July 8, 2019
It’s unmistakeable -Democrats do not believe in the sovereignty of our country. The proposals and statements made over the last few months confirm that Democrats not only want open borders, they believe that American taxpayers have an obligation to care for the hundreds of thousands of impoverished migrants flooding over our southern border.
In a stunning admission during the second debate all of the Democrat candidates confirmed that if they were elected president every migrant who illegally crosses into our country would be entitled to tax-payer funded health insurance. They also almost all agreed that it should not be a crime to enter our country illegally. In other words Democrats want to make it legal to enter the U.S. illegally. Yes-make our country borderless. As many have pointed out, a country without borders is not a country.
Even the Department of Homeland Security chief under the Obama administration, Jeh Johnson, agreed that decriminalizing illegal border crossings is “tantamount to declaring publicly that we have open borders.” He added that if this policy change goes into effect “..instead of 100,000 apprehensions a month, it will be multiple of that”, leading to hundreds of thousands more people flooding into the U.S. every month.
Just mere months ago the mainstream media and those on the left, including former President Obama, mockingly denied that the caravans of migrants would ever reach the United States. They even accused President Trump of “manufacturing a crisis”. In May 144,000 Central American migrants were apprehended, double the number taken into custody in February. The U.S. is on pace to apprehend more than a million migrants illegally crossing over our southern border this year.
Democrats Finally Agree it’s a Crisis, but their Concerns are for Migrants
Democrats have finally conceded that this is a crisis. However, they do not take issue with the number of migrants flooding into our country overwhelming our border facilities. Rather, their ire is directed at the Trump administration and those on the front lines trying to keep our border secure. The concerns of those on the left appear to be for the illegal migrants, and not for the economic and cultural strain that absorbing a million impoverished migrants would have on the welfare of our country.
Most Democrat lawmakers and all of the Democrat candidates for president believe that the migrants crossing our border shouldn’t even be temporarily detained, likening the facilities to prisons. Freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez actually compared the detention of migrants, who have come here freely, and are free to return to their country, with the detention of Jews in concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Holocaust survivor, Edward Mosberg, was so incensed by Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks that he has called for her removal from Congress. Mosberg told the New York Post-
“She should be removed from Congress. She’s spreading anti-Semitism, hatred and stupidity. The people on the border aren’t forced to be there-they go there on their own free will. If someone doesn’t know the difference, either they’re playing stupid or they just don’t care.”
Sadly, Ocasio-Cortez wasn’t even condemned by the leadership of the Democrat party for her hateful remarks. Many Democrats actually defended and agree with her.
Undoubtedly, the conditions are less than ideal, at some of the detention facilities, as indicated in the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General’s report. However, many of the facilities are at more than double and triple capacity. Unfathomably, some of the Democrat lawmakers, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who declared that the migrants are being treated inhumanely voted against the $4.6 billion dollar funding bill in emergency humanitarian aid for the border.
Trump’s Attempting to Solve Crisis & Democrats are Assisting Illegal Migrants
To alleviate the overcrowding at our immigration facilities President Trump implemented a system known as “metering”, which puts daily limits on the number of asylum seekers presenting at ports of entry. Trump also brokered a deal with Mexico to allow migrants to remain in Mexico while they await their asylum hearing.
Rather than offer solutions to slow the numbers flocking to our country, some Democrats have actually traveled across the border to assist the Central American migrants waiting in Mexico to return to the United States.
Democrat Presidential hopeful Cory Booker last Wednesday traveled to Mexico with immigration rights’ attorneys and immigration advocates to help migrants who were deported from our country gain entry back into the United States. It appeared that none of those Booker was assisting had a legitimate asylum claim. Incredibly, rather than work to curb the flow of migrants to the U.S., Booker is using his power as a senator to make it easier for those attempting to seek asylum in our country.
Unbelievably, Democrat presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke appeared to campaign in Mexico. Last week O’Rourke travelled across the border and met with families and Individuals from Central America who are waiting in Mexico while their asylum claims are being processed, promising them that if he is elected he will end the “Remain in Mexico” practice. O’Rourke’s immigration plan also includes ending detainment for illegal immigrants, providing a pathway to citizenship for millions illegally residing in the U.S., and deploying thousands of immigration lawyers to the southern border to assist asylum seekers. He would also earmark $5 billion in aid to Central America countries.
It has also been reported that Democrat congresswoman, Veronica Escobar who took over Beto O’Rourke’s district in Texas, is sending staff to the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez to find migrants who were returned from the U.S. under the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Aids to Rep Escobar have reportedly interviewed thousands of migrants in Juarez in an attempt to facilitate their return to the U.S. Allegedly, they have even coached the asylum seekers to lie and claim that they do not speak Spanish. There is a provision in the “Remain in Mexico” policy which disallows an asylum seeker to be returned to Mexico if they are not fluent in Spanish.
Our Dysfunctional Asylum Laws
Our asylum laws are a major factor in the surge of Central American migrants at our border. Almost all foreign national that place one foot inside the U.S. border and state the “magic words” -that they have a “credible fear” of returning to their home country, are allowed entry into our country. If they come with a child, due to the Flores Settlement, they can not be detained for longer than 21 days.
Clearly, the word is out how to game our immigration system. Adults arriving at our border with children have skyrocketed. In May the number of families apprehended at the border was triple the number apprehended last November. It’s not just real families, child traffickers are victimizing children to gain entry. In some cases it has ben discovered that the same child has been used multiple times with different adults to gain entry.
The fact is that the overwhelming majority of Central Americans who have been granted admittance into our country awaiting their asylum hearing do not have a legitimate claim. Statistics indicate that only 10-15% of those who have applied for asylum actually qualify. Searching for economic opportunity, or fleeing gang violence, which are the reasons most want to leave their home countries, are not valid reasons for asylum. If they were legitimate reasons the entire Northern Triangle consisting of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador would qualify to become U.S. citizens.
Democrats Don’t Want to Curb Illegal Immigration
The quickest way to alleviate the crisis at the border would be to amend our dysfunctional immigration laws. However, it has become increasingly clear that Democrats do not want to curb the flow of migrants streaming over our southern border. In actuality, many, including the Democrat presidential candidates want to make our asylum laws more generous, allowing any migrant who claims economic hardship, fear of gang violence, domestic abuse, etc, to seek refuge in the U.S. This change combined with decriminalizing illegally crossing the border, and the promise of free healthcare would open the floodgates. The million that are expected to cross our border this year would turn into tens of millions. This does not even account for chain migration, which allows immigrants in the U.S. to bring their foreign national family members.
Immigration on this scale would be a tremendous strain to our health, and education systems. Further, immigrant led households use means -tested welfare programs at a significantly higher rate than native households. Access to citizenship is access to the American taxpayers’ bank account. As the famous late economist Milton Friedman stated, “It’s just obvious, you can’t have free immigration and a welfare state.”
Overwhelmingly, immigrants are to the political left of most Americans. Approximately 65% of the foreign born population in the U.S. voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, as did native born Asians, and Hispanics. According to a 2012 Pew Report 75% of Hispanics living in the U.S. say they would prefer a bigger government with more services over a smaller government with fewer services, compared to 41% of the general public.
If any of the Democrat candidates are elected the influx of immigrants that would ensue would forever change the cultural, economic, and political landscape of our country. Such a massive rise in immigration would make it almost impossible for a small government free- market Republican to win a national race. Clearly Democrats are aware of this, and that’s the objective.
