The left wants you to think that there is no difference between someone coming into this country across the Rio Grande or through the desert into Arizona, or swimming from Tijuana to San Diego and someone who visits a U.S. Embassy in their country with appropriate identification documentation, and formally requests a visa to visit, a work visa, to begin the process of gaining legal residency, or citizenship. According to the left, these individuals are equal in their entry process. According to Democratic politicians and activists, sneaking into the country is the same as going to an embassy and applying for a visa.
No. They are not. They are ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY not. One is gaining entry via all internationally accepted legal processes. The other is avoiding the internationally accepted means of legal entry and thus sneaking into the country, or in other words, entering in an illegal manner.
The immigrant swimming the Rio Grande or swimming to San Diego, or trekking through the desert into Arizona, is entering the United States illegally. Let me repeat that. When an individual detours around an official point of entry into a country, when they sneak in and avoid showing any documentation to any officials, they are entering that country illegally. An individual showing up at an embassy or consulate and requesting entry into another country is immigrating legally.
See the difference? Avoid legal protocols – entering illegally. Follow legal protocols – entering legally.
All those millions of individuals (including a LOT of men between the ages of twenty and forty, a large percentage of whom were and are criminals in their home countries, btw), who waded across the Rio Grande, or rode speed boats into beaches in San Diego and then ran up the beach into town did not enter this country legally.
The FIFTY-NINE (vs. the 11 MILLION or more who illegally came across our southern border under Biden) white South Africans who asked for and were granted refugee status are legal immigrants to the United States. They went through a process and formally asked permission to move to the U.S. The ELEVEN MILLION people who crossed the southern border never asked permission. The difference between the South Africans who came in as refugees, and the Iranians, Chinese, Venezuelans, Palestinians, Mexicans, etc. who came over the southern border because they could, has nothing to do with race and everything to do with FOLLOWING THE FREAKING RULES. The South Africans followed the rules, the rest of them didn’t.
By now I know a number of my readers are spluttering and trying to tell me that immigrants built this country and we need to adhere to the values inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. And a number of people are saying that the joke’s on me because my Irish ancestors were… wait for it!… HA! Immigrants! So there! I’m a hypocrite!
Yes, my ancestors were immigrants. No, I’m not a hypocrite. And here’s the difference… my ancestors came through Ellis Island and followed the procedures that were in place at that time to enter this country… wait for it! Legally!
So, I have a couple of questions for folks who are about to take a swing at me.
First – do you agree with Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX, Dallas area), that deporting illegals is a bad idea because we all need house cleaners and lawn guys? Yes, she really said that. Racially stereotype much, Ms. Crockett?
Second – name one country, just one, on the entire planet that has a completely open-door immigration policy. While I’m waiting, I’ll just add that no, the EU does not have an open-door policy. It has a set of very generous requirements and processes for migrants wishing to enter any EU member country. No, Schengen is not an immigration policy. The Schengen agreements allow EU citizens to enter the EU through a Schengen state with limited checks, but with checks nevertheless, and travel without showing a passport within the Schengen area. Non-EU citizens who are required to have a visa have to apply for a Schengen visa. And, EU member states participating in the Schengen area are allowed to impose stricter border controls or close their internal borders at any time for a national emergency or security issue. So, even in the EU, there is a legally acceptable process for entering and exiting every single country. And if you really want to see EU border control in action, I invite you to read up on the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla. I don’t want to spoil your fun, so just go look up those cities.
Third question – given that every other country in the world has border controls, and immigration policies, why do you believe that the U.S. must have open borders without any controls and allow immigration without any sort of vetting?
Fourth – if you do indeed believe that no one is above the law, why do you support illegal immigration as a good thing?
So, to wrap up: There is a big difference between legal and illegal immigration. The former is characterized by individuals and families who follow the law of the U.S. (and who don’t believe they are above the law) and comply with all immigration policies and procedures. The latter are gate jumpers who have no respect for laws and policies and simply jump the line and ignore all immigration policies and procedures.
Stop conflating those immigrants who enter this country legally by means of a visa or asylum status, with those who travel with coyotes into the Arizona desert, or swim across the Rio Grande, or into San Diego.
Go ask any legal immigrant how they feel about those who enter illegally.
They are not the same.
