The Astronaut Who Lost Sight of Earth

Ladies and gentlemen, gather ’round the digital pillory, because today we publicly flog one of the most tone-deaf, astronaut-turned-senator betrayals of Arizona’s children in recent memory.

Senator Mark Kelly—yes, the guy who once floated weightlessly above Earth, apparently so high in the stratosphere that he can no longer see the human trafficking horror show happening in his own state—has proudly cosponsored S. 3322, deceptively titled the “Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act.”

George Orwell is somewhere clapping slowly. Because this bill doesn’t uphold protections for children; it dynamites the few remaining guardrails that keep cartel-linked traffickers from treating migrant kids like reusable poker chips.

What S. 3322 Actually Does (Translated from Senate-Speak)

Here are the three most egregious provisions, in plain English:

• Guts age-verification protocols
  Adult men with cartel tattoos and fake “I’m 17!” stories can once again be processed as minors and released into the interior within days. Thousands already caught gaming the system? Kelly wants to make it easier.
• Forbids HHS from sharing sponsor information with DHS/ICE
  If the “sponsor” has prior deportations, active warrants, or previously “lost” kids now working in forced prostitution, HHS will be legally gagged from warning immigration enforcement. Your tax dollars will still fly the child straight to them.
• Waives every filing fee for sponsors
  Why smuggle one kid at a time when you can file unlimited free sponsorship forms, pick up an entire van of “nieces and nephews,” and traffic them into chicken plants with zero cost?

Arizona Paid the Highest Price—Kelly Just Sold the Receipt

Arizona, more than almost any state, has lived the consequences:

• Yuma ranchers finding discarded rape kits on their land
• Phoenix drop houses packed with teenagers headed to parts unknown
• Tucson hospitals overwhelmed with sick and abused minors

Mark Kelly talked tough on border security in 2022 to win his seat. Now he’s carrying water for the same open-borders lobby that wants to resurrect the worst abuses of the Biden-era crisis.

85,000 “Lost” Kids Wasn’t a Bug—Kelly Wants It Back as a Feature

The New York Times (yes, the New York Times) exposed that 85,000 unaccompanied minors went missing under Biden-era policies, thousands later found in brutal forced-labor conditions.

Whistleblowers confirmed traffickers “recycle” the same child over and over to get groups of adults across. Trump-era reforms cracked down on exactly that.

Kelly’s bill doesn’t just roll those fixes back—it supercharges the recycling program.

Final Verdict in the Town Square

Senator Kelly, you don’t get to wrap yourself in the flag and an astronaut suit on the campaign trail, then stab Arizona’s children in the back the moment you’re back in D.C.

Withdraw your cosponsorship of S. 3322 immediately.
Stop gaslighting us with that Orwellian title.
Come back down to Earth long enough to remember whose side you’re supposed to be on.

The town square is open. Stones are free. Share this everywhere, tag @SenMarkKelly, and make sure every voter in Arizona knows the Space Cadet just voted to make child trafficking great again.