Texas Rep. Encourages NYPD Officers to ‘Escape’ and ‘Move to Texas’

Texas congresswoman, Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), is encouraging police officers in New York to “escape” New York City and move to the Lone Star State.

Van Duyne placed an advertisement in the New York Post calling for the men and women serving in law enforcement in New York to leave and “move to Texas.” In her advertisement, Van Duyne references the death of New York Police Department (NYPD) Detective Jonathan Diller who was shot and fatally wounded during a traffic stop last month by 34-year-old Guy Rivera, who had more than 20 prior arrests.

“Ladies and gentlemen of law enforcement it’s time to escape New York and move to Texas,” Van Duyne’s advertisement began. “Like so many others around the country, we were heartbroken over the senseless and utterly tragic loss of your brother in blue, NYPD Officer Johnathan Diller,” Van Duyne continues in her ad.

“We grieve for you, the family he leaves behind, and the law enforcement community who has suffered too many of these preventable catastrophes.”

Van Duyne stated that, to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), New York Attorney General Letitia James, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and other politicians, officers in New York are viewed as “nothing more than a photo op when they can take credit” and as a “punching bag” for them to “satisfy their extremist base.”

“Join us in the Lone Star State where we revere and respect our law enforcement officers,” Van Duyne added, highlighting how the “cost of living is lower” and the “quality of life is better” in Texas. Van Duyne’s advertisement comes as NYPD officers are leaving at high rates.

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Top UK politician says voters, including in US, are demanding ‘robust action’ on migration crisis

A top British MP and former home secretary is warning that governments in developed countries need to show the "political will" to limit immigration, both legal and illegal, that voters want "robust action" from their representatives and that the global migration crisis will be a major issue for voters in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Suella Braverman served as U.K. home secretary, making her the top official on matters related to border enforcement and immigration, from October 2022 to November 2023. She championed lower levels of immigration overall and stricter enforcement of laws related to illegal immigration. She was also a supporter of Britain’s exit from the European Union.

While there has been a great deal of attention given to Britain’s illegal immigration crisis, particularly from small boats coming across the English Channel, Braverman warns that illegal and legal immigration are two sides of the crisis, noting legal immigration numbers are much higher despite successive governments pledging to reduce that number.

"Last year alone, the net migration figures into the U.K. topped an unprecedented number of 700,000. And just compare that back to 2019, at the time of our general election, when the Conservative Party pledged in our manifesto to lower the numbers," she said. "Then, as they stood, 245,000. And then if you even go back to 2016, when we had the Brexit referendum, numbers were far lower even then."

Britain is not the only country to struggle with the issues of migration. Countries in the European Union are also struggling to stop illegal migration and facing backlash over the number of immigrants coming in overall. Meanwhile, the U.S. is in the fourth year of a historic crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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