The reason NC Democrats say the same thing about immigration enforcement (11-21-2025--Hour2)

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It says Senator Tom Tillis called for oversight of the case of the US Border Patrol in Charlotte during a Senate hearing Thursday, and so that was my first the first time I knew that, Oh there was a Senate hearing yesterday about this. I did not know that, and so I did a search for that, put it into my next browser tab, and I was like, I'm gonna come back to that. I'm gonna circle back. Jen Psaki style border patrol agents began appearing throughout Charlotte's Saturday, near places like grocery stores, schools, and churches, rounding up Hispanic residents, often forcefully and with little information about what happens next to the people detained. The agents have since expanded throughout North Carolina to other cities including Raleigh, Winston, Salem, and Hickory. And so what Tilla said during this hearing, or I think it was actually before the hearing because they were waiting for Democrats to show up so they could hold the hearing. So he says, I want to make sure that Homeland Security can provide me with the definitive list of people who were detained, how long they were detained, whether or not they were released, and when property was damaged, whether or not they've been provided proper restitution. We are the party of law and order, and I want to make sure that we're also orderly in the process of enforcing it, his staff. Tillis's staff said his office is formally asked for this information from DHS. Now here's the thing. I'm fine with that. I agree with that. That's the proper role of a US senator. That's the point. That's why we send them up there, is to provide oversight, check and balance on the executive branch authority and what they're doing. So it's totally fine, and I want to know that too. And I approach this. I'm going to use the analogy of the body worn cameras for law enforcement. Remember when the summer of fiery but mostly peaceful riots occurred and you had, you know, the left wingers saying we want body cams on all the cops, and the cops were like, yeah, we agree, we would like that too, And so you got body cams on all these police officers. Now, of course you got lefties that are like, maybe that was a mistake because these juries are acquitting cops in a lot of the cases. Well yeah, when you get the video proof of what actually went down, it doesn't support your narrative. So anyway, that's my approach on this. I want the information because just like the cops wanted the video to clear themselves of the false accusations, and the you know, community members wanted the body cam to try to prove police malfeasans like, they both agree, but they want it for different purposes. So I think this is similar. I want the information too. I don't know what it's going to say, but if it says that they've been picking up people. I saw the Cato Institute. They just put out some analysis post shutdown arrests. They're like, forty percent have been of illegal aliens that have committed no crime and they're not. They're not they don't have prior convictions in there, or they don't have pending charges. Forty percent, And that's the way they framed it. See now I see the data, and I say, sixty percent of the people they picked up have been convicted of a crime or have pending charges. So the majority that's yeah, sixty percent have charges pending or were convicted already criminal illegal aliens. So I would like to see the data. Two On Thursday, he said during a hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary that he believes border patrol is now in his state because Sheriff Gary not my fault, McFadden used sanctuary city policy. There have been people released, he said, there have been bad outcomes. So a part of the reason that we're here is because of those bad decisions. Correct, exactly right. We are here because of Democrat policies, Democrat decisions, Democrat politics. That's why border patrol came to Charlotte. These are the ramifications of your choice's Democrats. So then Danielle Battaglia does some cleanup because he said sanctuary city policy, and so now she has to do the Actually, we're not a sanctuary city. Sanctuary cities are banned under state law, and North Carolina lawmakers recently passed a bill that requires sheriffs to comply with requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Why why are sanctuary cities banned under state law? Why are sheriffs now required to cooperate with ice? Why? Because they weren't cooperating. Just a couple, McFadden being one of them, the most prominent one, I would suspect, and they were running and cities were running sanctuary city policies. That's why the state legislature stepped in and said stop it. Now, McFadden has argued for years that holding defendants at the request of ICE after they have posted bond and complied with court ordered terms of release is unconstitutional, which, by the way, never tested, never been sued, never proven to be the case. That was just what the left wing lawyers put out there as talking points to rationalize these policy preferences. But then she says something else at the end of the article. Charlotte is considered by the nonprofit Welcoming America is the name of the nonprofit Welcoming America. It's considered to be a certified Welcoming city. This