Over the weekend, while explaining the "U.S. border crisis" in detail in the micro-class of Hong College, a number of U.S. media reported that at least 700,000 people are expected to participate in the "Retake the Border" rally in three regions near the U.S.-Mexico border, including Eagle Pass, Texas, Yuma, Arizona, and San Isidro, California, near the U.S.-Mexico border on February 3.
A full "Retake the Frontier"** event, including rallies and long-distance "motorcade marches". The organizers of the event claimed that they wanted to draw attention to "people's attention to the open southern border" and remind the authorities that "you are bringing illegal immigrants into the United States."
The event's leaders called on "all active and retired law enforcement officers, veterans, police officers, business owners, ranchers, truckers" across the country to attend the event.
Some event organizers referred to the convoy as "God's Army" and called on participants to bring their ** with them to the event, as required by Texas law. Many supporters of the campaign have even called for a "full-scale civil war" as a way to put pressure on the Federation.
However, the Retake the Border campaign stressed on its official website that it was a "peaceful campaign".
Recapture the Border" announced four "convoy parade routes", each with hundreds, or even hundreds of cars and motorcycles of different sizes, gathering to participate in the convoy and driving to the rally site as planned.
The event featured a large selection of Texas flags, the Union of America flags, and pro-Trump flags, as well as memorabilia for Trump, the Red States and the Republican Party.
Some opposition groups, such as the progressive church called Common good, chose to hold their own rallies on the same day to fight the Retake the Border** campaign. In an interview with FOX, Doug said, "Our motorcade was parked right in the back of the county courthouse with Faith, Love and Hope written on it! We want to save voters from extremism! ”
In addition to religious groups, opposition groups include pro-immigration political groups and environmental groups that protect the Rio Grande.
According to the New York Post, the Retake the Frontier campaign raised nearly 16 percent on fundraisers$50,000 to cover the cost of gas, event permits, stage rides, etc. The ** also noted that far fewer than 700,000 people actually attended the event.
The political influence of the massive ** event may be far less than that of the "Huashan Debate" organized by Texas Governor Abbott the next day.
On February 4, local time, Texas Governor Abbott and 14 governors of Republican states "patrolled the border" at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass Town, the forefront of the "border standoff", and listened to a briefing on the Texas Border Security Initiative, and "discussed" (criticized) Biden**'s border policy together.
Texas Governor Abbott said that the problem of illegal immigration is the number one problem in the United States today. The U.S. should take "unprecedented action" against illegal immigration.
Fifteen governors agreed to allow individual states to act where they believe the Union has failed to protect them. Texas' action is a response to "Biden's reckless open-border policy."
For the United States, how many ordinary people rally, it is certainly not as important as the rallying of 15 Republican governors.
But for the residents of Eagle Pass, whether it's a border standoff, a demonstration, or a "sword debate", it means an influx of "tourists". USA Today reported that no one in this small city of 28,000 people knows how many "outsiders" have come.
With the exception of the restaurant near Shelby Park, which was shut down, other restaurateurs in town say business has improved recently. Some outsiders come to this town to spend money because they want to see the border confrontation.
The Recapture the Frontiers event rented the Cornerstone Children's Ranch near the town of Eagle Pass as a venue. Ranch officials say they have been providing food, clothing and medical supplies to poor children along the border for more than 25 years. They expressed their support for the event. Because the number of immigrants has surged, "we are frustrated".
Some local citizens said that Shelby Park, where the border standoff broke out, was itself named after Brigadier General Joseph Shelby of the Confederate during the Civil War.
In the final days of the Civil War, Shelby refused to surrender and chose to retreat to Mexico with the remaining force of about 1,000 men**. He wrapped his battle flag around the stones and sank into the Rio Grande (Boundary River) to avoid being captured by the Northern Army. Because of their determination not to surrender, Shelby's army was dubbed "the undefeated" by the southerners.
History is repeating itself here (there is no compromise between the two sides) and I hope there will be some kind of solution. ”
Some local citizens also reported that the "National Guard" from outside the park parked indiscriminately, crushing the irrigation system of the park's lawn.
According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border reached a record 30 percent in December 202320,000 people. Reuters A poll by Reuters Ipsos in late January showed that Americans' concerns about immigration are growing.
The 700,000 people in the United States recaptured the border and the 15 governors "argued in the line of fire" are all manifestations of the outbreak of the immigration problem. The issue of immigration is only one of many sharp contradictions between the two parties.
What is the total source of all contradictions?
The economic globalization led by the United States is entering a cold winter, and currency is the fuse!
Globalization is an uneven distribution of benefits, including within the United States. The winners, such as the blue states on the east and west coasts, reaped on a large scale with high-tech products and financial services, while the losers, such as the red states in the Midwest of the United States, gradually sank into "rust".
The alternation of the hot and cold circulation of the US dollar, especially quantitative easing, and the release of watermark money, will further increase the gap between the rich and the poor, so that the capitalists who are closer to the "faucet" will benefit, so that the blue state's "squeeze" of the red state will become stronger and stronger, the people's life will get worse and worse, and the resentment of the red state will continue to accumulate, and finally in 2024, the first year of the United States, find an opportunity to break out!
Therefore, the constitutional crisis of illegal immigrants in Texas is only the prelude to a series of crises, and it is also a bad omen for the United States in November this year. In 2024, we still have a lot of good things to watch.