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Sticking with education news, The state of Florida has just released its list of banned textbooks for the upcoming school year. On the department of education website, they list some of the objectionable materials that they are excluding from curriculum. As someone with expertise in these areas, I  have a real problem with material they’ve excluded. For example, they made a textbook remove a reference that states that a true communist society has never existed (this is true) and an item that encourages discussion about whether kneeling during the national anthem is an acceptable expression of patriotism. Wouldn’t it be best to leave these decisions about curriculum to experts, not elected school board members?
Representative George Santos was indicted on felony fraud charges related to his election campaign. He also signed a deal with the Brazilian government to help him avoid fraud charges related to writing stolen checks in their country. Should Santos step down, or should he wait for the process in the US to play itself out. People are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, but should members of Congress be held to a higher standard?
Title 42 is expiring and this is expected to cause problems at the Southern Border. For this segment, let’s just talk about Title 42, what it is, and whether it was a good idea in the first place.

Big Question:

Let’s talk about US immigration policy. I think that immigrants make the United States great, and that immigration laws make it too difficult for people who would be great members of our society to find their way here. The laws make migration super expensive. Before 1917, the United States had no immigration laws and according to the State Department, “the most basic purpose of the 1924 Immigration Act was to preserve the ideal of U.S. homogeneity.” As such, I see these as unjust (immoral) laws that should be repealed. We can easily conduct criminal background checks at the border. I say that anyone who wants to come in to the country should present proper identification, undergo a criminal background check, and be welcomed in to the country. What do you think?