Friday, March 01, 2024

Governor candidate Bill Eigel vows mass jailing, removal of undocumented immigrants from Missouri


By Rudi Keller

State Sen. Bill Eigel promised Thursday that if elected governor he’d invoke a provision in the Missouri Constitution allowing him to call out the militia to round up and deport undocumented immigrants.

That means mobilizing sheriffs, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the National Guard, Eigel told a crowd of about 175 party faithful at the Boone County Lincoln Days event in Columbia.

(Photo- State Sen. Bill Eigel of Weldon Spring, a candidate for governor, speaks Thursday evening at the Boone County Republican Lincoln Days dinner in Columbia- Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).

“I’m also the only candidate for governor that’s gonna go after every one of the 50,000 to 70,000 illegal immigrants that are bringing crime into our community,” Eigel said, later adding: “And if I have to drive the buses myself to the border of this country, we’re going to take our state back, folks.”








Eigel, a Weldon Spring lawmaker who is one of the leading candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, is trying to stake out the most strident position on immigration, an issue dominating GOP politics. His rhetoric Thursday was echoed by one of his rivals for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who when asked about the idea during an interview following the event said “until we stop the invasion, we can’t deal with the problem effectively.”

Ashcroft said he, too, would declare the influx of immigrants an invasion.

The other major Republican candidate for governor, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, did not attend Thursday’s party gathering.

Contacted by email, his spokesman did not address questions about whether it was proper to declare an invasion of Missouri or to order mass removal, instead boasting about Kehoe’s trip to the Mexican border with members of state national guard.

“Mike Kehoe takes action from the front-lines, not from behind a keyboard and Twitter account,” said Michael Hafner, a spokesman for Kehoe’s campaign.

Kehoe is visiting the approximately 250 National Guard soldiers already in Texas operating under federal orders. Gov. Mike Parson has ordered 200 soldiers and 11 Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to work with Texas law enforcement at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Parson has asked lawmakers for $2.2 million to cover the cost.

If Eigel’s plan were to be activated, it would be the second time in state history that a governor has ordered the mass removal of people based on a social or cultural characteristic.

In 1838, Gov. Lilburn Boggs issued the infamous “Extermination Order” calling out the militia to drive Mormons from the state.






 

“The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the state if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description,” Boggs wrote in his orders to Gen. John B. Clark.

In all, 15,000 people fled the state, most going to Illinois, and property losses were estimated at $1 million to $2 million, equal to as much as $70 million today.

The order against Mormons wasn’t officially canceled until 1976, when Republican Gov. Kit Bond wrote a recission order that stated, “Boggs’ order clearly contravened the rights to life, liberty, property and religious freedom” and apologized “for the injustice and undue suffering” it caused.

In an interview, Eigel said he was not worried about the logistics of feeding, housing and providing for other basic needs of the thousands he would take into custody.

“We have jails across the state that can serve as holding facilities,” Eigel said.

He also said he is unconcerned about the cost.

Of all the potential problems, he said, “one of them certainly is not that we don’t have enough money to take care of that fact. I’m pretty sure that we have the surplus necessary to buy a fleet of buses that we’re going to use to actually transport these individuals.”

Eight candidates have filed so far for the GOP nomination for governor and three – Eigel, Ashcroft and Kehoe – are running full-scale campaigns.

Ashcroft didn’t address immigration directly in his speech. Instead, he focused on his crusade to stop “pornography” in libraries and block foreign ownership of farmland.

In 2013, lawmakers passed a bill that made it possible for a Chinese food processing conglomerate to purchase Smithfield Foods and its 40,000 acres of Missouri farmland. More recently, lawmakers who voted for the bill have been harshly criticized as China is viewed more and more as a global economic and military adversary.

Last year, Ashcfoft said, the Missouri Senate couldn’t advance a bill repealing the law allowing foreign ownership of up to 1% of the state’s agricultural land. So, he said, he worked to pass a bill through the Missouri House that cut that percentage in half.








In the Senate, a provision was added that exempted farmland purchased for development or other nonfarm uses, including “raising genetic traits that are used for human or animal research,” as long as no farming occurred on the land.

Ashcroft said that was a horrible provision.



“Our state Senate voted to amend it to allow any foreign country to buy as much of our land as they want and even to use it specifically for human genetic testing,” Ashcroft said. “That’s the problem in Jefferson City.”

29 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:57 PM

    “Based on social or cultural characteristic”? Is it racist to suggest “legal status” is a cultural characteristic? When did it become racist to try to follow the laws of our country??

