Kerby Anderson
Immigration is the major problem facing this country according to the most recent Gallup polls. The pollsters asked, “What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?” Immigration was the first problem listed, even outdistancing inflation and the economy.
On my radio program, one guest asked me if I could ever remember a time when the issue of immigration rated as high as it does now. I never have seen it rated so high even back when immigration was being debated and immigration reform was being proposed by the “Gang of Eight.” This is significant, since the current administration has tried to assure Americans for this last year that the border is secure, and immigration is under control.
The real question that some might ask is whether this concern is perception or reality. After all, the current administration has been saying that the economy is good, even though Americans feel like it is hard for them to make ends meet. What is the reality at the border?
According to US Customs and Border Protection, about 7.3 million people have unlawfully crossed the southwest border since President Biden came into office. To put that number in perspective, consider that it exceeds the population of 36 US states. If you took those 7.3 million and made them live in a city, that city would be the second largest city in the country.
I might mention one other statistic. The 7.3 million does not include the estimated 1.8 million “gotaways” that did not want to be caught. If you add those two numbers together, you have a city larger than New York City.
The American people accurately see the problem. We have a crisis at the border and have let in nearly 10 million people illegally into this country.

Penna Dexter
A Christian high school girls’ basketball team forfeited a playoff game last year because a transgender student, a biological boy, was playing on the opposing team. Now the Vermont Principals’ Association says the team will not be allowed to participate in future tournaments.
FOX NEWS reports that “Chris Goodwin, who coaches at Mid-Vermont Christian School, said he was notified of the transgender player on the other team, but it wasn’t until the playoffs last year that his team ended up facing them on the court.” The school is taking legal action against the state to regain the right to participate.
Coach Goodwin told FOX NEWS that “boys just play at a different speed, a different force.” He explained that he and school administrators held discussions with players and parents. He said, “we decided that instead of going against our religious beliefs” regarding the fact that males and females are created differently, just to forfeit that particular game and withdraw from the tournament.
“And at that point,” says the coach, “the state of Vermont Governing body kicked us out of all athletic competitions in the state.”
The coach’s decision was validated by viral footage from another recent girls’ basketball game, this one between Massachusetts Collegiate Charter School of Lowell and KIPP Academy. As two players vied for a rebound, one of them — a large, biological male from the KIPP team — threw a female player from the Charter team to the ground, grabbing the ball from her and causing her to grip her back in pain. The trans-identifying player took out two more Charter players before halftime. Not wanting to lose more players, the Charter team forfeited the game.
It’s unfair that women across America have been losing all sorts of athletic competitions, titles, and scholarships to men identifying as women. And when males play on girls’ teams, it’s downright dangerous. These coaches were right to forfeit. Let’s pray Coach Goodwin and Mid-Vermont School win their lawsuit.