Liberals take a laissez-faire approach to immigration law
MIKE DANELEK
mdanelek@mscd.edu

      Sometimes, defending the law is tough. For instance, when dealing with the thousands of people who have illegally migrated into the United States from Mexico. Somehow, those in favor of upholding the law are being demonized by those who couldn’t care less about it.

      It’s another battle of conservatives vs. liberals, and the liberals are winning, not because they are right, but because they are masters of playing politics. They’ve managed to convince Congress that anyone who wants strict enforcement of the borders is a racist. They’ve also managed to gloss over the fact that they support people who break the law. And in the process, they’ve managed to make this country more prone to a terrorist attack.

      The race card is constantly thrown into the mix in today’s politics. Even though everyone should want secure borders, the leaders of the pro-illegal movement try to mask the real issue by embracing slogans like “No human being is illegal.” Very well, but they’re missing the point. We refer to illegal aliens as such because they’ve broken the law, not because they’re some sort of secondary human being. In the end, it shouldn’t matter whether these people are Mexican, Canadian, or Lithuanian. If they cannot enter our country legally, then they cannot enter our country. Most conservatives have nothing against legal immigration; our nation was founded upon it, and it has made this country the melting pot it is today.

      Every time I hear someone defending illegal immigration (as they remove the “illegal” part from the conversation), I ask myself why there are even borders. Seriously, it seems that some people believe America is an open market anyone can enter whenever they want. If this was the case, there would be no America. The world would just be a giant, chaotic territory.

      When looking at why so many people are crossing the border into the United States from Mexico, the first question that pops into liberals’ minds is: In what way is America responsible for this? In their classic, patriotic fashion, the far left has weaved a wonderful story about how the greedy, capitalist United States is responsible for all the world’s turmoil, including Mexico’s. Never has it crossed their minds that the corrupt Mexican government might have something to do with it. In any case, this is Mexico’s problem, and Mexico must deal with it, and not by assisting their citizens in sneaking into our country.

      I’ve always trusted President Bush with matters of national security, but it appears that he and many of his fellow Republicans have lost their backbone on this issue. They are afraid to be called racists, and in turn, do not stick up for the American people. The president even referred to those who support secure borders as lacking “compassion.”

      Sadly, while we bicker over who has “compassion” and who does not, terrorists could be entering this country. Who knows what kind of attack could ensue? Open borders, especially in a post-9/11 era, should be an obvious no, but there are not enough strong politicians out there willing to enforce the law.