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    1. Anonymous4:59 AM

      What if I told you that the laws themselves are racist...

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  2. Anonymous9:37 PM

    Good. No jailing, just get them OUT!!

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  3. Anonymous5:27 AM

    No foreign country/company should own land in our country.

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  4. Anonymous5:41 AM

    Illegals have no rights, rights are for American citizens. Let’s put them in semis and ship them like freight.

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    1. Anonymous6:40 AM

      No we're going to give them your house.

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  5. Anonymous8:50 AM

    I love the part where he can’t be bothered to survey the infrastructure of the prisons to determine if this is even feasible and has no actual fiscal (or any kind of plan) to accomplish this. All of the publicly available information is at his disposal or at the disposal of the people running his campaign to have an actual plan, but he’s content with just running his mouth about it. Regardless of the aliens being an issue, I don’t think that I want someone this irresponsible and negligent being at the helm of the state. If you vote for this joker, don’t bitch when he runs the coffers dry. Oh, who am I kidding? You’ll blame it on the liberals because most of you live in an unimaginative echo chamber that despises any form of critical thinking.

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  6. Anonymous9:45 AM

    I am probably not the only one to suspect the 'prisons are full' backup plan will be just shoot em and let god sort it out.

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  7. Anonymous10:17 AM

    Who needs workable contingency plans?

    When you think you are a mission from god then you can just let jesus take the wheel in all things as the bible says!

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  8. Anonymous9:13 PM

    Horrible plan. Stupid politician. What do you do with their children, shoot them too 9:45 a.m.? If you are born in the U.S. you are a citizen with rights and can not be deported to anywhere. These are the ideas and plans of people who might possibly be at the wheel of the state. Jesus save us lol.

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  9. Anonymous4:42 AM

    WE cannot keep letting in Undocumented -Immigrants. We keep trying to use just the Borders - Rio Grande, Etc., to try and Stop them - - we need to make the Countries they are coming from accountable or figure out how those countries can use their people in a work force to help that country - so they become more stable and profitable - - this is why they keep trying to come to the USA - for Work, Money, Better Living Conditions - - Why can't their Home Countries be part of the Solution - -

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  10. Anonymous8:59 AM

    Eigal is THE face of the Republican party, now better known as the MAGAt party of trump. We're sleepwalking straight to authoritarianism with the Orange Fat Bastard at the head of the monster with minions like eigal, hawley, parsnip, and green, yielding total loyalty to the end of democracy as it was written by the founding fathers.

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  11. Anonymous2:51 PM

    This is not just a Republican, Democrat, or Independent Party Problem - Illegal is Illegal - they have broke the Law - STOP - Trying to Dramatize this against One Party - You IDIOT - 8:59AM.

    What is your Solution 8:59AM - Please Enlighten Us - Do You ever Offer Any Solutions - Just MAGAt or Orange Whatever - What a BROKEN RECORD - Do You Have a Thought or some type of Semblance of Intelligence - Anything - Other than Just Blaming Others or is that all the Right Wing Liberals can Muster, No Thoughts, No Plans, Nothing - Just Blame, Blame, Blame.



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    1. Anonymous7:06 PM

      The 251 MAGAt lover strikes again! Expelling a steady stream of hate filled sputum, 251 reveals his deplorable ignorance and blank criticisms in regard to immigration by demonizing anyone seeking a productive and better life.
      Because 251 has been brainwashed like the rest of white deplorable feebleminded america into believing immigration is a threat to white supremacy, 251 will always put forth racist hate filled comments because 251's fear consumes every moment. Sad way to live.

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    2. Anonymous7:09 PM

      251, let's hear your ideas of a solution instead of your criticism of others.

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  12. Anonymous5:20 PM

    The border issue is a fabricated Maga talking point to instill fear in white America during an election year.

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  13. You can not doubt what he says so7:21 PM

    The Orange Orator claims the entire Republican Party is MAGAt now:


    "Trump says moderate Republicans are no longer welcome in the GOP: We are 100 percent MAGA now"

    Video: https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1764086559437910146

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  14. Anonymous8:08 PM

    Another Stupid Comment by 5:20PM - Can you Idiots ever have or use Facts - Do you just Pull stuff out of your Butt? Always trying to Blame Others or the Republican Party and Never any Idea of what your saying.

    Why aren't we putting Sanctions On the Government of Mexico - this is where the majority of Illegals are coming from - - Time to have them Pay and Stop the influx of Illegals

    LET'S DEAL IN FACTS - - - -

    When did the border crisis start in the US?

