Political Post

A 14 year old girl has alleged that she was raped in a boy’s bathroom at a high school in Montgomery County, Maryland (click here to view this article) . The alleged rapists were two illegal aliens, age 17 and 18.  This incident has triggered political discussions because it deals with two politically-sensitive issues including issues related to immigration and sanctuary policies and the issue of safety and protection of students on school campuses.  Montgomery County has adopted sanctuary policies.  What does this mean?  The sanctuary policies result in the County refusing to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a Federal Agency of our Government, in turning over accused illegal alien criminals to ICE.  The County acts as a “sanctuary” to protect those accused of crimes.  In 2016, Montgomery County refused to turn over 63 accused illegal alien criminals to ICE.  An analogy would be a situation in which a teacher believes that smoking marijuana should not be criminal.  So, he decides that his classroom will be a sanctuary, and that anyone who smokes in his classroom will be “safe”.  Then, if the principal shows up at the door of the classroom and asks to drug test students, the teacher refuses to release those students, because his class is a sanctuary. This sounds ridiculous, because it is. If this is allowed to continue, what would prevent any Parish/County, City, or State from deciding that certain laws are unfair or unreasonable, and decide to “protect” people who have broken those laws?  

What is also disturbing about what happened in Montgomery County is that it is not being reported by the major news networks.  Some may say that is because it is just an accusation, and a crime has not been proven.  However, the news reports on accusations every day.  I watched an ESPN documentary about allegations of rape against the Duke Lacrosse Team which later proved to be untrue.  The Rolling Stones published a story about an alleged rape at the University of Virginia. The Daily Caller recently published a story about 8 rape “hoax” stories (click here to view this article), and there are many other examples. What does it say about our media that it will report allegations against our own Citizens, but not those allegations against a minor by illegal aliens? I chose this topic because I have heard this story discussed, and I wanted to understand why it was getting attention, and why it involved political issues.