{"id":37324,"date":"2022-04-28T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=37324"},"modified":"2022-04-28T12:41:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T16:41:59","slug":"now-that-texas-is-sending-migrants-to-d-c-are-some-humans-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/28\/now-that-texas-is-sending-migrants-to-d-c-are-some-humans-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Now that Texas is sending migrants to D.C., are some humans illegal?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the reliable features of non-welfare neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. has been a “migrants welcome” sign in the typical front yard. Now that Texas is sending asylum-seekers directly to D.C.<\/a>, however, it seems that the formerly popular “No Matter, Where You Are From, We\u2019re Glad You\u2019re Our Neighbor”<\/a> signs are gone. I didn’t see a single one. Some houses still had the Progressive Catechism signs, which include “No Human Being is Illegal,” but not nearly as many as on previous visits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The alarm system signs are far more numerous than two years ago. BLM signs remain as or more popular than ever. Here’s a variation (“Black Fathers Matter”), presumably from someone who has never been to an American family court<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For those who subscribe to the heresy that white lives might matter, the city has helpfully put up signs from when Northeast D.C. was, apparently, a mostly-white neighborhood:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some more yards. Note the alarm system signs and the signs calling for D.C. statehood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Migrants from Spanish-speaking countries might nonetheless feel welcome because a high percentage of signs are presented in Spanish. Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a sign in four languages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perhaps because the flow of the undocumented has been reduced during coronapanic, crime in D.C. seems to be up (we are informed by the media that filling a city with low-skill migrants reduces crime). In addition to all of the alarm system signs, I noticed that a Best Buy in suburban Rockville, Maryland, had hired off duty police officers for continuous on-site protection against “smash-and-grab” looting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The police cruiser was kept parked in front of the doors while the police officer was inside wearing body armor and a gun. This is in Montgomery County, Maryland, mind you, which is one of the richest places in the U.S. (government employment, government contracting, and lobbying are, apparently, lucrative!). A “face coverings are required by government order” sign was out front as well, though I believe that the order has actually expired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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