distinction means it's known for policies and programs surrounding immigrant inclusion. What the hell does that mean? So I opened another browser tap and what did I find? Welcoming America dot org and I went through their website and I found what it takes to become a certified Welcoming City and they have seven framework areas. This thing runs eight pages long, filled with all of the things that local gov. Co and agencies are supposed to do. They fall under the seven areas of civic engagement, connected communities, economic development, education, equitable access, government and community leadership. And safe communities, welcoming communities, ensure that all residents, including immigrants. And remember when they say immigrants, they mean illegal immigrants. Okay, they conflate illegal with legal purposefully so as to deflect from the actual issue at hand. So they just say everybody's an immigrant, but not everybody's a legal immigrant. But they don't care, because they want all of these things for illegal aliens to be able to fully participate in civic life, a thing that, by the way, you would not be permitted to do if you were an illegal alien in another nation. Immigrant residents have access to democratic spaces and shape community priorities and policies. Immigrants hold leadership roles in the community, and local institutions are invested in increasing access to leadership positions for immigrant residents. And all of that is a fancy way of saying de facto amnesty to make them full participants as if they were citizens illegally here they are on equal footing. That's the point. And again eight pages then, of all of the recommended policies and proposals, I'll give you a smattering, all right, if you're listening to this show, you know I try to keep up with all sorts of current events. And I know you do too, and you've probably heard me say get your news from multiple sources. Why Well, because it's how you detect media bias, which is why I've been so impressed with ground News. It's an app and it's a website and it combines news from around the world in one place so you can compare coverage and verify information. You can check it out at check dot ground, dot news slash pete. I put the link in the podcast description too. 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And they have standards here under seven framework areas, a grand total of one hundred and six standards across these seven framework areas. The first under Civic Engagement. I'm just going to give you a couple of them, because again there's one hundred of them, one hundred and six, but basically programs to support ieligible immigrants in voting, that's one of them, support them in obtaining US citizenship, developing civic leadership skills, and are accessible to speakers of languages other than English, so you get the flavor for the things that they're doing. Build up immigrant youth leadership, like the guy that's on the city council now, right. So that's under civic engagement. Next up is connected Communities. A couple of those from this category. Local government leadership does not make public statements discouraging immigration or immigrant inclusion, so they're telling our elected officials what to say. You cannot make public statements discouraging immigration. There is ongoing public communication from local government leadership about its commitment to welcoming immigrants. Think about every statement you have heard from Democrat officials over the last week. That's CC one dot one standard on going public communication from local government leadership about its commitment to welcoming immigrants. How about this one? The local government participates in celebrations of immigrant cultures, customs, and beliefs. I am looking forward to the Charlotte City Council's celebration of female genital mutilation. Can't wait for that event to occur. That should be fun. Next up the area of the economy, programs support immigrant job seekers in finding and obtaining employment. Again, this is for legal and illegal, So you got to have programs in your local government to help illegal aliens find work. Also to have programs to support immigrant adults in accessing additional education to obtain the skills and degrees required to meet their employment goals. How about this one. Chambers of commerce and or economic development agencies are engaged in immigrant inclusion work also support immigrants when they try to get occupational certification and or credentialing requirements. Might that explain some of the driver's licenses being handed out like candy to people who can't pass the road tests. Programs support immigrant business owners in accessing capital to start, sustain, and grow their businesses. How about occupational licensing assistance as well. Let's move on to the next category. Education. Just a couple from here, although it's a very lengthy list, but you'll get the flavor. Programs to address barriers to navigating local K through twelve school districts for immigrant families. Programs to train K twelve educators and staff on teaching and supporting diverse student populations, including immigrant students. Didn't we see a statement from CMS when all of this started. They're checking a box in a checklist to maintain their status as a certified Welcoming city. That's why they're putting out these statements saying this stuff, and it all sounds the same. I would not be surprised if they got a toolkit of some kind with this kind of language in it. Programs support immigrant students and accessing a whole bunch of services. They got various bullet points on that local government departments. Oh sorry, this is now the next category of equitable access. Here's a great idea. How about making an escape to a really special and secluded getaway in western North Carolina, just a quick drive up the mountain, and Cabins of Ashville is your cannet. 