Of Baltimore and Borders
Every town is a border town
By Andrew R. Arthur on August 9, 2019
In my last post, I discussed a recent dustup between the president and House Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Twitter about crime, trash, and rats in my hometown of Baltimore. That spat highlighted some of the less appealing sides of the city, many of which are tied to the issue that prompted it: The recent surge of migrants across the border illegally, and its effects on border security.
As I noted in that post, the president's initial tweets inspired a tantrum from the editorial board of the Baltimore Sun, the city's paper of record, headlined by the schoolyard taunt: "Better to have a few rats than to be one".
I will cut the Sun some slack as it pertains to the president's attacks on the city. He denigrated the town, and they, in their resentful way, defended it. Their defense, however, misses key immigration points.
But first, there is this, which cannot pass without mention:
https://cis.org/Arthur/Baltimore-and-Borders