    Mexican immigration to the US dates back to the end of the Mexican-American War. Migrant encounters at the Mexico–U.S. border began to surge in late 2020, reaching a record number of 1.73 million migrant encounters in fiscal year 2021, 2.76 million in fiscal 2022, and more than 2.8 million in fiscal 2023.

    When did Joe (Sleepy) Biden take Office - as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021. Since his Time in Office the Influx of Illegals have Increased - PROVEN FACTS PLEASE - NOT NAME CALLING - FACTS...

    Why are people leaving Mexico?

    Violence in Mexico is a result of political instability, drug cartel violence, and corruption, that leads to both internal and external migration, as well as unstable employment and lack of opportunity. Mexicans Immigrants endure multiple forms of violence during their transit and at their settlement.

    What benefits do immigrants get when they come to America?

    The list of 31 HHS programs includes Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), TANF, Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, the Child Care and Development Fund, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

    December migrant surge at Southern border largest in more than two decades as Texas mayors call for action - Priscilla Alvarez Rosa Flores Holly Yan / By Priscilla Alvarez, Rosa Flores and Holly Yan, CNN - Updated 8:41 PM EST, Fri December 29, 2023

    PLEASE READ AND DEAL IN FACTS AND TRUTH NOT OBSECURE ASSUMPTIONS...


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    1. Anonymous5:44 AM

      808 needs to read and accept the statement from 706 and not assume possession and supremacy over any people group is his or her right. 808 would be crawling on his fat ass across barbed wire as well to make it to america if he came from where these people live. It's deplorable that 808 conflates immigrants and their will to live with herding cattle.

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  15. Anonymous4:31 AM

    Why can't these Liberal Demos READ - Put Financial, Travel, Manufacturing, and Distribution Sanctions on the Country - Mexico where the majority of the Illegal Immigrants are coming from.

    Read the Prior Posts - - Since Biden has come into Office - The Border Influx of Illegal Aliens has increased over another 1.1 Million in 2-Years of Biden being in Office - - READ THIS DEMOS - OVER ANOTHER 1.1 Million...

    Mexico has to be part of the Solution - even if we have to Force them to do the Right Thing - We cannot have Open Borders - -

    Building Walls is just one of many Solutions - But we have got to Stop the Influx to the Borders.

    By the Time Biden wakes up from his Nap or his continuous touching of women the US will be overrun with illegal Aliens.

    Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is facing heightened scrutiny over his past conduct towards women.

    Eight women have alleged that Biden either touched them inappropriately or violated their personal space in ways that made them uncomfortable.

    One of those women, Tara Reade, alleges that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993. Biden has unequivocally denied assaulting or harassing Reade.

    Biden has also been criticized for repeatedly commenting on the physical appearance of women on the campaign trail, and for refusing to explicitly apologize for his behavior.



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  16. Anonymous7:03 AM

    8:08 PM - Stated Facts - FACTS. While 5:44 AM - Stated Rhetoric, No Clear Concept, No Idea, No Solution, and cannot seem to fathom or get it through your less than Pea Size Brain - Sanctions on Mexico - Do You Not Understand You cannot open the Flood Gates - AMERICA has always had a Right Way and Wrong Way to get Citizenship - Why do you Demos - Want to take away from all the Individuals that came to America the Right Way - and did what they had to do to get and Accomplish Citizenship.

    What has Biden Done in the Last Three Years on Illegal Aliens - TELL US - PLEASE TELL US - OH YOU IDIOTS - Since Biden has come into Office - The Border Influx of Illegal Aliens has increased over another 1.1 Million in 2-Years of Biden being in Office - - READ THIS DEMOS - OVER ANOTHER 1.1 Million...

    Where are your Solutions - Stop Talking and Complaining about Others - When everyone knows you will never do a Damn thing, Just Like Your President - because Demos - TALK, TALK, TALK, BLAME, BLAME, BLAME - NO SOLUTIONS - NOTHING.

    If you want to come to America - do it the Right Way, Apply for Citizenship, Work Hard, and Thank God you are in the Greatest Country in the World.

    Can Nothing in the World of Demos - Ever be Sacred, Ever be Fair, Ever be Right - You want everything for Free - We need to Stop the Handouts - You Need to Get a Job - You Need to Work Hard - and You Need to Pay Your Bills and Your Taxes - so the Rest of Us do not have to Support YOUR - FAT ASS - SINCE YOU ARE PROBABLY THE LUCKEST SOB TO LIVE INSIDE OUR BORDERS...