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Yeah, access in and accessing additional education to obtain the skills and degrees required to meet their employment goals. Programs to support them, oh, I said, Oh, I did this already. The Chambers of Commerce, Certification, Occupational Licensing. Yes, I did all of that. I'm sorry. So the next one is I did not check off. Let me check equitable access. Okay, under the education category Programs addressing Barriers to navigating local K twelve. Oh I already did this one too. Oh oh, I see what it is. Their framework areas are not in the same order as all of the standards. Why would you do it that way? That's stupid. All right, well, let me just go to the next section here. This is where I was. This is under Welcoming Communities and short local services are acceptable to all residents, including immigrants. And again when they say immigrants, they mean legal and illegal. So they want to ensure services are available. For example, local government departments disseminate information on government services, resources, and public benefits with the goal of expanding access to immigrants. They want to address barriers to healthcare, legal services, mental health services, rental housing, home ownership, transportation, also to inform immigrants of workers' rights. Okay, So these are some of the areas that local governments have to provide. They have to set up systems to provide this stuff in order to get certified. Next up, this is on inclusion, participation, and equity. The local government has one or more st F positions whose responsibilities include advancing immigrant inclusion. So taxpayers are funding somebody in government to do this. To maintain compliance with the Certified Welcoming City Standards, which includes public libraries to implement an immigrant inclusion strategy, the local government leadership has an immigrant inclusion strategy for all of its departments and agencies. Participants of the group advancing Immigrant inclusion has to also reflect the diversity of the community in demographics, constituencies and sectors minus Republicans, right. I mean it doesn't say minus Republicans, but I'm sure that's not required, much like Republican representation on the Charlotte City Council, County Commission, and school board. So you have to what do quotas you have to make whatever this group is that you have to assemble, you have to have a group of leaders and residents that regularly convenes to advance immigrant inclusion efforts. So, like this is also another one of these examples of these NGOs, these non government organizations, right that just like attach themselves like a barnacle onto government and then they just feed off of the taxpayer trough. I know I'm mixing some metaphors there, but you get the idea, right, they're plugged in. They're like, well, you know, as if you want to be a welcoming city, which of course the suicidally empathetic must have this standard, like we have to have this certification, we have to be a certified welcoming city. We'll do anything to get at this status. So we can then signal it out that I'm better than you. I care more about these other people over here than you do. I'm better. You're terrible, You're a Nazi, you're a fascist. So then you have to set up this group. Now, maybe you could have the group be I don't know, not all say led by, but you know, a liaison, like a facilitator if you will, somebody who could come in with the big sticky pads, have people brainstorm with a charette or something, break out into discussion groups, and then you know, write all of your thoughts on the sticky pads and post it all around the walls, and then then cull all of that stuff and collate it and then put it into a fancy report and then check the box and pay me a check as well. Taxpayers are funding this kind of stuff. And then there was this for government and community leadership criteria that is designated in this list, all of the following local government departments are expected to meet these criteria. So they have all the criteria, all the standards, and then they put little stars or asterisks next to all or several of these standards. And if there's a star next to it, that means that all of the following local government departments are expected to meet the criteria. And those these agencies include child protective services, communications, departments that enforce building construction, fire, health and housing codes, economic development, emergency dispatch, emergency management, emergency medical services, fire, human resources, law enforcement, neighborhoods, planning, purchasing, public health, and zoning, all of them basically everything that the city does basically. And then the final category law enforcement. You're gonna want to hear these. 