Former Florida Governor, Jeb Bush, has created a bit of a
huff and puff with his comments about those immigrants who come to this country
illegally because they want to do well by their families. As per Bush, their breaking of the
immigration laws of the United States is actually done as an “act of love,” an
obviously unwise generalization … see:
Breitbart Commentary.
Of course, in many instances … who knows the exact
percentage … he is correct. But there are also many other nefarious reasons why
our porous borders are breached by those who are less family-affectionate … the
sex trade, drug smuggling, gang member recruiting, terrorist activities, those looking
for our government’s handouts, those escaping criminal prosecutions at home, etc. The trouble is that there is no filtering
process on this illegal immigrant influx to try to exclude such undesirables.
And even if 100% of these illegal immigrants were acting out
of familial love, there still is the problem of America eventually becoming overrun with
everyone in the world who is devoted to one’s own … there must be billions
of them. The United States cannot possibly absorb all such caring people
without imploding. Therefore, Jeb Bush has crawled out on an emotional limb
which is easily pruned with simple logic.
Blanket amnesty cannot be the solution to the years of lax
enforcement of our immigration laws … even if it is well-intentioned. This
issue is now so thoroughly wrapped up in political motivations that it cannot
be solved by naive utterances by would-be presidential candidates … of any
party. I believe that the American people, in general, understand the conundrum
we face … and such simple answers will not suffice.
I have previously offered my thoughts on this issue … see:
Carrying Water in a Sieve. I believe that any real solution to this problem needs
to stop the bleeding by strict enforcement of our existing immigration laws …
including exporting of criminals and
those who overstay their visas … tighter inspection of amnesty claims …
and an unbreachable barrier on our southern border. If this were done, maybe in
twenty or thirty years this national problem would naturally dissipate ... without the granting of impassioned amnesty.
And I firmly believe that politicians who claim that they
will enforce our immigration laws and then don’t ... are not acting out of love of
country or compassion for those “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” They
(yes, you know their names) are craven and self-serving.
