“Straddling the Wall/Fence/Barrier”

By William L. Garvin

In typical congressional double-speak, being for border security does not mean you secure the border!  In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill granting amnesty to 2.7 illegal aliens in exchange for Democrats securing the borders and cracking down on businesses that hire illegals.  Estimates are that we have 11-22 million illegal aliens in this country but nobody knows exactly how many!  Here’s what Democrats used to say:

“It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.”  President Bill Clinton

“Real reform means strong border security, and we can build on the progress my administration has already made—putting more boots on the Southern border than at any time in our history and reducing illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years.”  President Barack Obama

“I voted numerous times when I was a senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to prevent illegal immigrants from coming in.  And I do think that you have to control your borders.”   Secretary Hillary Clinton

“When we use phrases like ‘undocumented workers,’ we convey a message to the American people that their government is not serious about combating illegal immigration, which the American people overwhelmingly oppose.  If you don’t think it’s illegal, you are not going to say it.  I think it is illegal and wrong, and we have to change it.”  Senator Chuck Schumer

Keep in mind that the USA is the most generous and welcoming nation on this planet when it comes to LEGAL immigration.  As of 2016, we had 43.7 million legal immigrants.  That is four times more than any other country.

In 2013, Schumer sponsored a $46.3 billion immigration bill that provided for 19,200 additional southern Border Patrol agents, $8 billion for “fencing, infrastructure and technology,” $4.5 billion to implement DHS border security strategies, and $750 million for E-Verify.  It did not pass the House. That was then; this is now.  Today, the Democrat House (Pelosi) and Schumer’s Democrat senators will not even pony up $5 billion for physical barriers on the southern border.  Why?  Because they hate Donald Trump so much that they are willing to jeopardize national security, jeopardize American lives, continue the flow of deadly drugs, and continually increase illegal alien numbers.

Numerous Democrats are even calling for eliminating or reducing the funding for ICE.  For the record, in 2018, ICE arrested over 17,000 adults with criminal records.  Over 6,000 were gang members such as MS-13!  In addition, they seized or helped seize 282,000 pounds of cocaine, 248,000 pounds of meth, 6,500 pounds of heroin, and 2,400 pounds of fentanyl!  Nineteen percent of prisoners in the federal system are illegal aliens.  All the Border Patrol boots on the ground say walls will help but Pelosi will not listen to them nor the Angel Moms.  Now that is an actual “immorality”!