impact of government policies and practices from Ai to acceptance of high numbers of undocumented residents. Citizen’s must be given priority to jobs. It’s a multi- pronged issue impacted by high birth rates pushed by certain religions to immigration practices which vary by American state.
"They are simply out of sight, so don’t matter. Western Civilization, our Judeo-Christian based culture, is in trouble. With every passing week more Christian- Catholic hypocrites surface locally."
What is Judeo-Christian culture? Jews and Christians have very little in common, indeed Jews (Talmudic ones, not Second Temple Jews who no longer exist) explicitly sought to distance themselves from Christians in the late. 1st Century.
How is this society "in trouble"? You do realize most people coming from Latin America are at least culturally Catholic, right? Unlike many *Americans* they're often not heretics. Anglo Protestants have historically hated Catholic immigrants out of suspicion they were "against American values" (which is hardly a bad thing given the enlightenment values America was founded upon), does this still persist today?
As for me, America's interests are hardly a concern of mine. Whether or not immigrants are here illegally or not is irrelevant, I am aloof toward these issues, so I don't think it's hypocrisy.
Interestingly, I never even hear the phrase "Judeo-Christian culture" until I come to this propaganda machine page.
"Most Orthodox rabbis do not engage in such dialogue. The predominant position of Orthodoxy on this issue is based on the position of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik; he held that Judaism and Christianity are "two faith communities (which are) intrinsically antithetic". In his view "the language of faith of a particular community is totally incomprehensible to the man of a different faith community. Hence the confrontation should occur not at a theological, but at a mundane human level [...] the great encounter between man and God is a holy, personal and private affair, incomprehensible to the outsider". As such, he ruled that theological dialogue between Judaism and Christianity was not possible."
You know what is amazing is to listen to the rhetoric. Let's put the arguments "Safe Routes to Schools" or "Roundabouts are Safe"......
The issue of the previous administration and allowing thousands of illegals while being incompetent is sooooo similar.
SBCAG authorizes SRS's while the MOVE liars state they make kids safer and they have numbers proving more kids riding bikes to elementary and middle schools (the previous bike coalition stated that had failed)... Don't like it ask France who works for city of Santa Barbara and made that comment. Look at the fact there has been no increase since his statement.
Roundabouts are safer? Are they Pedestrian, pedal bike, or ADH friendly? Nope. Do cars travel faster down street over "controlled" intersections?
It is the same chaotic thought pattern, because it sounds great!!! It is the same politically correct Bleeeeet that costs the taxpayers massive amounts of money, breaks down over time and cannot be fixed without more money then it cost to put them in.
Millions flooded the nation. Hundreds of Millions was siphoned off FEMA for illegals to live in hotels, leaving people at risk that are citizens and here legally.
Just more of failure excused by we "have a dream" that excuses failure and "It will work."
Failure is as Failure Does.
Trust is violated by one party in 4 years and the excuse is????????
Cowards using Political speak.
In Ireland the law has always been that BOTH parents of a baby born there must have been in the country LEGALLY for a full year for the child to have birthright citizenship. No anchor babies produced in birthing hotels like we have here, creating a "family" link for immigration. Unfortunately their current Government is giving social assistance priority to migrants, as ours is here. I do so wish I got free medical care as they do, and all the rest of the perks and accommodations available to the downtrodden underclass. I'll happily pay more for vegetables to remove the cartel influence from our region, and send back those indentured slaves and potential sleeper cell infiltrators.
Radical Muslims, which seems to be all we hear about, goal to dominate Western and Christian culture,
1. to out populate us by having more children, hence no covid jabs for Muslim countries, only Christian & Jewish countries
2. Immigration to spread their shear numbers throughout the world
3. to use our values and rights against us. “For example, by instrumentalizing migrants at our borders.”
Our country, CA especially , has purposefully normalized the “Mexican” culture not integrating into the Melting Pot of America.