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They are your life told through the eyes of everyone around you and all who came before you, and they will tell others to come who you are. Visit Creative video dot com. Final segment of their framework from the Welcoming America dot org website. In order to get certified as a Welcoming City, which Charlotte is final category law enforcement, local law enforcement agencies must have programs in place to build trust and mutual understanding with immigrant communities and immigrant serving organizations. Right, so this is making your local police department sticky with these activist groups. And then you can check a box. And this is why you keep hearing these local leaders saying the same thing about you know this, this is how you build trust in these communities, and we're trying to maintain trust and all that, Or how about this one. Local law enforcement agencies cannot have policies in place where the primary purpose is to detain or deport immigrants. That's the two eighty seven G program. That's what that is. So it's saying you can't be certified as a welcoming city if you have two eighty seven G. That's why they scrap it. Programs that also inform immigrants of their rights and responsibilities when interacting with local law enforcement and the legal system. Programs to inform immigrants of their rights and responsibilities when interacting with immigration enforcement and the detention system have to have a policy in place that clarifies the jurisdiction and separation between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement agency. So I'm curious, like, who's monitoring all of this or is this a self reporting kind of a thing, Like does Sheriff Gary not my fault McFadden send over all of his interview clips and his press briefings or his press releases rather send them over to the city so they can comply with these standards. And again, like, taxpayers didn't vote for this, You didn't ask us if we wanted to do this. You got one hundred and six standards that you've committed to doing. Charlotte, did you guys discuss all of this stuff? Did you talk about how you're going to somehow direct the local law enforcement to not have any policy whose primary purpose is to detain or deport immigrants? Is that why you keep saying we have nothing to do with immigration enforcement. That's not us. We're not going to deport you because you have to check the box, right, Or how about the local government has to have a process in place to identify the priorities and goals of immigrant residents for creating a safer community. It's like, first off, no deportation, and law enforcement has one or more staff positions whose responsibilities include advancing immigrant inclusion, so they too have to have staff. So we're paying for this, So that again I gave you probably I don't know, thirty out of the one hundred and six standards. They then say on their website communities can use the Welcoming Standard to guide their next steps in building a Welcoming Community. For example, advocates can use it to shape their policy agenda. States can use it to inform the assistance and resources they provide to communities. Local governments and community based organizations can use the Welcoming Standard as evaluation and planning tool. Nonprofits and local government entities can also join the Welcoming Network as a member, and then you'll receive technical assistance and resources that assist communities working to meet this standard. What do you want to bet that these activist groups that are now part of these demonstrations against the immigration enforcement operations, what do you want to bet that they've got people that have these Welcoming City standards that they're members, that they know what these things are. Then that's why they're saying these things the way they're saying them. Local governments can be assessed against the Welcoming Standard to become certified, and Charlotte has done exactly that. Now when they talk also about due process, you've heard a lot about that, all the due process stuff, and I'm going to get into this in the next hour. Along with the audio from the Senate hearing. I want you to keep in mind Saulolenski's fourth rule for Radicals right from his book Rules for Radicals, and the fourth rule says that activists need to make the enemy live up to its own book of rules. This tactic involves forcing the enemy to strictly adhere to their own established standards, procedures, or policies, which will then overwhelm them due to the sheer volume or impracticality of compliance. For example, if they have a rule that says we will reply to every letter, well then you just swamp them with a million letters, and then that's an insurmountable workload, and then that they're unable to fulfill what they promised to fulfill, and then you can accuse them of lying and you can damage their credibility. Right, that's the immigration court system after you've allowed in ten million illegals in four years. All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. I could not do the show without your support and the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, so if you'd like, please support them too and tell them you heard it here. You can also become a patron at my Patreon page or go to dpetecleanershow dot com. Again, Thank you so much for listening, and don't break anything while I'm gone.