Immigration

In January, Greg Abbott mentioned they would shoot migrants crossing the border but the Biden administration would charge them with murder. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/11/texas-border-migrants-greg-abbott-interview-shoot/ There is a subtle nuance here that boils down to Abbott not believing the Federal Government has an obligation to protect the right to life of non-US citizens. I believe with Trump in office, Greg Abbott will have no problem or repercussions at all shooting migrants crossing the border, effectively giving the death penalty to illegal immigration. ...

What are rights in America? We discuss the rights of people in America more than in any other country on Earth, it seems. But this conversation is almost instantly muddied because people use different definitions for what rights are. This leads to people on both sides of the aisle simply talking past each other. In particular, the conversation about what rights people have is doubly-muddied once the American Constitution and Bill of Rights are thrown into the mix. ...