Immigration: The Problem Democrats Don’t Want to Solve
January 12, 2018 (amended January 7, 2019)
The issue of immigration has been with us since Ronald Reagan was President. Over the last thirty years little or nothing has been done to solve the problem. Millions of illegal immigrants have been streaming across our southern border and continue to do so every day. Most of these illegals are hard-working, law-abiding people who have come here in search of a better life. Others are here to take advantage of the American taxpayer and live off the system. Still others are here to do us harm. Americans have been murdered, women and children raped, and tens of thousands of pounds of illegal narcotics have been—and continue to be—smuggled into our country.
I have nothing personal against these people. As I said above most of these illegals are hard-working, law-abiding people. However, even with that, I still have issues with these people being here. Who is going to support these people? These illegals are sending their children to our schools at the taxpayers’ expense. They and their families have medical needs. Who is going to pay for that? The answer, of course, is Medicaid. These people are costing the American taxpayer billions of dollars per year. And this is money that we can’t afford to spend. The truth is that we can’t even take care of our own homeless people or our military veterans. It could be argued that these illegals are better treated than some of our own citizens.
I have other issues regarding these illegal immigrants. They have entered our country illegally and uninvited which is against the law. If you or I broke the law we would be held accountable. Secondly, there are hundreds of millions of people throughout the world who are in the same situation. They are poor, their governments are oppressive and their countries are somewhat lawless. Should we just welcome everyone in? If that were ever to happen, the day would come when the uproar would be deafening. Our lives, meaning those of American citizens (the people that are paying the bills), would change for the worse and we would demand that the problem be fixed. Unfortunately, at that point all those people would already be here and there wouldn’t be a lot that could be done, There is a segment of the American population that is very left-leaning. Many of these ultra-liberals want open borders. Anyone who agrees with this is obviously way off the reservation. We are having a difficult time as it is dealing with the border problem. Opening the borders would make it ten times worse.
As stated in the title of this post, the Democrats really have no interest in solving this problem. The longer our southern border remains unsecured the longer these illegal immigrants will be able to enter our country uninvited. The reason the Democrats are in no hurry to secure the border is that they see these people as potential voters one day. Eventually they will be given the right to vote. More illegals equals more votes. A lot of people, myself included, would be outraged if non-citizens were given the right to vote. In my opinion, it is highly probable that some illegals are voting already. I have no way of proving that, but I do think it’s true.
Please consider that last paragraph, especially the part about more illegals equals more votes. I’m almost seventy years old and I’ve been following the news and current events since the sixties. I’ve lived through the Watergate Scandal, Iran Contra and Bill Clinton’s sexual escapades in the oval office. The latest issue to come to light is the sexual harassment of women by our elected officials. As bad as all those problems were, and as detrimental to the country as they all were, only Watergate was done for political gain and no Americans died as a result of these actions. With regard to this issue, it is being done for political gain and Americans are being killed.
One of the main responsibilities of government is to protect its citizens from harm. We pay our elected officials to pass laws that will protect our country and its citizens. When Americans are being murdered and narcotics are being smuggled into our country, almost at will, we have a right to expect law enforcement at all levels of government to deal with the problem. These crimes are being committed daily and yet our elected officials on the Democratic side sit back and purposely do nothing. Democrats are doing nothing because it is in their best interest to do nothing. Republicans have been trying to secure our southern border for years. Not only have the Democrats not helped to secure the border, they have actually impeded the process. You would think that with the deaths of so many American citizens, that there would be a sense of urgency on the part of our elected officials to solve the problem. The fact that the Democrats are impeding the process is despicable, and I think premeditated. I don’t make this claim lightly, but facts are facts.
Let’s examine the facts. When President Obama was in office, he initiated the policy of “catch and release.” This policy ordered our ICE agents and border patrol to release any illegal immigrant who was apprehended at the border. The process, as I understand it, was that when an illegal immigrant was apprehended at the border, he or she was to be issued a ticket to appear in court and then be released. Guess what happened. Very few showed up for their court date. Boy, I bet that was a total surprise to President Obama.
Another Democratic ploy to get votes is the policy of Sanctuary Cities, and now, the more recent policy of Sanctuary States. Is it just a coincidence that every city or state that has implemented a Sanctuary policy in their municipality is headed by a Democratic mayor or a Democratic governor? This clearly shows that it is the policy of the Democratic Party, at all levels of government—city, state, and federal—to keep our southern border unsecured as long as possible.
The DACA deal is the latest piece of evidence that shows that the Democrats do not want to solve the immigration problem. There was a simple, straightforward, and in my opinion, fair deal that was proposed by President Trump. Basically, the Democrats would get permanent status for 1.8M DACA kids, and in return the president would get the greater border security that he ran on. He would also get an end to chain migration and an end to the immigration lottery system. The Democrats turned the deal down. To me, this is just one more piece of evidence that shows that the Democrats do not want to solve the immigration issue. They want votes and they are willing to sacrifice American lives to get them. As I stated above, American have been dying for years, and still nothing is done. What other reason could there be for Democratic obstruction. The only reason I can come up with is political gain in the form of more Democratic votes.
These are innocent American men, women and children who have the right to live here in safety. The illegals who are entering our country do not have that right. We need to increase border security by building a wall or by any other means available in order to put an end to these deaths. We also need to control who we let into the country. We want people who are educated and therefore able to contribute to the country rather than simply take from the country.
January 12, 2018 (amended January 7, 2019)