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  17. Anonymous7:26 AM

    I'm now braindead from the comments . If people knew half what they thought they did. Wouldn't it be great ? The rest of us just roll our eyes and walk away. Let them spread misinformation far and wide. How do you think we got here in the once great country ? Media lies and propaganda

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  18. Anonymous9:05 AM

    Building Walls is just one of many Solutions - But we have got to Stop the Influx to the Borders.

    The Grand Old Party of the Horsepasters listened to Trump as he suggested: building an actual Berlin Wall around the entire United States, preventing hurricanes by dropping a nuke bomb in the eye to disrupt it, injecting bleach and disinfectants along with inserting bright lights into the body to solve covid, raking the forest floors to prevent forest fires like he thinks they do in Europe; and all the other literally idiotic and insane ideas he excreted on an almost daily basis.

    The Grand Old Party of the Horsepasters continue to like Trump because he has so many ideas they like.

    50 years ago saying stupid unhinged things on a continual basis qualified you to occupy a corner stool at the local bar (until the bartender sent you home to dry out), or permanently occupy a bench on the sidewalk in front of the hardware store to spout off to all the passersby.

    Now it qualifies you to run for public office under the Grand Old Party of the Horsepasters flag.

    The biggest problem with the Grand Old Party of the Horsepasters is not that they like Trump, it is that many of them have demonstrably gone around the bend as they eagerly support all their their men and women who would be Dear Leader and their Know Nothing Cult of Ignorance.

    Heaven forfend that anyone ever points out to one of these people that their idea won't work. Don't tell them that their idea is either counter productive, destructive or both. They don't want to hear this. They will accuse you of not having any solutions. As if nuking hurricanes off the coast of Africa or relying on persons unknown raking the forest floors to prevent forest fires are solutions.

    Still waiting for Trump to criticize Texas for not raking their grasslands, but it's a core area of Grand Old Party of the Horsepasters support, so maybe he will not.

    Acting like there is nothing wrong with your fellow idiot party members makes you a fellow traveler at least.

    It's a deplorable situation.

    THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE:

    Do not vote for Republicans who EITHER support Trump OR offer and/or support overly simplistic and stupid ideas of any sort.

    ONE MORE THING: It was Trump that lost a suit for sexual assault and defamation.

    Not Biden.

    Trump. DID. THAT.


    A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found former President Donald J. Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll and awarded her $5 million in damages. More than a dozen women have accused Mr. Trump of sexual misconduct over the years, but this is the only allegation to be affirmed by a jury.

    In the civil case, the federal jury of six men and three women found that Ms. Carroll, 79, a former magazine writer, had sufficiently proved that Mr. Trump sexually abused her nearly 30 years ago in a dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/09/nyregion/trump-carroll-rape-trial-verdict



    Not satisfied with losing Trump has since doubled down at the loser rodeo over this sexual assault and defamation to the tune of another jury award to Trump's victim of $83.3 million.

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  19. Anonymous9:34 AM

    703 needs a wellness check, I hope this dreg doesn't have firearms available because he's either going to stroke out writting his fire and brimstone diatribes or use his firearms like the mccloskys in St.Louis or even the murderous MAGAt loser kyle rittenhouse. Take valium 703. The sun will come out tomorrow.

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  20. Anonymous9:49 AM

    Let them all in. It was fine for everyone else's ancestors to come here, right?

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  21. Anonymous10:47 AM

    Nobody gonna mention that it's cheaper(AKA Fiscally Conservative) to work on a path to citizenship so they can pay taxes?

    Seriously, imprisoning/bussing them out is 1: Inhumane. and 2: Very, very costly.

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  22. Anonymous11:11 AM

    Donald J Trump, is another Criminal that should have been in Jail, not out committing more crimes - - This on the Judge and Prosecuting Attorney that let him go the First, Second, and Third Time - they need to be held responsible for BAD Decision making.

    Stop giving Criminals Slaps on the Wrists, Get out of Jail Free Cards, Backroom Courthouse Deals, and Probation.

    Stop electing Republican criminals to office.

    Most Criminals will NEVER be Rehabbed - Stop the Insanity and allowing them to Commit more Crimes on the Public - DO YOUR JOBS - CIVIL SERVENTS...

    STOP - Voting for Criminals and Start Feeling Sorry for their Victims.

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  23. Anonymous12:06 PM

    Does anyone know any local restaurants or bars where I can get the trump sandwich?

    It is two slices of very white bread, lots of overripe baloney and it always has a small pickle.

    Someone must know

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