IMHO, most people don’t want to rule the world. Most people want a safe place to live with a roof over their heads, food to eat, and a good future for their children. Hobbits?
Unfortunately not everyone is on the same page. There is greed and selfishness in this world which causes people to place themselves above everyone else: what they want is what they get and they don’t care who they have to roll over to get it. These people exist everywhere and, again IMHO, are the root cause of all problems faced by mankind save nature.
Our President must be correct when he says all manner of criminals have entered our country and continue to do so. To what statistical degree is a popular argument but to think no “undesirables” enter is naivete. This will continue despite walls, armies or whatever our immigration “policy” puts in their way. Criminals break the law.
The rest of the people at the border, ranging from individuals to whole families, are fleeing places where greedy and selfish criminals rule. Fleeing lives with nothing more to look forward to than fear, terror, poverty, and death. Men and women want more than that for themselves and their children. Surely no one can blame them for wanting a piece of the “American Dream.”
Many people at the border are quite willing to work for that dream, i.e., there is a large work force at our border made up of individuals who will do almost anything to get away from the hell they are fleeing. Give them a chance?
IMHO, motivated workers are the kind of people we want in our country. We should welcome them with open arms. Offer citizenship for any who wish to work for it. For instance, form an “Immigrant Construction Brigade” and put those people to work building infrastructure, bridges, roads, and cities. After a specified time in the ICB, naturalization can occur simultaneously, the immigrant gets his green card and is free to find his/her dream, our nation that much stronger for another productive citizen.
Spend a couple billion on the idea and see what happens. It would be cheaper than a wall and better for our country in the long run. It is what our country is all about, isn’t it? “Bring your huddled masses . . . ” and all that? We must remain true to our ideals or it’s feasible the immigrant situation could be reversed.
