(1) We didn't ask them to march up here; there are legal ways to come to this country. They have absolutely no right to force themselves on us and we have no obligation to take them in. If we allow them in, that will open the floodgates wider than they are now. We don't know who they are or what they intend to do when they get here: rape, plunder, live off welfare, commit terrorist acts or become upstanding citizens... but the fact that they are willing to break our laws at the outset is not a good sign.
(2) There's a humanitarian side. Some of these people are innocent victims, having been promised the moon by caravan organizers. Some of them gave up everything they had, no matter how little, in order to get here. They may be truly oppressed in their home countries. To look these people straight in the eye and give them no choice but to suffer in Mexico or go home certainly does tug at one's heart.
(3) There's a significant national security issue. We are the rich guys on the block and they are the poor and depressed people in the neighborhood. All of Latin America, from the Mexican border to the very tip of Chile, is at a significantly lower economic and standard of living scale than we are. Many, if not all of those countries have been infiltrated with America's enemies from Russia, China, Iran, Cuba and elsewhere for the explicit purpose of fomenting social unrest. Add to that the drug cartels and murderous gangs and you have a perfect recipe for total anarchy and violence. Millions of them could storm our southern border either as legitimate refugees or in an effort to take over the United States. All it would take is one bad spark to set that powder keg off.
If we don't let them cross the border, the problem is just going to fester in Mexico. By the way, this whole conundrum could have been prevented if we had installed and maintained strong borders in the first place.
There is some merit in finding a way to help them. I kind of like the proposal of establishing a couple of ports of entry for this explicit purpose, patterned after the Ellis Island of the past. Allow them to apply for entry. If, based on a cursory examination, they pass the first hurdle, allow so many of them at a time to come into a closed and secure facility where they will face further inquiry and investigation, during which time they will be required to learn to speak English and to take and pass American civics and history classes. This may take up to a year; if they don't meet muster by then, they're out. If they do meet requirements by then and if we can find them a job, then they can come in; they must apply for and obtain U.S. citizenship within three years or leave. We only let more applicants into the facility when we have room.
Anybody applying for entry who is found to be unsuitable will be denied and turned over to appropriate authorities. Anybody who signs an agreement not to attempt entry again will be flown back to their home country. Everyone else can get back home the way they got here.
I think that would solve all of the issues.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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