Posted on 03/09/2020 11:17:16 AM PDT by Kaslin
One day in the courtroom, while serving as a special prosecutor on the American/Mexican border, I noticed a strange statistical oddity: 100 percent of all the defendants were men.
I queried the US Marshals and was advised that the women’s sector at the detention facility was under strict quarantine because of a chickenpox outbreak. Border Patrol and ICE were working diligently to keep the outbreak under control and provide emergency medical care to the sick, striving to prevent the disease from reaching the greater American public.
We were extremely lucky with the chickenpox outbreak (and incidentally, Border Patrol and ICE —the twin whipping boys of the far-left —deserve an enormous debt of gratitude for protecting all of us from vast numbers of dangerous diseases, often at great personal risk). But in an era where a global coronavirus pandemic seems increasingly probable, it’s critically important to note that the true “statistical oddity” that day in the courtroom wasn’t the gender of the defendants, but the fact that we caught them in the first place. Of every 10 people who cross the border illegally, only three will ever be caught.
It was either the grace of God —or a lucky roll of the dice —that we prevented a larger outbreak. With tens of millions of undocumented migrants spreading all across America, and large communities of “anti-vaxxers” who eschew modern vaccinations, it wouldn’t take much for this powder keg to ignite.
There is a health crisis at the border. Unfortunately, we don’t know how bad it is, because we have absolutely no idea who is coming and going —or where they’re going to go once they get here.
It’s the polar opposite of a quarantine.
Of the thousands of migrants who illegally cross the border into the US each day, many carry third-world diseases, parasites, and other deadly contagions. Sometimes in the courtroom, we’d see defendants with clearly-visible skin conditions. Often, the detainees were wearing masks while coughing blood. This was especially true of the Bangladeshi migrants, of whom we were catching about 20 to 30 per week (Bangladesh has one of the world’s highest rates of tuberculosis).
As a special prosecutor, I had access to defendants’ files, and contagious diseases and parasites were commonplace. Sometimes at the courthouse, an unknown medical condition would emerge, and instead of going forward on the charges, we would transport the illegal alien directly to the hospital for emergency treatment instead.
I always shake hands with prosecutors and defendants in my home state of Virginia. But while working on the border, I learned to avoid physical contact for my own health and safety —and for the health and safety of others. After court each morning (or, sometimes, in between dockets), we would scrub our hands with soap and antibacterial/viral spray. It’s chillingly foreboding, but we were basically taking the exact same precautions that the CDC is now telling us all to take for the Coronavirus.
That’s because life on the border is like always living in the crosshairs of a potential pandemic. All the ingredients are right there: cramped conditions, diseases, zero oversight. It will only take one spark. And when that spark ignites, thousands (or more) Americans will die.
What happens at the border will eventually happen everywhere. That’s how pandemics work; it’s literally what “going viral” means.
A secure border is at the heart of our nation’s health. The proposals of Bernie Sanders and the “open borders” politicians are sowing the seeds of the next pandemic. It’s not a question of if, but when—and how many.
Yes, he can.
Combiners usually claim they’re not. Do we actually know this is true in his case ? Ives had the Gubernatorial nomination outright stolen by them. I tend to be suspicious of any opponent of hers at this point. Who is Evelyn Sanguinetti backing ?
911 didn’t close the border now this. Nothing will close that border. IMO it’s the GOP’s fault and their addiction to cheap labor.
Yes, I know it’s the case, since I was one of his campaign employees, during his last congressional campaign. I haven’t heard who Sanguinetti is backing.
Hey Phil, any word on whether you will actually be on the ballot in Cali? I just learned that the AIP primary is actually not binding and that the party doesn’t have to give you the nomination.
Their website has not been updated in while, it still has Trump/Pence up as 2016 nominees (”and God willing 2020”)
On Aug. 15 (my 11th wedding anniversary), the AIP will hold a convention and decide who their nominee will be. About a month ago, I emailed the state party chairman. The next day, he didn’t reply, so I called him and left a message. I still haven’t received a reply.
Maybe the chairman is pining for the fjords.
Hmmmn. Not a good sign. Do you know any of the delegates (God knows how they are selected)? They snubbed 2016 primary winner Alan Spears, who won a very fractured primary with just 19%. You are more prominent than him however.
They also snubbed 2012 primary winner Tom Noonan, a former party chair whom current leaders hated. They instead nominated Tom Hoeffling over Constitution nominee Virgil Goode.
They were the state affiliate of the CP until a violent split in 2008 when breakaway faction got Alan Keyes listed as the nominee.
I assume it will be a choice between you and Trump, possibly but hopefully not Blakenship as well, he is the presumptive nominee of the Constitution party (probably their worst ever).
Having the ballot line (actually NOT a separate line, Trump was listed as “Republican/American Independent) did absolutely nothing for Trump.
An aside, CA leg passed a bill to ban the use of “Independent” in a party name, they had the AIP in mind cause idiots who don’t know it’s a conservative party register as AIP members all the time thinking they are registering as independents (including a RINO City Councilman in Chula Vista who just ditched the GOP). Governor Newsom vetoed it, correctly surmising that is is unconstitutional.
You might appreciate this,
https://spears2020.com/trump-vs-spears/
Snubbed AIP primary winner Alan Spears, VERY ironic given “Russia Russia Russiagate”.
No, I don’t know any of the delegates. I’ll email all of the state party officers, at least 10 days before the convention, and tell them some of my conservative views.
Disgusting, the AIP convention decided to nominate primary loser and con artist Rocky De La Fuente (who opposed President Trump in the GOP primary) for President. They nominated Kanye for Vice President. I would have understand if they wanted to nominate West for *President* but this POS De Le Fuente?
I’m sorry Phil, you got robbed.
I was surprised by that news, since Rocky has run for office as a Democrat. In their primary, last March, I got about 50% more votes than he got. About two weeks ago, the AIP chairman emailed me and said that, during the convention, he’d make a motion that their presidential nominee will always be whoever wins their primary. He said that he thought I’d be their nominee.
I’ll be a write-in candidate in some parts of Illinois, if I know that I’ll get votes in those areas. I’ll get votes in Lake Co., DuPage Co., Will Co., Warren Co., Winnebago Co., and suburban Cook Co. If you live in another county or in Chicago and want to vote for me, please tell me, so that I’ll ensure that I’ll send a write-in form for that area.
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