Thoughts on the Caravan

 

 

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The people in "the caravan" are prima facie not asylum seekers although it appears that this is what they propose to claim if they reach our border. If they were fleeing political or social or religious persecution in Guatemala they have now escaped it by reaching Mexico. They are instead headed to the U.S. seeking jobs and available social services, the same as were obtained by those who preceded them. Some few mixed in are coming for more nefarious reasons. They are unskilled but are young and strong, and who does not admire their predecessor's dogged willingness to do hard physical labor. It is just what many of our forebears did, but in a legal fashion.

 

Their intention is to flaunt our sovereignty en masse since for decades this is what has been done on a more individual basis. Our country's immigration policy has been a sorry joke, fairly difficult for those who are inclined to obey the rules, non-existent for those who are contemptuous of them.

 

The timing of this event is fortuitous, some say purposely, coming just before the primaries. The Dems see it as a political opportunity, placing the onus for addressing the incident squarely on the President, even though it is the culmination of decades of mismanagement, hypocrisy and procrastination by previous administrations and especially a dysfunctional congress. They believe Mr. Trump is placed between the Scylla of preventing entry to a large but unarmed band by physical means and the Charybdis of recanting on one of his fundamental issues. He is an expert in getting around tight situations and it will be interesting to see what he comes up with.

 

Here's the issue, and the stakes are high. If this ploy is successful and the caravanners are dispersed throughout our country to do as they will it's essentially the end of any pretense of an immigration policy. They will be hired by the bottom feeders, attend our public schools, use our ER's and their children will blend into the next generation. Money will go back to the mother country and some of them will go back home to enjoy the fruits of their labors. The signal will go out even more strongly to those left behind that the sky's the limit, the boundaries are down.

 

The Dems and Libs are not raising a peep. It's time to make them say what they think. Do they want to go back to 18^th and 19^th century America with unrestricted immigration, but this time with government sponsored social services and Sanctuary Cities? If not what's their proposal for the caravan? This time it can't be "catch and release", because as we've seen, that's the same as doing nothing. Come on you guys, let's hear it!