3/23/2017 - Derek Hunter Townhall.com
A few weeks
ago in
this space I asked a simple question: How many victims of illegal
alien crime will be enough to make Democrats and the media care about illegal
alien crime?
The answer
was simple – there is no number. They’ll never care because they’ve hitched
their fate to the prospect of legalizing illegals and winning their votes. But
the problem they back-burner for political gain still smolders, and last week
it claimed another victim…all in the name of “progress.”
Montgomery
County, Md., is one of the richest counties in the country. It’s also an
extremely left-wing progressive county that prides itself on being “welcoming,”
which is liberal code for a sanctuary county. The sanctuary status is not
official, according to county leaders. They pretend they aren’t fully on board
with sanctuary policies because they don’t want to lose federal money, but they
are.
That
unofficial status pushed the city of Rockville to out-liberal its county and
push to put their sanctuary status on the books, taking steps in that direction just
two weeks ago. A new horrific crime may put that dream on hold.
Last
Thursday, a 14-year-old student Rockville High School allegedly was forced into
the boys’ bathroom and violently raped by two of her fellow freshman students.
Those student were not typical students, they were grown men – ages 17 and 18.
Why were
two men old enough to join the military in the 9th grade? Because they were
assigned freshman status by the “welcoming” schools, no questions asked.
At least one of the men, 18-year-old Henry Sanchez, is in the country
illegally. As for the other, 17-year-old Jose Montano, officials won’t comment
on his status because he’s underage.
This
14-year-old girl had to share her classroom with two grown men who had no
business being in the country, let alone the school, in the name of tolerance.
That
tolerance, as is always the case with leftists, is a one-way street.
After
Donald Trump won the election, Montgomery County students staged a walkout
protest against the incoming president. The Washington Post reported
students were chanting, “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.” Where
do you suppose they got the ideas behind that?
In
February, the Montgomery County Council sought to reassure residents – liberals
and illegals alike – they would protect those here illegally, particularly when
it came to the schools. “We cannot allow people to be so fearful that they keep
their children away from school because they’re afraid their children will be
taken,” Council President Roger
Berliner said. He also said, “Bad
things happen.”
Isn’t that
nice?
Since the
alleged attack, many politicians went silent. Weird, right?
Yes, statements
were released, but that’s been about it. The superintendent, Jack Smith,
assured parents the alleged horrors committed “do not represent the positive
values of our students and school communities.”
Smith
concluded, “The safety and security of every student in our district is our top
priority and a responsibility that we do not take lightly.”
Nothing on
why men old enough to graduate – who don’t even speak English, according to
reports – were put in classes with 13- and 14-year-old girls.
School
principal Billie-Jean Bensen sent a letter to parents that read, in part,
“Ensuring a safe, secure and welcoming learning environment for all of our
students is our top priority.”
Again, the
safety of students cannot be a “top priority” when you’re putting grown men,
whose background could not have been checked for criminal history, in
classrooms with children. Principal Bensen’s priority is exposed in the
“welcoming” part. Why else mention it under such awful circumstances?
When
politicians and activists put the comfort of illegal aliens ahead of the
security of Americans students, something is fundamentally wrong.
Principal
Bensen concluded her letter by adding, “Please remind your child that if they
believe they are a victim of an assault or see something inappropriate, they
should immediately tell a staff member.” It’s clear the Montgomery County power
structure is circling their wagons to cover their own asses. And that grammar
is not a priority.
If they
were serious about protecting kids, administrators wouldn’t put adults in with
freshmen and wouldn’t allow illegal aliens, whose backgrounds and history
cannot be verified or even checked, anywhere near children.
Montgomery
County recently hiked property taxes by 8.7 percent in part to address the
extremely high cost of educating illegal alien students who don’t speak
English. Sanctuary already had a cost. Last week, that cost went higher than
the civilized mind can comprehend. For progressive liberal Democrats, there is
no cost too high. If your children suffer horrendous, unspeakable acts in the
name of “tolerance,” so be it.
You can’t
make a progressive Utopia without ruining a few lives…
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