Dear Editor,
I wish I could say the new crop of political wannabes new more about the U.S. Constitution regarding problems at the Mexico border and elsewhere than their television ads seem to indicate. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 deals with immigration. Section 8 grants Congress the responsibility of the rules of Naturalization.
Why do we always place the blame of border problems on whoever is President when in actuality it is up to Congress when you consider we have congressional leaders refusing to even work with the administration? On Jan. 20, 2021 President Biden sent an immigration bill to Congress as part of his commitment to modernize the system.
It failed to pass the present legislature.
Now we see the critics are out in full force implying President Biden should do more regarding the war in Ukraine. Had the powers that be in the administration sent not only military supplies, but troops as well, my guess is we would be hearing grumblings that Ukraine is not part of NATO, so why should we send our troops to fight someone else’s war?
It all depends on which side you align with. Senator Tom Cotton (R. Arkansas) said on tv this weekend that Biden should shut down SWIFT’s dealings with Russia. Apparently, Sen. Cotton does not realize that France, Canada, the U.S., Germany, and the U.K. as well as other eastern European nations would need to agree, but for some reason that did not happen.
Now Mr. Trump is at it again, commenting on how smart Putin is and how dumb our leaders are. One can only speculate the lengths he would have employed to settle this catastrophic war. Recall how he said Putin told him “I didn’t do it” and I don’t know why I shouldn’t believe him, or his famous “perfect call” to Volodymyr Zelensky which contained not a hint of a quid pro quo, until Trump made it clear, unless Zelensky investigated the Bidens, financial aid to Ukraine would be withheld. Does impeachment sound familiar?
If you are able to vote (after our politicians fix) the secure voting system we had, I urge everyone to vote wisely.
Lloyd Dickson
Seligman
