debteb. 23: The US House Judiciary Committee held an open-air hearing on the crisis at Yuma City Hall’s southern border in Yuma, Arizona.
Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot testified that Biden’s inauguration began with 200 arrests per day, increased to 400, and exploded to more than 1,000 per day. is what catches,” he said. He described the destruction of local ecosystems, damage to crops and the trash and waste left behind by the constant flow of illegal immigrants.
Dr. Robert Trenschel, president and CEO of Yuma Regional Medical Center, testified about the burden placed on the only hospital in the county. “These costs are unsustainable…we cannot continue.
Although Yuma’s population is almost twice that of Joplin’s, the city has only 406 emergency beds. Now, more than 150,000 people cross the Arkansas border each year, crossing the Freeman Health System and Mercy Hospital Joplin, with only 579 beds combined, compared to the myriad of levels Yuma had. Imagine what would happen if we were forced to provide care and extra staff. I was forced to do it.
All the while the federal government ignores you.
Imagine that 150,000, and you have to consider that the next closest hospital system to Yuma is cross-state, has fewer than 200 beds, and is over an hour away. On the other hand, the closest equivalent system is Mesa or Phoenix, more than 3 hours away. Your father just had a heart attack, or your wife just went into labour, but you, the taxpayer, are suffering because the sitting president of the United States has made a political decision to leave without enforcing immigration laws. , unable to go to the hospital. The southern border is open to everyone.
February 28th: The House Homeland Security Committee begins a hearing titled, “Every State Is a Border State: Chief Examiner (Alejandro) Mallorcas’ Border Crisis.”
The eyewitness list includes Rebecca Kiesling, a civilian from Rochester Hills, Michigan.
The title and name seem harmless, but as you will read, there is nothing harmless about Kiesling’s testimony.
Kiesling is the mother of five children and has experienced the kind of horror a mother has to endure. On July 29, 2020, her two sons, Kyler, 18, and brother Caleb, 20, assumed they were taking the prescribed Percocet her pills and decided to take fentanyl instead. died when he swallowed a fake of
“Law enforcement revealed that this fentanyl came from Mexico. It came from our southern border. I didn’t know what fentanyl was. I didn’t know what Narcan was. I didn’t know that people were dying, I didn’t know that my sons were taking something that could kill them, and they thought they were. I didn’t think so, but the government knew, the government has known for years.”
“The CDC, which I saw yesterday, said fentanyl deaths increased 22% from 2020 to 2021. I mean, it’s unbelievable. You’d think the mere appearance would be enough to sound the alarm.”
“It has to be stopped at the root. Weather balloons from China are flying over the country, but no one has died, and everyone is stunned that 100,000 people die each year. but no action has been taken.
“So you’re talking about children being taken from their parents? My children were taken from me. Every year 100,000 Americans have children… are having their children taken away.This shouldn’t be politicized.It’s not about race.Fentanyl doesn’t care about race.It’s a story about welcoming people who seek protection across borders. We welcome drug dealers across our borders, and giving them protection is not protecting our children.”
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee did not attend the local hearing in Yuma. They, their party, and the state media that supported them all called it a political stunt.
Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee did not have that privilege. Instead, they were forced to witness the cold and harsh truth that Kiesling had told the whole world.
What I can say is: Thank you, Mr. Kiesling. May God grant you at least a piece of peace knowing how powerful your testimony is and what you have called a coward.
