Democrats proclaim our immigration system is "broken". They ought to know: they broke it! And simply by not enforcing existing law. Your column today lays out the why of it - they want more, presumptively blue, voters. We don't need more, new or different immigration law - what we have today reflects the desire of the People, as expressed through Congress, as the constitution intended. The law simply needs to be enforced, and that could happen literally overnight. Biden would just need to "pull a Trump" - tell Mexico that there will be tough consequences for failing to stem the tide. Apply for and await asylum from Mexico - and let Mexico deal with the hordes, or let Mexico turn them back. But Biden only wants more money to process the hordes faster.
Whatever ends up happening, red state governors are now pushing these hordes into blue cities. If I were Gov Abbott, I'd be pushing them to Atlanta, Philly, Madison and Detroit - because you're not going to flip NY or IL red in the next election, but GA, PA, WI and MI are another matter. Yes it's cynical, but then, so is the disaster they've created in TX....
I do think that our immigration system was broken, or at least bonkers. It should be easy for someone 'of merit' i.e. able to be a productive citizen to immigrate to the US, and we should prioritize those of high-skill and high-education. If for no other reason than Americans aren't having enough babies, and population decline is a disaster in the offing (see: Japan and Korea).
As is so typical (see: pot legalization), our leaders have created a "cure is worse than the disease" mess.
This "asylum" stuff reeks of disingenuousness. Yes, Venezuela is a shithole, but America cannot afford to remedy that via public largesse. I wonder how many of those who marched here would not have made the trip if they knew they'd not get any public assistance.
Democrats proclaim our immigration system is "broken". They ought to know: they broke it! And simply by not enforcing existing law. Your column today lays out the why of it - they want more, presumptively blue, voters. We don't need more, new or different immigration law - what we have today reflects the desire of the People, as expressed through Congress, as the constitution intended. The law simply needs to be enforced, and that could happen literally overnight. Biden would just need to "pull a Trump" - tell Mexico that there will be tough consequences for failing to stem the tide. Apply for and await asylum from Mexico - and let Mexico deal with the hordes, or let Mexico turn them back. But Biden only wants more money to process the hordes faster.
Whatever ends up happening, red state governors are now pushing these hordes into blue cities. If I were Gov Abbott, I'd be pushing them to Atlanta, Philly, Madison and Detroit - because you're not going to flip NY or IL red in the next election, but GA, PA, WI and MI are another matter. Yes it's cynical, but then, so is the disaster they've created in TX....
I do think that our immigration system was broken, or at least bonkers. It should be easy for someone 'of merit' i.e. able to be a productive citizen to immigrate to the US, and we should prioritize those of high-skill and high-education. If for no other reason than Americans aren't having enough babies, and population decline is a disaster in the offing (see: Japan and Korea).
As is so typical (see: pot legalization), our leaders have created a "cure is worse than the disease" mess.
This "asylum" stuff reeks of disingenuousness. Yes, Venezuela is a shithole, but America cannot afford to remedy that via public largesse. I wonder how many of those who marched here would not have made the trip if they knew they'd not get any public assistance.
If you don't control your borders then are you really a nation? The Dems are just bonkers on this issue.
"a nation that does not control its borders is not a nation"
Me, several times :)
https://therootsofliberty.substack.com/p/immigration-insanity
https://therootsofliberty.substack.com/p/all-migration-is-local
https://therootsofliberty.substack.com/p/babies-and-immigrants
Well, I guess then that some of what you write is penetrating my thick skull. 😄