We can keep the ports open to commerce, secure our borders, and eat our avocados too

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: CONSERVATIVE REVIEW

URL: https://www.conservativereview.com/news/we-can-keep-the-ports-open-to-commerce-secure-our-borders-and-eat-our-avocados-too/

by Daniel Horowitz


There is a difference between shutting down the border for commerce and suspending all immigration at our border.

The good news is that the media are finally admitting that the president has the authority to close the border. The bad news is that they are obfuscating the distinction between shutting off the entire border for commerce and suspending immigration requests at the border. The Trump administration would be wise to push back against it immediately and clarify this distinction.

The media is in full meltdown mode over Trump’s threat to “shut down” the border, as they predict doom and gloom for our economy, loss of jobs, and loss of revenue. We might even face an avocado shortage, according to the New York Times! Imagine that.

Never mind that the cost of one year’s border flow could add up to at least $150 billion for taxpayers.

Never mind the fact that Border Patrol is completely shut down and is basically a conveyor belt to complete the criminal conspiracy of evil smugglers rather than deter it.

Never mind the countless migrants are coming in with dangerous diseases because, according to CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan. large numbers of them “may have never seen a doctor, received immunizations, or lived in sanitary conditions.”

Never mind the fact that our schools will be flooded with unassimilable illegal immigrants creating fiscal and cultural problems, as well as a breeding ground for transnational gang recruitment, when the laws on the books were designed to protect Americans from this very outcome.

Never mind that while the status quo continues, the worst criminal alien murderers and rapists who were deported are now re-enering through the frontier without any agents to challenge them.

But how ’bout those avocados?!

The media is missing the point about the president’s inherent and delegated authority to deny entry at the border and the most prudent way to use it. Through statute and case law, the president’s 212(f) authority overrides all other immigration processes, including asylum requests, but it’s important to remember that it’s not an all-or-nothing proposition. It’s not an on-or-off circuit breaker on the operation of our border. There are modules on that switch that the president can engage to strategically address the current situation.

(EXCERPT) CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE REST...

[SirLinksALot]

NOTE:

While there is some utility to the president threatening to shut off commerce for a day or two to leverage both the Mexican government and Congress into action, it would be better policy and savvier politics to simply suspend all immigration requests at the border while leaving open non-immigrant travel with proper documentation.