On “The Caravan(s)”
Well researched article on the “caravan” of some 10,000
migrants advancing on the U.S. through Mexico, which cuts past both the left
and right wing rhetoric, and focuses on the facts. Commenting on the 800 U.S. military troops
being sent to the border,
“The soldiers aren't going to
the border to stop the caravan. They're going to assist Customs and Border
Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Health and Human Services, and
other authorities as they take in the newcomers. There is little the government
can do to turn back the tide. Why? Because the same rule of law challenged by
illegal immigration also incentivizes and protects the illegal immigrants
within the caravan. It's a paradox—one inflaming this most polarizing of issues
at a moment of political decision.”
Also – “The military can't solve
the problem. But Congress can. Only the legislative branch has the authority to
close the loopholes through which the most recent illegal migration has passed:
a portion of the 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act that
limits the ability of law enforcement to repatriate swiftly unaccompanied
children from noncontiguous (read: Central American) nations; the 1997 Flores
settlement that put a ceiling on how long the government can detain these
children; and the "credible fear" standard by which illegal
immigrants may request asylum proceedings simply by saying they are afraid to
return to Tegucigalpa or Quetzaltenango.”
Why don’t we first express our feelings of compassion and do
something for our own American citizens who are suffering, for example
multitudes of homeless American war veterans, who are suffering in our
cities? A mobile mob organized by
leftist activists in Central America or Venezuela demanding illegal entry into
our country and fueled by a political agenda can only be called an
invasion. The Mexicans tried to process
them legally, and they broke down the barriers at the Guatemala border,
breached the river, and continued North in mob-like fashion.
One cannot fail to be touched by the suffering humanity inherent
in such an exodus. The leftist
organizers and unfortunately, the mainstream media, know this, and take
advantage, particularly by putting pregnant women and children in front of the
mob, to elicit maximum howls from well-meaning, but ill-informed people.
We are a country of immigrants whose ancestors got here
legally, within the systems and by obeying the immigration laws. Millions have recently come here legally
after studying and meeting our citizenship requirements. I’ve seen numbers like 1.8 million people in
Central America who want to immigrate to this country. We simply cannot just allow them to come in
illegally because they form a mobile mob and prey on our sympathies.
I have seen in my travels, atrocities beyond belief. In the Far East, children are purposefully
maimed so that they can be more effective beggers by appealing to the kind
natures of wealthier westerners. The
unprincipled coyotes organizing these “caravans” use similar tactics to ensure
that our heart-felt sympathies are engaged.
They don’t maim kids, but they take advantage of every heart-tugging
device they can think of.
In this particular situation, I don’t think that we should
close the border. I think that we should
appeal to Mexico and the U.N. to provide humane temporary living conditions for
this crowd, until they can be processed either as refugees, allowed to
immigrate to the U.S. (or Mexico), or returned to their countries of origin. It seems that they are being sustained so
far, by well-meaning Mexican citizens.
The Red Cross and other humane organizations will probably be required
if they spend weeks and months on the road.
Ray Gruszecki
October 27, 2018
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