Jersey on the Border, Pt. II: Illegal entry? There's an app for that.

The second in a three-part series, CJN gives you exclusive insight from Assemblyman Paul Kanitra’s trip to the US-Mexico border.

Last installment, we highlighted Assemblyman Paul Kanitra’s (R-10th) first day at the U.S.-Mexico border. This left us with the question of just how exactly do people cross the border? Forget blankets over barbed wire and wading in the waters of the Rio Grande - this is a full-fledged operation, fueled by both ignorance and potential political favors, by forces that will shock you.

Three’s company.

This was the on full display during Assemblyman Kanitra’s trip from the moment he touched down. Appearing outside of the border in Val Verde County, Texas, Kanitra highlighted three different border walls: one built by President Trump, the others built by George W. Bush, and the latter appearing as some type of amalgamation of clearance items from Home Depot, built none other than the Biden Administration.

Rules (and customs) are meant to be broken.

Unfortunately, politicians and NGO’s maintain the same attitude as youth gone wild when it comes to laws of entry into the United States. The CBP One mobile app, a supposed crowning achievement of the Biden Administration according to Democrats.

”So it’s literally an app that illegal immigrants can use to schedule a meeting as if it’s the DMV, “ asked a perplexed Kanitra.

CBP processes about 1,000-2,000 migrants a day who have used the app, and these aren’t your average migrants. These wealthier migrants will board a plane and depart for the U.S. after scheduling an appointment with CBP. Upon arrival, no one knows where they go or what they do.

What would Jesus do?

You would think that Kanitra’s flight home would be without controversy. He made that error. Rather, he saw the lawlessness on full-display. The culprit? Catholic Charities.

Kanitra watched with frustration as illegal migrants boarded his plane, holder folders, smiles as wide as the Rio Grande. No ID’s checked, no papers, no problem. A [practicing Catholic, Kanitra tried to make sense of how an organization committed to Catholic teaching, which preaches respect for the rule of law, abetted in such reckless behavior in stark contrast to the laws of the United States.

”Catholic Charities pays for their ticket,” Kanitra tells CJN, but that’s not all. “Then, when the illegal pays them back, [Catholic Charities] keeps 25% and sends the other 75% to the government.”

This isn’t anything new, it’s just not openly discussed for fear of cancellation or impugning the integrity of the Church. A Heritage Foundation report shows that, unbeknownst to average U.S. Catholics, the Church hierarchy hardly pays any in-depth attention to the work they do. Rather, Catholic Charities is an organization run by liberal sycophants who worship at the altar of money and politics.

“These NGOs are also, a lot of money behind this, involved in lobbying the Biden administration and our Congress to keep the border wide open,” says Mike Howell, director of Heritage’s Oversight Project. He continued:

”And so it's kind of this full scale operation where not only they're involved in the border, but they're involved in D.C. making sure the border stays open through policy and support to the Biden administration. A lot of their staffers and people connected in those NGO networks are in the Biden administration.”

The question of blending security and charity has long confounded Catholics. While welcoming the stranger is indeed one of the highest forms of charity, does it have to be this way?

This is a coordinated invasion.

Kanitra took a lot of flak after traveling to Israel with a group of legislators and Middletown Mayor Tony Perry, which CJN covered earlier this year. Unfortunately, as the conflict in Gaza grew, the importance of Kanitra’s trip to explore the social and national security implications on New Jersey’s Jewish and Arab communities weighed heavier.

The border is no different.

As Kanitra departed the plane and traveled through the terminal with the migrants, he saw them enter cars. Upon further inspection, Kanitra discovered that these cars will take them either to family, friends, or are privately contracted to take them to a sanctuary state - perhaps, indeed most likely, New Jersey.

From the White House, to the border, maybe even from the Vatican itself, the border crisis evokes a sense of overwhelming concern, with some even embracing for the worst. The New York Times reported last year that 169 migrants on Terror Watch List were apprehended by Border Patrol, but it seems as some slipped through the cracks. The New York Post reported last month that Customs and Border Protection agents “apprehended and released Mohammad Kharwin, 48, after he illegally entered the US near San Ysidro, Calif., in March of 2023,.” Kharwin was later found to be a suspected member of the US-designated foreign terror group Hezb-e-Islami, knowns as “HIG,” a “virulently anti-Western insurgent group” responsible for the deaths of several US soldiers and American contractors. 

Kanitra isn’t the lone voice screaming in the supposed desert of New Jersey leaders. Back in 2019, Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden refused an order from former New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and Gov. Phil Murphy over how much Monmouth can and should cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

“The governor and the attorney general have a certain policy, and we run a certain program that’s in conflict with that policy. We’re going to try to reconcile the two and see if we can continue our 287(g)programs here in the county,” Golden told NJ TV, per the Patch. “It’s something I believe in,” continued Golden, “I don’t think we should release a criminal, in that case, to go out and do more harm to our residents here in Monmouth County.” Governor Murphy was later sued by the United States for jeopardizing public safety due to his lax enforcement of immigration laws.

Four years later, Golden’s sounding of the alarm rings evermore. Kanitra tells CJN that one expert he spoke with during his trip put the national security implications in full, harrowing context: “it’s a matter of when, not if.”

A full report surrounding Kanitra’s trip capturing the effects of the border crisis, and New Jersey’s effect on the border, will be delivered this week. This will be the third and final installment of this series.

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