Immigration benefits outweigh US border troubles
Gabriel Rubin
June 6, 2024 2:00 PM GMT+2 Updated June 6, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) – A sense that the United States’ southern border is porous and uncontrolled is a significant political liability for President Joe Biden ahead of the November election. Polls show immigration and border security among the top priorities for voters, and Biden’s handling of the issue is judged harshly. But sustained immigration is also the U.S. economy’s primary advantage over many of its competitors, especially as long-term demographic challenges begin to pinch developed country labor markets. Short-term enforcement measures needn’t change that.
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/immigration-benefits-outweigh-us-border-troubles-2024-06-05/
FBI director ridiculed by far right for clumsy response to Charlie Kirk’s killing
Invective against Kash Patel includes insults to his handling of investigation, his ethnicity and his reference to Valhalla
Ben Makuch Sat 13 Sep 2025 16.25 CEST
The killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has conjured a storm of online criticism on the far right towards the FBI director, Kash Patel, both for his perceived incompetent stewardship of the bureau and his invocation of Viking lore.
During the news conference announcing the arrest of Tyler Robinson, 22, the alleged killer of Kirk at a university campus on Wednesday, Patel made triumphant statements as Utah governor Spencer Cox looked on.
“This is what happens when you let good cops be cops,” said Patel, who reportedly faced internal pressure from the White House over his apparent mishandling of the case and inability to bring the manhunt to an end. “The FBI and our partners are proud to stand here today together to bring justice to the family of Charlie Kirk and honor his memory.”
But it was the peculiar ending of Patel’s speech when he namechecked Valhalla, a sort of heaven for warriors in Norse mythology referenced by everyone from Adolf Hitler to the rock band Led Zeppelin, which got the online extremists talking.
“Lastly, to my friend Charlie Kirk, rest now, brother,” said an emotional Patel about Kirk, a devout Christian who did not practise paganism. “We have the watch, and I’ll see you in Valhalla.”
The irony of Patel’s statement wasn’t lost on the Telegram channels and 4chan message boards frequented by extremists.
“Hindu FBI Director tells assassinated Christian that he will see him in Valhalla,” wrote one poster on a far-right channel on Telegram. “OK then.”
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