I laid awake in the night considering how Trump would deport millions of illegal immigrants. According to the Department of Homeland Security in 2022, there are over 11 million of them. How would this happen? Who would identify and gather all these people? Would they be awakened in the night and ushered into arenas until transportation could be provided back to their homeland? Who would pay for all this? Assuming they would board planes, 30,000 flights (an average of 400 per flight) would be needed to transport them to their homelands: El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, etc. And this wouldn’t just be the workers, it would also be their families — women, children, babies. But wait — the children born in the U.S. are legal, right? Would they then be separated and be left behind? Who would provide food, water, beds and diapers and address medical needs? Or would they be left like the Jews were to fend for themselves until transported? And would they be accepted or mistreated back in their home country?
These practical questions are mind-boggling and unimaginable, but we have a presidential candidate who is determined to do it!
As Stearns County auditor-treasurer, I want to ensure that voters understand the referendum question on their election ballot to use sales tax to pay for the new Stearns County Justice Center. The question is on how to fund this project. The state of Minnesota and the County Board have determined a new justice center is necessary due to our county’s increasing jail overcrowding, outdated infrastructure and inadequate court and security spaces.
