Here are the morning news headlines for Monday, Apr. 19, 2021.
Rural Sheriffs Sign Letter Blaming Biden Administration For “Illegal Immigration”
By Paul Boger
Nine Nevada sheriffs have signed onto a letter blaming President Joe Biden for what they describe as “criminals, drug dealers and gang members” coming into the U.S. illegally. The National Sheriff’s Association sent the letter with signatures from more than 270 sheriffs nationwide. It urges the Biden Administration to “secure the border.”
National crime statistics have found the arrest rate for undocumented immigrants to be far below natural-born residents. Despite that, the letter was signed by the sheriff of Carson City, along with sheriffs in Churchill, Elko, Douglas, Lyon, Nye, Lander, White Pine and Eureka…