Notice how the public schools keep pushing dual language, notice how the Hispanic students can’t read and write at grade level?
CA dept of education pays lots of money for more Spanish speaking kids, ESL.
Exito Santa Barbara in 1969 stated their purpose to not integrate into our society.
The required ethnic studies program falsely teaches that this land belongs mexico and that white people are intruders. When the facts are Mexican workers came here after European Americans created jobs.
Our own state and local governments are perpetuating, trying to destroy our state and country.
They support, with money and words, violent riots and protests under foreign flags. Insurrection movements, violence against the US and local governments.
They use our laws to of first amendment rights to justify this violence.
Now we see Muslim communities popping up in other states.
Divided we fall.
United we stand. But we are not united. Democrats have purposefully divided us.
The cattle, the Democrat voter is blindly following and are contributing to the demise of this country.
It is your duty to stand up and have those difficult conversations, ask questions of these ignorant people.
Create dialogue.
Stop hiding while the enemy storms through this town, this state, this country.
Well, you nailed that one Emmet.
"Radical Muslims, which seems to be all we hear about, goal to dominate Western and Christian culture,
1. to out populate us by having more children, hence no covid jabs for Muslim countries, only Christian & Jewish countries
2. Immigration to spread their shear numbers throughout the world
3. to use our values and rights against us. “For example, by instrumentalizing migrants at our borders.”
Our country, CA especially , has purposefully normalized the “Mexican” culture not integrating into the Melting Pot of America." - Mexicans are literally Catholics, or at least culturally Catholic - yet you speak about Muslims? Who have a negligible presence in Mexico? There also exists no "Christian culture" anymore. America is a secular nation as are most others, "Christendom" in the temporal sense, is dead. Besides the Gen Z Muslim man or woman is hardly any different than their secular, western counter parts.
Thats a broad assumprion you make, “ Mexicans are literally Catholics,”
And
“ There also exists no "Christian culture" anymore.”
Most people who say they are Christian or Catholic do not adhere to Gods commandments or Jesus’s teachings.
I am all for deporting non-citizens who pose a threat to our communities and people. I do favor finding pathways forward for the many who work hard and add to the diversity of our culture and quality of life. Finally, it would be great if we held to our values of fairness, and kindness versus the hate, and glee that fuels too much of this conversation. We are Americans, we are better than that.
Gene, here’s a few problems with that:
- sanctuary law is literally protecting violent criminals. Our sheriffs are completely frustrated that they are handcuffed in not being able to do anything with really bad people.
- as soon as you say “only those that pose a threat,” this is also a rub. Where does it end? Should we send planes over to grab all of Somalia since it’s unfair they can’t walk here? What is the cap on the “kindness?” 6 billion people would rather be here. I’m getting nailed on taxes and cost of living here as middle class, meanwhile my neighbor has a few dozen people in a house with many kids/babies. There are adults on disability, getting calfresh because of all the kids, and Medi-Cal, plus before and after school care with meals. Is one house on my street enough? Should we have two or three? Should I pay another few % in taxes for it?
These two bullets points above are objective problems to me. And classifying me wanting them fixed as hate or glee is disingenuous.
I agree that things could be done better, and that we have to figure out common sense exceptions. But CA being positioned against the federal government in the complete opposite direction is causing much of the chaos.
We have 40 million legal immigrants here. 3 times the next country in the world. That’s 1/8 of the U.S. population and 16% of the total world immigrant population. What number would you prefer to add diversity to our culture? 1/7? 1/2? We are already carrying over 1/5 of the world’s immigrants when undocumented added, when is it enough to stay kind? My opinion is we are already the kindest nation on Earth in this regard…but I realize you have a different opinion, so I’m honestly trying to understand it.
Gene....Do you distinguish between legal and illegal "non-citizens" ? I believe we have a boat load of diversity...much of it non-assimilated. We need more homogeneity and assimilation. Also...I'm a little curious about oft quoted tropes like "work hard or hard working"...what is underlying message?
