On Friday, NFL reporter Michele Tafoya criticized pop superstar Taylor Swift following Swift’s public endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for the 2024 presidential election. Swift, known for her outspoken advocacy on political issues in recent years, shared a detailed Instagram post after the September 10th debate explaining her support for the Harris-Walz ticket.
In a message to her over 11 million followers, pop star Taylor Swift urged her fans to research the issues and make informed decisions, writing, “I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice.” However, on Friday, Tafoya criticized Swift for failing to acknowledge the alleged negative impacts of Harris’s policies on immigration and public safety.
“Dear @taylorswift13 — Did you factor this into your research? What about the victims of sexual assault? What about the 330,000 children who were lost thanks to Kamala’s open border? #DoYourResearch,” Tafoya wrote, referencing recent troubling new stats released by the acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director in a letter this week.
Dear @taylorswift13 — Did you factor this into your research? What about the victims of sexual assault? What about the 330,000 children who were lost thanks to Kamala’s open border? #DoYourrResearch https://t.co/wl8nTUx6SY
— Michele Tafoya (@Michele_Tafoya) September 27, 2024
Acting ICE Director Patrick Lechleitner stated in a letter to a Texas Republican that 13,000 known illegal immigrants convicted of homicide and 15,000 convicted of sexual assault had been released into the country during the Biden-Harris administration.
The debate underscores a rising trend of celebrities leveraging their public platforms to sway political elections. According to a letter sent to Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales, Lechleitner revealed on Friday that over 13,000 noncitizens convicted of murder are currently living in the United States after illegally crossing the border under the Biden-Harris administration.
The letter states that as of July 2024, there are 662,566 noncitizens with criminal records on ICE’s national docket. Alarmingly, 13,099 of these individuals have been convicted of homicide. What raises further concern is that these individuals are not in federal custody; they are classified under ICE’s “non-detained docket,” meaning they are living freely within U.S. borders while awaiting immigration proceedings that could take years to complete.
As of July 21, 2024, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s national docket—13,099 criminally convicted MURDERS!
Americans deserve to be SAFE in our own communities. pic.twitter.com/fIoCAduJ9M
— Rep. Tony Gonzales (@RepTonyGonzales) September 27, 2024
“We are removing and returning record numbers of migrants who are unable to establish a legal basis to remain in the United States, and prioritizing for removal those who present national security and public safety risks, and recent border crossers,” Lechleitner wrote. “From mid-May 2023 through the end of July 2024, DHS removed or returned more than 893,600 individuals, including more than 138,300 individuals in family units. The majority of all individuals encountered at the Southwest Border over the past three years have been removed, returned, or expelled.”
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