I have read, and commented, about a number of Mr. Navarrette’s articles. I have heard all the justifications that according to a poem on the Statue of Libery, we are obligated to open our borders to all. I have listened as people asking reasonable questions have immediately been branded racists or bigots. I have seen people demanding rights, who left their own countries because the socialists in charge were sucking the life out of those countries, & are now demanding they get what they want here.
Writing one article talking of reason & dialog, does not reverse the plethora of articles & comments that attacked anyone who asked for the law of their country to be enforced.
Many attack a fence as “un-American.” That is simply a deflection. Every amnesty America has issued has resulted in even larger numbers of people coming in, illegally. Every benefit given has resulted in settlements where social services ended up exhausted. (look at LA as the example).
The fence stops more than illegal aliens. The fence creates an impediment to the hundreds of lbs of drugs coming in that are killing our nation. The fence creates an impediment to the movement of criminals & their booty crossing our most porous southern border at will. The fence also acts as an impediment to entry by terrorists or their weapons of mass destruction. And if you think the possibility of WMD is just a fear tactic, then read about the tons of radioactive materials missing from just former Soviet satellite nations.
One article calling for reason and finally talking about the issues enforcement advocates have been pushing all along, does not obviate the articles & excuses previously written.
Now that attrition has shown it can & is working, many on the open borders side of the debate are attacking those workplace raids as violations of civil rights. But some are taking the tact of suddenly appearing to go along with enforcement advocates &/or suggesting we should all sit down and talk reasonably.
Reason was not evident when open borders advocates attacked the Shaw family for trying to get people to sign a petition to end LA Special Order 40 forbidding Law Enforcement Officers to question the legal status of criminals they picked up. Jamiel Shaw was murdered by an illegal alien who was in the country illegally for perhaps the fourth of fifth time. In addition, the murderer also had an extensive felony criminal record. BUT, LA police never asked if he was in the country legally. That would have violated their precious special order. So, that family that was working within the legal system like any other American, were attacked by open borders illegal aliens. By the way, did I mention the Shaw family is black? So much for immigration enforcement advocates being racists! Its about the law, not race or ethnic background. Its about enforcement, not bias.
I see this article as an attempt to create the appearance of cooperation. Its a ruse.
