Delano Squires
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Because if we freak out over every single incident that the media can spin in a particular way, we're never going to get anywhere. And it's ironic because, you know, President Trump was hosting, you know, the president of El Salvador, who basically said to the gangs, your time is up. I'm rounding up everybody with...
you know, extensive head and neck and arm tattoos, and I'm carting you off to jail. And for someone like me, who has openly questioned whether, you know, we could be a little bit more innovative in some of our criminal justice policies to minimize the sort of third party effects to innocent citizens. I look at that and say, wow, this guy's doing something that in some respects I can get behind.
you know, extensive head and neck and arm tattoos, and I'm carting you off to jail. And for someone like me, who has openly questioned whether, you know, we could be a little bit more innovative in some of our criminal justice policies to minimize the sort of third party effects to innocent citizens. I look at that and say, wow, this guy's doing something that in some respects I can get behind.
you know, extensive head and neck and arm tattoos, and I'm carting you off to jail. And for someone like me, who has openly questioned whether, you know, we could be a little bit more innovative in some of our criminal justice policies to minimize the sort of third party effects to innocent citizens. I look at that and say, wow, this guy's doing something that in some respects I can get behind.
But I also know that that's not the way we do things in America. So there's sort of a tension there. And I think if you ask the average American citizen, hey, if you could snap your finger today and lock up every single gang member, Bloods, Crips, neo-Nazis, you know, Italian mafia, Russian mafia. I think many people will say yes because we want our streets to be safe again.
But I also know that that's not the way we do things in America. So there's sort of a tension there. And I think if you ask the average American citizen, hey, if you could snap your finger today and lock up every single gang member, Bloods, Crips, neo-Nazis, you know, Italian mafia, Russian mafia. I think many people will say yes because we want our streets to be safe again.
But I also know that that's not the way we do things in America. So there's sort of a tension there. And I think if you ask the average American citizen, hey, if you could snap your finger today and lock up every single gang member, Bloods, Crips, neo-Nazis, you know, Italian mafia, Russian mafia. I think many people will say yes because we want our streets to be safe again.
So at a certain point, we're going to have to develop the stomach for this and we can't allow the media to take every individual incident and get us off track.
So at a certain point, we're going to have to develop the stomach for this and we can't allow the media to take every individual incident and get us off track.
So at a certain point, we're going to have to develop the stomach for this and we can't allow the media to take every individual incident and get us off track.
This is actually one of the ironies that doesn't get discussed enough, particularly when dealing with the left, is that they will simultaneously say that America is a systemically and endemically racist nation that harbors hostilities toward black people, brown people, African-Americans, Hispanic people. but then argue that more brown people from South America, Central America, need to come here.
This is actually one of the ironies that doesn't get discussed enough, particularly when dealing with the left, is that they will simultaneously say that America is a systemically and endemically racist nation that harbors hostilities toward black people, brown people, African-Americans, Hispanic people. but then argue that more brown people from South America, Central America, need to come here.
This is actually one of the ironies that doesn't get discussed enough, particularly when dealing with the left, is that they will simultaneously say that America is a systemically and endemically racist nation that harbors hostilities toward black people, brown people, African-Americans, Hispanic people. but then argue that more brown people from South America, Central America, need to come here.
And it's never made sense to me. Megan and Steve, if I went to a restaurant... Come to a racist hellhole, is that what you're saying? Right. If I went to a restaurant and I had terrible service and the food made me sick, the last thing I would do to other people who I love and my family is to say, well, you guys should go there as well. So... They're making an argument, right?
And it's never made sense to me. Megan and Steve, if I went to a restaurant... Come to a racist hellhole, is that what you're saying? Right. If I went to a restaurant and I had terrible service and the food made me sick, the last thing I would do to other people who I love and my family is to say, well, you guys should go there as well. So... They're making an argument, right?
And it's never made sense to me. Megan and Steve, if I went to a restaurant... Come to a racist hellhole, is that what you're saying? Right. If I went to a restaurant and I had terrible service and the food made me sick, the last thing I would do to other people who I love and my family is to say, well, you guys should go there as well. So... They're making an argument, right?
And they do this constantly. It's America hates black and brown people, but we should have as many, you know, come here as possible. And look, I say that my parents immigrated from the West Indies in the late 70s, early 80s.
And they do this constantly. It's America hates black and brown people, but we should have as many, you know, come here as possible. And look, I say that my parents immigrated from the West Indies in the late 70s, early 80s.
And they do this constantly. It's America hates black and brown people, but we should have as many, you know, come here as possible. And look, I say that my parents immigrated from the West Indies in the late 70s, early 80s.
I grew up in New York City where, you know, every third person has family that came here at some point, you know, to Steve's point, since, you know, the turn of the 20th century. But again, it's a nation of laws, and I believe every nation The immigration policy of every nation prioritizes its citizens over foreign nationals, point blank period. I don't care what the nation is.