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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has been appearing all across the state, scaring legal and illegal immigrants alike about the "tremendous risks" of the incoming Trump administration, and promising as best he can to protect illegals who broke the law to come here.
Tong's meeting last week with Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services ("IRIS") in New Haven was both outrageous and frustrating.
He said illegal immigrants made up "fully half of farm workers and meat packing workers" and said that if you like "strawberries, avocados and hamburger meat", most likely those things were packed by illegal immigrants.
He made another comment about how hard it is to find a restaurant in Connecticut that doesn't have an illegal washing the dishes, and even joked that, "America runs on Dunkin and undocumented workers."
He spent a lot of time boasting about how his office uses Connecticut's Trust Act to shield and protect illegals in the state.
The Trust Act was originally passed in 2013 to prohibit state and local law enforcement from honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") detainers in most, but not all cases.
Then in 2019, Senate Bill (SB) 992 was proposed to eliminate the exceptions in the original act that allowed law enforcement to honor certain ICE detainers (e.g., if they've arrested a convicted felon, a known gang member, someone with a final order of deportation). The bill also forbids ICE from interviewing inmates, sharing information with ICE about custody status, and more.
At the time Sen. Sampson, who strongly opposed the bill, correctly argued, “these policies put our citizens at risk … this bill protects people who are criminals”.
Sampson said the bill "would expand an already dangerous and illegal policy into something far worse."
Despite the policy being illegal, SB 992 passed on a mostly party-line vote of 20-15-1 in Senate and 79-61-11 in the House.
Public Act No. 19-20 was subsequently signed by Governor Ned Lamont on June 18, 2019.
The democrat-controlled state of Connecticut isn't exactly shy about supporting illegals, either.
Governor Lamont's office maintains a guide that details the rights of illegals, for example, if ICE knocks on the door or attempts an arrest.
A search the State of Connecticut's website for the term "undocumented" yields more than 4,000 results, including instructions on how illegals can obtain a Connecticut driver's license, HUSKY Insurance, healthcare without questions about immigration status, public school education, financial aid for college, legal resources and other public supports.
In some cases, illegals receive better benefits than legal citizens.
The Department of Children and Families has further maintained a landing page since at least 2022 to help illegals who skipped the immigration line and broke the law to come here.
In case you are wondering, yes, Greenwich helps illegals, too.
Just ask Sarah Muccio, Director of Case Management, in Greenwich's Human Services Department, who has worked to help illegals in town. In fact, the Community Partnership Committee has reported on at least two organizations that helped illegals in Greenwich, including Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army.
A laundry list of other resources available to illegals in Connecticut came up during last week's IRIS meeting and in the zoom chatroom, including:
The media in Connecticut is also quite friendly towards illegals.
For example, Connecticut NPR published an article a couple weeks ago about how the Trust Act protects the state's illegal immigrant population from deportation. The goal of the Act, NPR says, was to treat illegals more humanely and allow illegals to feel comfortable talking to local police with the knowledge they would be protected from ICE.
The CT Post published an article last week about a 2006 Texas study that "found undocumented immigrants contribute more than they cost" in an attempt to rebut the Republican narrative that illegals are funded off the backs of hardworking, taxpaying citizens.
The New Haven Independent had a very different take on Tong's meeting with IRIS last week than the Connecticut Centinal. The Independent positioned the meeting in a positive light, writing, "city officials sought to send a message that it is safe to go to school, seek medical care, and contact emergency services" if you are an illegal.
At one point in this country it was against federal law to harbor, aid, encourage or employ illegals.
Yet here in Connecticut, public officials seem to stick it in your face nearly every day, proudly boasting they are happy to put the needs of illegals ahead of legal citizens who need support after four years of Bidenomics. And many officials seem perfectly happy to hang out with Tong, despite his outrageous behavior.
We The People spoke on November 5th and sent a clear message about illegal immigration.
Citizens are tired of being forced to foot the $1.28+ million bill for people who broke the law to come to Connecticut…. tired of seeing jobs, benefits and other resources going to illegals ahead of citizens… frustrated about the increase in motor vehicle accidents caused by uninsured illegals… livid about violent crime and murders committed by illegals who shouldn't even be here.
And let's not forget the legal immigrants who followed the law, often waiting years to obtain citizenship, who are rightfully angry about illegals cutting to the front of the line.
All We The People want to know now is how quickly can Tom Homan get to Connecticut?
OMW!
They are all felons and they are all going down.
Until you win the crowd, you will fail.