I just returned from a 2 week trip to Italy and Switzerland. It was a great trip but it's nice to be home again.
At the airport in Geneva we left from the part of the terminal dedicated to international flights. At the baggage check in counter we were asked to show our passports, and again at the check in line, once more at a passport control area and finally when boarding the plane. In the U.S. we arrived at a part of the terminal dedicated to international flights, and here the process involved first scanning our passport photos against a facial recognition camera, then going through another gate where our passports were inspected and questions were asked about our trip, and finally through customs where our passports were checked again.
Contrast this with the bizarre irony of our immigration system in general. We are all aware that millions of individuals are in our country who have no legal right to be here. Thousands are regularly sneaking in unobstructed. The new strategy of claiming asylum is an obvious ruse. Those fleeing their homes in Central America because of intolerable violence or political persecution have escaped their dilemma once they have crossed the border into Mexico. There is no need to come an additional 1000 miles to the U.S. Yet, as is common knowledge, they are being encouraged, given transportation and coached what to say on arrival. Clearly they are being attracted for socioeconomic reasons, which is understandable, but not legal. We are told that many more individuals who have entered the U.S. with visas are simply ignoring the restrictions. Employers are hiring illegals with impunity.
In the past, prominent officials, including liberals such as President Obama, Joe Biden, and both Bill and Hillary Clinton, have publicly commented on the bad effects of illegal immigration and have promised to address the issue. And yet today many in their party, with little resistance from a great many Republicans, seem to be actively encouraging it. Illegals who have committed crimes are being sheltered from immigration authorities. Legal challenges abound against holding individuals at the border or even to inquire about citizenship status in the census. Political correctness demands that we refer to them as undocumented instead of illegal. Efforts by Mr. Trump to fulfill his campaign promises on this matter are being denounced as being heartless or racist.
So I ask you, what exactly is the point of all the folderol we went through on coming back to the U.S. from Europe.
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