Of course violent criminals should be deported. However, this article completely omitted the part where Trump has been deporting people who are not criminals and who are here LEGALLY. He is deporting over opinion and speech. This freedom based page should be outraged.
Absurd. TDS on display. When/if mistakes occur...they get rectified in short order...your underlying premise is guided by emotion...not facts.
You are denying that he is deporting people based upon speech and opinions? You're lying then.
Prove it? You are seriously THAT out of touch with current events? Google it!
yes...prove it...meaning please document your assertion if you wish to have readers put some credibility into your statement. I think it's a fair request. And to be clear, proving or documenting, doesn't mean re-quoting another person or news outlet...put some meat on that bone... if in fact, you are accurate then people should be aware of that and I agree that would be a major cause for concern.
Stop advertising on here for "Living proof tent crusade." It's lead by a scumbag who wants Palestinians slaughtered. Terrible look that you guys advertise for this.
This article is true, I am sure a Republican site would not have fake news in it! The comparisons stand on the face of it but fail any close scrutiny. The big difference is many immigrants to the US are doing the dirty jobs the good old whites do not want to do.
Think farming, gardening, car washing, house cleaning, retail, restaurent, hotel. This is many jobs and a huge contribution to our society in the service offered, taxes and GDP. This is not the case in Scandiland.
What is missing / unspoken is what I find fascinating. If a million hardworking non documented immigrants are deported from the country this year and perhaps 100,000 work in the fields of California, then who is going to plant, grow and harvest our food? This can only lead to shortages, price rises and upset.
What will our GDP look like with a million workers removed? A hint: inflation.
The moral hypocracy of deporting hardworking immigrants while eating the cheap food they grow for us is a fetid stench.
The lack of any real policy to address this is taggering. The victim, I am a saviour trope only goes so far. We need policy to accept the good hard working non documented immigrants. Create criteria for undocumneted workers to become legal. Based around time, family and contribution to society. It could be done.
Illegal invaders undercut wages. Want a ‘living wage’? Evict the people who are here illegally. Cesar Chavez hired men to repel the people trying to come to America illegally. The legal residents, white, black, brown etc couldn’t and wouldn’t work as cheaply as the illegals.
If you count all the social services and law enforcement the $5.00 a pound you pay for fruit and vegetables is more likely $25.00.
Thank you for mentioning Chavez. As someone who grew up here and was a Chavez supporter, it drives me crazy how many of my East Coast friends don't know that.
How did we eat before Biden let in 20 million illegals?
uhmm.perhaps there were undocumented workers prior to Joe Biden too? Too simplistic Jeff.
The immigration issue is long standing and many years in the making. All of our body party political are responsible for this monumental F*** **.
I conclude that the powers that be, the business and political establishmnet wanted it this way. Why? We would have done something different if we trully cared.
You're too simplistic. let's just start by throwing out everyone who came in under Biden. Legal immigrants can work. No need to make lame ass excuses for allowing illegal immigration to do jobs Americans won't do. If we need more workers and people want to come here to work we can have an expanded guest worker program. I am not aware of any administration letting in more illegals than Biden. God bless Trump for working to get their asses the hell out. This shit show has to do with the Democrat party seeking future voters. The Democrat party does not care if America turns into a third world shithole as long as they have the power to keep themselves fat.
When I see someone use the tired old saw "good old whites do not want to do" is tantamount to acknowledging that the writer has marginal...at best...concerning illegal alien labor and it's impact on any nations labor force. Suggest you do some homework on that...and as previously referenced...Caesar Chavez..or Milton Friedman. "Cheap labor" is not cheap.
My God. This kind of thinking blows my mind. So DH, all our fruits, veggies, dish washers, busboys... were being taken care of by the existing legals & illegals here before Drooling Pervert Joe (DPJ) let in 10 to 20 million Illegal Aliens. You do know that DPJ flew in Illegal Aliens from around the world in unmarked planes? Look it up. He then bussed them all over the country in unmarked white busses. Why did we need DPJ's 20 million Illegal Aliens when everything was being picked and cleaned in record numbers?
