If you own a radio or television, you have probably
heard about the crisis at our border with Mexico. Depending on which report you may have heard,
anywhere from eight to eleven million people have entered the United States
illegally, since President Biden took office.
The Democrats’ open border policies have created multiple problems, the
details of which are also common knowledge.
The crisis adversely affects everyone it touches;
with the exception of terrorists and criminal cartels. It has become a major issue for the 2024
presidential election. Until recently,
President Biden has been unwilling to do anything meaningful to correct the
underlying policies that have created the problem. The Democrats in the US House of
Representatives and Senate have steadfastly refused to return the control of
our borders to the United States’ government.
In fact, President Biden and his fellow Democrats have impeded it.
It is an election year, and President Biden’s
approval ratings are in the tank. So, he
has approached the Mexican government, requesting assistance with controlling
the flood of illegal migrants from and through Mexico to the United
States. He met with Mexican President
Lopez Obrador while they were attending a conference in November, and they
spoke on the telephone in late December.
They met again at the border on January 6th. He also sent a delegation to Mexico for
negotiations. No meaningful results have
been forthcoming.
On the contrary, President Lopez Obrador announced
at a press conference on January 5th that Mexico would not help us
with border control unless we:
give Latin American and Caribbean
countries $20 billion, suspend our blockade of Cuba, remove all sanctions
against Venezuela, and grant resident alien status to about 10 million migrants who are
currently living in the United States illegally. (paraphrased)
Some
commentators and legislators have taken exception to Lopez Obrador’s
remarks. They have pointed out that the
Mexican government has no business trying to influence American foreign and
domestic policy.
Well … yup.
That is exactly what Mexico is doing. However, please remember that we have done the
same thing to Mexico, and we are doing it to other countries as we speak,
(Ukraine and Israel for example). It is
sometimes called diplomacy; especially if we are the ones doing it.
We don’t
like it when another country blackmails us – do we. It might be a good thing for Americans to
reflect on that. It could be one reason
why so many people around the world don’t like us.
That does
not mean we have to take President Lopez Obrador’s remarks lying down. Of
course, the Biden Administration will probably grant concessions to Mexico. Caving in is what they do. By contrast, Donald Trump wants to do a wholesale
roundup of illegal migrants and deport them.
That may result in violence. The
logistics of it are daunting, considering the number of people in question. Further, the courts have dictated that they
are entitled to due process before deportation.
So, what are we to do?
The problem
of illegal migration is due in part to a broken US immigration system. Therefore,
each of us must resolve to engage in a campaign of phone calls, letter writing,
and email urging our elected representatives to engage in a bipartisan effort
to hammer out comprehensive immigration reform.
Lamp in a
Corner is strongly in
favor of legal immigration. Nevertheless,
immigration from failed states where active terrorism is taking place must be curtailed. There should be no discrimination regarding
race, religion, age, gender, or country of origin, provided that the immigrants
are willing to honestly forsake their allegiance to any other country except
the United States.
Before the
Democrats’ open borders policies created the current crisis, it was possible to
deal with illegal migration by increasing the size of the border patrol,
building barriers, advanced surveillance technology, tough monitoring of border
crossings, and the like. Although we
must not stop these efforts, things have gotten so bad that they are no longer
adequate. It is necessary now to
temporarily close the border with Mexico.
Airports and seaports must be closed to the movement of persons to and
from Mexico. The closure must remain in
effect until the Mexican government realizes that it is in Mexico’s best
interest to assist us with bringing the illegal migration, trafficking in drugs
and human beings, and infiltration by terrorists and criminal organizations to
an end.
Closing the
border will result in severe economic disruption. Unfortunately, ordinary people like those who
live in Mexico and commute to work in the US will suffer. American families
will experience shortages of consumer goods resulting in higher prices. To mitigate the economic consequences to
American families and agribusiness, very limited exceptions may be made for trucks, airplanes, and ships carrying
produce, raw materials, and finished goods, and so forth; provided each vehicle
and vessel entering the US is inspected.
We must
remove the incentives that encourage people to migrate to the US
illegally. The US Constitution must be amended
to prevent children who are born in the US of foreign parents from natural born
citizenship. Only children born in the
US of parents who are American citizens may be granted US citizenship. The laws governing granting asylum must be
repealed or rewritten to prevent abuse.
We must not
provide a free public education to the children of illegal migrants. Illegal migrants must not have access to
health care unless they pay for it – including hospital treatment for the
medically indigent. They must be
ineligible for any form of public assistance (welfare). Businesses that knowingly employ illegal
migrants must be closed down. Landlords
who knowingly rent dwellings to illegal migrants must have their property
confiscated. It must be illegal to sell
real property to illegal migrants, and the real property must be confiscated. States must be prohibited from issuing
drivers’ licenses and identification cards to illegal migrants.
Foreigners
must never be allowed to assume that they can enter the United States to
conduct criminal activity without severe consequences. It is impossible to talk about all the
contingencies here. However, a few
suggestions include:
Any illegal
migrant or legal resident alien convicted of committing a felony in the US must
serve a lengthy prison sentence without possibility of parole before
deportation. The sentence should be doubled
for a violent felony resulting in injury to a victim and life without parole if
the victim dies. Any person who is not a
US citizen should be sentenced to life without parole if they import illegal
drugs or sell them in the United States.
Participation in organized criminal activity by illegal migrants or legal
resident aliens should be subject mandatory prison sentences without parole
before deportation. Conviction for illegal
reentry into the US after deportation should receive a mandatory prison
sentence without parole prior to deportation.
These
measures may seem harsh and inhumane to some.
We take no pleasure in suggesting them.
It is important to realize that the humanitarian crisis at the border is
also inhumane, and that the only way to end it is to take the actions necessary
to discourage people from trying to enter the US illegally. The border crisis is also eroding the rule of
law, which is the glue that holds our society together. Without it we will eventually see a breakdown
of the social order – anarchy.
We are not
proposing measures that are crimes against humanity. We are proposing that the United States of
America take the actions necessary to stop what is the equivalent of an
invasion by a foreign army of 10 million.
Americans are the most generous people on earth. We openhandedly share with those less
fortunate. There are some who want to
take advantage of our kindness.
When compared with much of the rest of the world, Americans have a high standard of living. We who have
earned a high standard of living by the hard work of our own hands, and those
who have it by accident of birth, must learn a hard truth. If you do not have the will to defend what
you have, it will be taken away from you by others. We are asking you to decide to survive …
before it is too late.
