CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 7, 2025
FIVE MAYORS OF SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITIES TESTIFIED WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THE MAYORS OF BOSTON, CHICAGO, DENVER AND NEW YORK TRIED TO JUSTIFY THEIR REFUSAL TO COOPERATE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN REMOVING ILLEGAL ALIENS. BOSTON’S MAYOR MICHELLE WU SPENT $650 THOUSAND TO PREPARE FOR THE HEARING AND AN ADDITIONAL $8500 FOR STAFFERS.
THE MAYORS CLAIMED AN OBLIGATION TO CARE FOR ANYONE ENTERING THEIR CITIES INCLUDING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS. THEY SAID SUCH PEOPLE DESERVED PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THEIR KIDS, MEDICAL CARE, AND OTHER SERVICES, ALL PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS THREATENED TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDS FROM CITIES THAT DON’T COOPERATE WITH ICE. HE SHOULD. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SUGGESTIONS THE MAYORS SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED. ANOTHER GOOD IDEA. YOU TRY PICKING THE LAWS YOU WANT TO OBEY AND THOSE YOU DON’T AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
ALL OF THE MAYORS ARE DEMOCRATS. CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON’S APPROVAL RATINGS HAVE FALLEN TO 14 PERCENT. THE MAYORS WERE ELECTED AND THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING WHAT THEY VOTED FOR, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THE FEDS SHOULDN’T GO AFTER THEM. I’M CAL THOMAS
I am glad some blue mayors are taking Jesus’ words, and Emma Lazarus’ soaring poem The Colossus (it’s excerpted on the Statue of Liberty) at face value. No doubt the flabby gasbag in the Oval Office isn’t aware of either.
When Jesus was tempted in the desert by satan to turn the stone into bread, he emphatically told satan that man was not to live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the Father of lights. So few, so called Christians, fail to understand the Old Testament established the law and is to be followed. Jesus said, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” (Matt 5:17-18) Sojourners were temporary inhabitants, ie. just passing through, NOT establishing their permanent residence. They were expected to acknowledge and follow the law of the land, which had borders.
The Statue of Liberty was put in the harbor to welcome those who came here legally through Ellis Island. These immigrants had to have their paperwork in order, were inspected and medically quarantined if necessary, and could very well be deported if deemed unacceptable.
The Bible defines “true liberty” as living as we should, not as we please. If I were to show up at your home unannounced, let myself in and make myself at home, how would you truly react? Without order there is chaos. Evidence abounds.
May the Lord bless you with the love of the whole truth.