That’s not the case with Republican governors, especially in Oklahoma where Kevin Stitt plans to not only assist but has a helpful plan for where to start.
Not only states are as red as Oklahoma.
The disruptive intentions of blue-state governors are “sad because polls show that most of the people don't want those folks in any city," said Nelson Balido, chairman of the Border Commerce and Security Council, on American Family Radio (AFR). "So, they're going against their own population."
Balido recommends the Trump administration cut federal funding for places not wanting to assist law enforcement in apprehending and deporting illegal aliens.
"Cut federal funding and I guarantee you all of a sudden, they will perhaps stop doing that," he said.
Balido added that "the scary part about this" is the thousands of gotaways that evaded law enforcement at the border. You can’t deport illegals until you know about them.
Non-compliant governors and local officials will make it harder to end the crime problem.
Gotaways often equal gang members
"Those are some of the folks that you see in the gangs, these Venezuelan gangs, and they're not just Venezuelan, they're recruiting Columbians, Nicaraguans, others," said Balido. "The crime will continue unless these mayors and other folks get on board."
Founded in 2013, the Border Commerce and Security Council (BCSC) is a grassroots, non-profit organization that serves as a forum for participants to address key issues affecting trade and security issues that affect the economic vitality of the North America region.
Stitt (pictured left) says Oklahoma’s violent offenders would be a good place to kick off mass deportations.
He told Fox News he's all in with the president.
“I am really excited about law and order getting back to the White House, so, we want to be ready Day One when President Trump takes office.”
No free ride in prisons
Stitt is directing the state's commissioner of public safety to lead the effort, starting with the 500 or so that are locked up in Oklahoma prisons. He says they are costing Oklahoma taxpayers to fork over $36 thousand a day to feed and house.
“Everybody that's in our prisons that are here illegally, they're breaking our laws, we want to be ready to get them out of our state and out of our country,” Stitt said.
Stitt says he welcomes legal immigrants to the Sooner State, and wants more of them to come once a strong and sensible border policy is in place.
“Once you secure the border, which Biden has failed to do for the last four years, then you can look at immigration policy and state-based work visas,” he said.
Not getting the message
He says the recent election should have sent a message to his Democrat peers in state governments, but it did not.
“To see the other side of the aisle still trying to double down on this issue, they're just tone deaf to what the American people want.”
