A nation derided for doing the right thing - Washington Times

[TomSea]

A nation derided for doing the right thing

 By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 26, 2017

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Immigration, both the legal and the illegal kind, is destined to be a contentious issue in America forever. That’s the price of living in the place where everybody wants to be.

This tempts some people to lead with their emotions when they talk about immigration. If you engage these folks in a conversation about immigration, you have to expect to be called Scrooge (or worse) if you say America’s borders must be secure and there must be a fair, firm and orderly way to accommodate newcomers.

Ronald Reagan was fond of reminding everyone that America is the only place in the world where a newly minted citizen is as much a citizen as someone whose ancestors arrived centuries earlier. The spawn of the first passenger who stepped off the Mayflower in 1620, carefully cultivated social pretensions notwithstanding, is no more an American than a plumber’s apprentice with dirt under his fingernails and mud on his shoes, who earned his citizenship only last week.

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[Hondo69]

Why do we still have border crossing checkpoints?

Cars line up for hours waiting to go through these checkpoints.  And when the people in the cars get to the front of the line they are closely scrutinized by border security.  Why isn't the Left protesting this particular type of uncaring, inhuman behavior?

The Left tells us the entire remainder of the 1200 miles of border should be wide open so people can stroll right across.  It would follow then that these crossing checkpoints should be wide open as well.  Yet I've never seen one single protestor at a border crossing demanding the gates be thrown open so "visitors" can drive through as they please.

There must be something special about these tiny little sections of border.  One would think the Left's open door policy would apply equally to every single mile of border.