The Political Scene by RCL

Less than a week after someone killed Hispanics in a mass shooting spree in El Paso, using the “invasion” rhetoric, 680 undocumented immigrants were arrested at two food processing plants in the same city. Many, if not all, of the children of these undocumented immigrants were born in the US, making the, US citizens. They don’t have any other family here in many of those cases. Many went to school that morning, not knowing that they were going to say goodbye to their parents  for at least a very long time. These children will now be placed into the foster care system (guess whose family owns a foster care agency.... yup DOE Secretary DeVos). When things like this happen, we have to ask, is this what’s best for everyone? Yes, these parents made the choice to enter the country illegally. Yes, they should have known that there was a possibility that was going to happen. Yes, Obama deported millions of undocumented immigrants, too. Were these undocumented immigrants contr...

We have a murder problem in the U.S. That’s undeniable. - Sensible gun legislation is not the end-all-be-all. - Doing nothing is not the answer. - Universal background checks is a start. I’ve worked in buildings for 16 years, where the first thing you have do to get into the building is walk through a metal detector. I’ve become used to it. Let that sink in. I’m a teacher. I work somewhere that needs metal detectors to protect the employees, students, and guests. It’s a place where Philadelphia police have an office. In order to teach children, I need to have a child abuse clearance, an FBI clearance, and a criminal background check. And we should have those clearances done every five years. So what’s wrong with background checks for gun owners? In PA, teachers cannot carry guns, and I am thankful for that. Think about what goes on in a classroom in a 45 minute period. Our attention is constantly being pulled in a million directions. And there is so much tension in schools...