If We Are Paying Reparations, Illegal Aliens Belong at the Back of the Line
If our government is looking to hand out cash to right wrongs, there are far more worthy parties.
By Brian Lonergan
November 10, 2021
America has long been known as a land of opportunity, but things are getting ridiculous.
In the latest chapter of the Biden White House’s up-is-down, contorted version of reality, those who enter our country illegally stand to reap settlements of up to $450,000 per person for the alleged “trauma” they endured as a result of the Trump-era zero tolerance policy that housed parents and children in separate facilities.
Reparations is something that should be considered rarely and judiciously, as it inevitably creates a line of groups claiming what may be questionable victimhood status.
If we, as a nation, were to create such a line ourselves, illegal aliens would be placed in the back, after more deserving people.
Perhaps the most well-known case of U.S. government reparations happened in 1988, when Ronald Reagan signed legislation apologizing to Japanese-Americans held in internment camps on the West Coast during World War II. The move also compensated former internees who were still alive at the time with $20,000, which would be roughly $44,000 today.
Given the facts of the case, the amount paid to those interned was paltry. Those people did nothing wrong. They were targeted by the Franklin Roosevelt White House for their ethnicity and little else, and their lives were virtually destroyed as a result. At least, attempting to balance the ledger for them was the right thing to do.
The illegal aliens at issue today broke our laws. No one forced them to come here. Most of them are not fleeing persecution, they are seeking higher-paying jobs. They cut ahead of the line over those who respected our laws by pursuing immigration legally, then demanded immediate access to the United States.
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