Bordering on Insanity

By William L. Garvin
“…It is no doubt very desirable that we should hold out as many inducements as possible for the worthy part of mankind to come and settle amongst us, and throw their fortunes into a common lot with ours. But why is this desirable? Not merely to swell the catalogue of people. No, sir, it is to increase the wealth and strength of the community; and those who acquire the rights of citizenship, without adding to the strength or wealth of the community are not the people we are in want of. And what is proposed by the amendment is, that they shall take nothing more than an oath of fidelity, and declare their intention to reside in the United States. Under such terms, it was well observed by my colleague, aliens might acquire the right of citizenship, and return to the country from which they came, and evade the laws intended to encourage the commerce and industry of the real citizens and inhabitants of America, enjoying at the same time all the advantages of citizens and aliens.”
James Madison

It is amazing to me to see the  lockstep sheeple of the main stream media shift so quickly from the economic ills of America to the contrived “humanitarian crisis “ of our southern borders  The hue and cry amongst popular pundits of all political persuasions  is preoccupied with  “is this Obama’s Katrina?”  The answer is “No, it’s not!” and it should be obvious for a number of reasons.  First of all, President Bush, for all his failings, did not cause Hurricane Katrina.  There is no question that President Obama’s deferred deportation executive order advertised to the entire world that if you made it into the formerly sovereign United States of America you would not be deported.

Furthermore, Homeland Security advertised on their website back in January of this year for “escorts” for up to 65,000 unaccompanied minors who would be arriving in this country.  All rational people should be able to distinguish between a natural disaster and a contrived “humanitarian crisis.” 
Also remember that this is the administration that almost instantaneously prepared and broadcast television messages throughout the Arab world after Benghazi that clearly decried any relationship with or support of a video blaspheming Allah.  No such video clarification of American policies regarding legal immigration has been shown in Central America or Mexico.  Why is that?  New estimates are that upward of 150,000 will pour through our “secure” border unless the tide is quickly stemmed.

It is also important to remember that every facet of the Katrina disaster was immediately and continually shown on virtually every television channel.  Currently, it is next to impossible to get any first hand information on the surge of “unaccompanied minor children” from the first responders.  There are numerous reports that nurses and doctors are prohibited from speaking to the media much like the Benghazi survivors.  Cell phones are not permitted on site.  Border Patrol agents speak out only on conditions of anonymity.  The lockdown on information has even extended to congressmen visiting military bases in their own district!  There are continuous clandestine plane flights and busloads of “refugees” being shipped to all parts of the United States without any coordination with state or local officials.  There are numerous reports of communicable diseases and gang members among the newly arrived but again, because of the lack of access to medical or law enforcement personnel, this is hard to confirm or deny. 

Also understand that it makes only symbolic sense for President Obama to actually visit the Texas border, wherever it might be.  All the security measures that necessarily accompany a sitting president interfere with the vital operations of the local, state, and federal agency officials.  Then again, leftists should not have criticized President Bush’s aerial observation of the Katrina devastation for exactly the same reason.

Now that these new arrivals are being relocated throughout the United States, the only requirement is that they show up for their immigration hearing.  Unfortunately, it has been estimated that nearly half will not show up.  Those that do show up will be provided legal counsel at taxpayer expense.  Since it is nearly impossible to document the abuse the refugees allegedly had to endure in their own country, it is unlikely that actual deportation will ever occur.  They are here to stay and there is no end in sight.