Reno Gazette Journal July 25, 2021 https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/columnists/2021/07/22/bidens-man-made-illegal-immigration-crisis-sam-kumar/8055632002/ US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has made more than 1 million arrests of illegal immigrants at the US-Mexico border this fiscal year (starting October 1, 2020). This is the highest number of arrests since 2000. This past June, 188,829 illegal immigrants were arrested, the highest monthly tally […]

Reno Gazette Journal January 27, 2019 https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/columnists/2019/01/24/current-immigration-laws-encourage-illegal-immigration-sam-kumar/2670890002/ As the government shutdown continues over President Trump’s funding request of $5 billion for the border wall, Crying Chuck and Speaker Pelosi have come up with many reasons to deny this funding even though it is less than .125% of the total budget. Arguments against the wall are […]

Reno Gazette Journal January 13, 2019 https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/columnists/2019/01/10/american-taxpayer-forgotten-man-border-wall-debate-sam-kumar/2515495002/ The US government shutdown over the budget impasse involving the border wall went into effect on December 22, 2018. 420,000 federal employees working in agencies categorized as “essential” will show up to work but will not get paid immediately (they will receive back pay once the government shutdown […]

Reno Gazette Journal August 12, 2018 https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/columnists/2018/08/05/rosen-whats-your-solution-family-separation-border-kumar/885365002/ Dear Jacky Rosen, based on your non-response to my column on immigrants’ need to learn English, I am guessing you are not really into policy discussions and prefer one-liners on Twitter. The tactic of using one-liners work in the House where you can disappear into a crowd of […]

Reno Gazette Journal July 8, 2018 https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/columnists/2018/07/03/kumar-responds-jacky-rosens-idiot-comment/757168002/ Dear Jacky, Let me start by thanking you for taking the time to respond to my column from two weeks back. I wasn’t expecting a response and was surprised by it. Given that my reference to you was only a sliver of my column, I had no reason […]

Reno Gazette Journal January 28, 2018 https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/columnists/2018/01/23/daca-immigration-compromise-sam-kumar/1059397001/ Last week, the Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, shut down the government, denied healthcare for 9 million children, and withheld paychecks for our military demanding that we grant amnesty for DACA illegals. Crying Chuck and other liberals grossly misrepresented the facts about these illegal aliens who fall […]

Reno Gazette Journal November 12, 2017 https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/11/08/time-end-diversity-visas-sam-kumar/846237001/ Last week, Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, an immigrant from Uzbekistan, who entered this country on a diversity visa, used a rented Home Depot truck to plow through a popular lower Manhattan bike path killing 8 people and injuring 12 others. Saipov, who entered the U.S. through a Diversity Visa […]

Reno Gazette Journal April 9, 2017 http://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/voices/2017/04/06/sanctuary-cities-send-wrong-message-sam-kumar/304742001/ The federal government is considering withholding grant money from cities that do not cooperate in enforcing immigration laws. In response to this possible federal action, some cities and states, including Nevada, have attempted to pass legislation declaring themselves as sanctuary cities or states. Let us start by understanding […]