Remember the caravans of 10s of thousands traveling up through Mexistan with tee shirts that said "Joe let us in", after DPJ was elected? (Illegally).
I love the fair minded LibTards in Marthas Vineyard that had the National Guard remove a few hundred Illegal Aliens after a few days even though there were hundreds of unused mansions (Barrack OblameO) that could of housed them. Horror of all horrors when President Trump has the National Guard help quell rioting and looting Illegal Aliens and others in L.A..
JL thank you.
I am not demanding a permanent under class. Read my post with a more open mind.
I have made the point that there is a dire lack of policy. I am making the point that costs are going to go up. You agree and indeed advocate that Americans pay more for jobs they want done. If the problem is the Joe Biden years then have a policy that addresses this issue. Dont make it every illegal, Many illegals are here cos of US citizen processing is antiquated. Many have moved here becuse of crime in their home country, partly craeted by IMO US drug consumption. To have masked enforcement officers to me looks dangerously close to the KKK riding again. Are they trully scared of being identified when they are law enforcement? I am pointing out the process chosen to remove illegals is dumb at best and inhumane at worst. A civilized society does better. The body politique in Washington is failing the country. It is corrupt.
Seem to me that people of the world are waking to the [DS]' plan to collapse modern societies via starting wars to push people across borders. And yes, I do believe that the Catholic Church is part of the play, as evidenced by the vast sums of money funneled to Catholic charities by governments. Here in America, it appears that our government is in bed with both the cartels to push the drugs and people across the border and Catholic charities (and other religious organizations), to identify, mark, and track migrants in order to enslave them within our communities. Thanks to the Biden administration, the scoundrels that were handling Biden and using the autopan behind his back to run their ops.
When does a Church become a playground? When does a Church become a business When does a Church become political? When does a Church become corrupt? When does a Church become willfully blind? When does a Church become controlled?
House of GOD? Those who you are taught to trust the most….Expect MANY MANY MANY similar reports to surface from around the world. Connected. The choice to know will be yours…
https://www.foxnews.com/us/stunning-findings-on-report-of-catholic-church-abuse-pa-priests-molested-more-than-1000-children
Catholic Charities are working with governments... to enslave migrants? Huh? "When does a Church become a playground? When does a Church become a business When does a Church become political? When does a Church become corrupt? When does a Church become willfully blind? When does a Church become controlled?" The Church is a hospital for sinners, the Church itself is not a business, the Church literally calls the faithful to be actively engaged in politics [https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20021124_politica_en.html - "DOCTRINAL NOTE on some questions regarding The Participation of Catholics in Political Life"], how is the Church "blind", who is "controlling" it? You linked an article dating back to 2018 on abuse - yet that has absolutely nothing to do with Catholic Charities (in 2025 no less), it merely seems like a cheap shot to discredit the Church due to the presence of grievous sinners within her, which is what secular liberals do to justify their hatred of the Christian faith.
First, I’m not a secular liberal & I don’t hate anyone (except Our Nation’s enemies) or religions. FYI…Unfortunately, like most all institutions, the top of the Church is compromised...the cult leaders (Roths) long ago took control of the Catholic Church & control the Pope (along with Banks / Financial Institutions / WW Gov Control -> which control The People). Saudi Arabia (House of Sauds) were in control of Oil Tech, Sex/Children trafficking (as well as control (assigned) over US / UK Politicians / Tech Co's (primary)). But many of these strings have been cut & SA is now w Team Trump. Soros controls organizations of people (create division / brainwash) + management / operator of slush funds (personal net worth never reduces -- think DOJ settlements , eg Consumer Protection, Enviro pacts etc etc).
You are living in The Matrix…a false sense of reality to control the herd. Enjoy The Show!