How many people throughout the world do you suppose would jump at the chance to immigrate to America? What if the word went out that anyone who wanted to come to America, the door was now open? Can you just imagine the overwhelming numbers? Why do you suppose that is? Is it because they are oppressed? Maybe some of them. Is it because they are poor? Probably most of them are by our standards. Or, just maybe, they see this country as it’s depicted in the movies and on television. They think the streets are lined with money. They think their lives would be much simpler if there was a government to take care of them from birth to death.
The inscription is clear. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free.” The poem is, of course, on the “Statue of Liberty.” It welcomes immigrants from all over the world. Lady Liberty says here in America you can be free. I wish it would be just that easy, but it isn’t.
Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees are looking for a new place to live. They have allowed their own homeland to be destroyed by a greedy bloodthirsty dictator and now they want to escape that mess and bring the same mess here.
Individuals from Africa and the Middle East are looking to change addresses. People from Mexico and Central America are trying to get into America by any means available to them. It seems at times the entire world wants to live in America. What if, rather than trying to escape, they instead overthrew their oppressors and built their own free country.
Sadly, regardless of the inscription on Lady Liberty, we cannot house them all. We cannot feed them, we cannot employ them, we cannot medicate them, and we cannot protect them. There are limits, period.
Here’s an idea. What if we gave California to Mexico and we took over that country? All of the Mexicans would have to leave and come to California. At that point bright, entrepreneurial people from America would go into Mexico and use that country’s abundant natural resources to create an Eden on earth. Mexico could and probably would become one of the richest countries on earth. The same talent and hard work that made America the country it is would transform Mexico into another “Land of Opportunity.” You see, it isn’t the country, it’s the people who make the country. In a matter of months, refugees from California would immigrate back to Mexico. Illegal immigration problem solved.
Now concerning the Obama Administration’s plan to bring 10,000 Syrians into this country as refugees. They tell us these people will be vetted. We will know all about them before they get here. I believe this is the same government who cannot control the IRS or the VA or the massive problem we currently have with illegal immigration along with overstayed visas. This is the government who tells us they have everything under control. You’ll forgive me if I am a bit skeptical. Besides, even if they could fully investigate these so-called refugees, I don’t trust the government’s motives. There is nothing positive in this refugee settlement for us. Just more mouths to feed and the very real possibility of jihadists in their midst. Let the Saudis take them in. Leave them in the environment they know. And here’s a novel idea. How about we take care of America first and let the Middle East take care of themselves?
