Even while Democrats, including New York City Mayor Eric Adams, have recognized just how damaging the border crisis is to people and communities, the Biden administration remains in blissful denial of what it is encouraging and who is being harmed by it.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the incompetent messenger for an incompetent administration, took to the podium to complain about Republican governors sending illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities. This comes after California, which claims to be a sanctuary state, accused Florida of flying illegal immigrants to Sacramento.
“Busing or flying migrants around the country without any coordination with the federal government … state or local officials as well, is dangerous and unacceptable,” Jean-Pierre said. “It is dangerous and unacceptable because you are putting people’s lives at risk and … because you are actually putting a lot of pressure on these states and local areas.”
First, the idea that sending transportation to help illegal immigrants get to sanctuary cities that claim they are welcome there is not “putting people’s lives at risk.” READ MORE...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposed his vision to house illegal immigrants in "faith-based locales" and private residences on Monday.
"There are residents who are suffering right now because of economic challenges," Adams, a Democrat, said. "They have spare rooms. They have locales, and if we can find a way to get over the 30-day rule and other rules that government has in place, we can take their $4.2 billion, $4.3 [billion]. It may be now that we potentially have to spend."
Adams's call to action comes as New York City battles a rise in illegal immigrants flooding the city.
The city has helped support at least 72,000 immigrants, and over 46,000 still remain under the care of the city, according to a statement from the mayor's office. READ MORE...
The report by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni found that the rapid shift to Zoom-type learning preceded a new wave of bullying by participants who cut and paste comments they didn’t like into social media posts, in some cases leading to firings, bullying, and shaming.
In one noted case, a Georgetown University professor was fired for stating that black students tend to cluster near the bottom of her classes. In another, the report said that “Marquette University even threatened to rescind an admissions offer to a student because she posted a video to TikTok expressing support for President Trump.”
The report, shared with Secrets prior to its release later today, warned that free speech is being threatened by the new and selective social media shaming that comes with online learning.
“The lifeblood of the liberal arts is debate, dialectic, inquiry, and challenge,” said Michael Poliakoff, the president of ACTA, a nonprofit organization that promotes academic freedom.
“In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has threatened the strength and even the survival of so many institutions, online education moved to the fore. We have seen that it can bless us with access to a vibrant exchange of ideas, but it also has the potential to eliminate the opportunity for growth of character and intellect,” he told us.
Over 44 pages, the report showed examples of the "canceling" of speech on campus and the muting of those who don’t want to be shamed for speaking their mind.
“Why is the crisis getting worse? Simple: Self-censorship is a perfectly reasonable reaction when students and faculty are being investigated, harassed, or punished for their speech,” it said in comparing the reactions to a “public stoning.”
What’s more, the report found that rules put in place to protect free speech are being junked because institutions are too afraid that their reputation might be hurt by a rogue comment.
The group also provided survey data to accompany its guide, titled “Building a Culture of Free Expression in the Online Classroom” READ MORE
