If America is to Survive, the Sanctuary Delusion Must Go
Commentary
February 29, 2024
By Brian Lonergan
Over the last few decades, many Americans have had a shift in their perception of our purpose as a nation. Accustomed to our comfortable standard of living, they have taken America’s success for granted and sought to rescue the world. Now, as the current border crisis has shown, there are limits to our idealism. We are asking a question that was unthinkable not long ago: How much longer will America survive?
Today, the question of national survival is less about the national debt or the solvency of Social Security, and more about the rapid disintegration of national stability due to lax immigration enforcement and the policies of sanctuary cities. Immigration is the dominant issue of our time. Without an extreme course correction, America will be irrevocably consigned to the status of second-tier nation, at best.
We can avoid that fate by making the right decisions. A good first step would be to leave the concept of sanctuary cities on “the ash heap of history,” to borrow Ronald Reagan’s memorable description for where another terrible idea belonged.
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