Reply #15: I have a question [View All]

What do you call it when roughly 10% of nation A's population has entered nation B without documentation, formal consent, or legal process? "Invasion" seems too harsh a term, but it is difficult to come up with another one. Perhaps "migration". In either case, an absence of consent and control is implied, and there are consequences that come with that.

In the past five years, I have seen a tremendous influx of undocumented immigrants crush the infrastructure of my locality. Schools, hospitals, legal systems are all in free fall. Not long ago, this was a quiet neighborhood. Gang activity has changed all that. This has long been a very diverse part of metro Atlanta ... one of the reasons I chose to live here. But when your Mexican born next door neighbor sells his house and advises you in the strongest possible terms to do likewise, you know there is a problem. And not long ago I decided to take his advice and will be moving in a couple of weeks.

I'm lucky ... I'm able to get out of here. But I feel the problems attendant with illegal immigration have directly hurt my kids and forced me out of my home. You can accuse me of racism if you wish ... but that would just prove to me that the wellbeing of my family is unimportant to you, that you simply do not wish to hear what many citizens are now experiencing, and that you want us to pay the freight charges attendant with your ideological position. If that is the case, then I don't need to listen to you, either.

I regard with interest the rather draconian immigration policies of Mexico, and find therein a certain irony given the context of this discussion.

One final point. The Berlin wall analogy is completely absurd and reveals either a profound ignorance of history or extreme intellectual dishonesty. While I can concede that is possible that a better managed open border solution just might be in the best interests of the nation, shoddily constructed arguments will not win the case.