“We demand of the United­ States … that they open the border to us because we are as much citizens as the (American) people are.”

— Pueblo Sin Fronteras, on behalf of the caravan of illegal immigrants from Central America headed to the U.S. border.

A little tip if I may, mi amigos, as you caravan your way to the land of free milk and honey (not to mention housing and health care): Drop the “demand” lingo. It’s counterproductive. And besides, you don’t have to “demand” anything. America’s Democrats are more than happy to give it to you.

Take, for example, Somerville. Actually, you don’t have to “take” it. It’s already yours! Somerville’s Democratic Mayor Joe Curtatone boasts that Somerville’s been a proud “sanctuary city” since 1987 — when the last mass amnesty for illegal immigrants was granted. Imagine that: Living in America illegally, but with virtually all the benefits of citizenship, since the Reagan administration! No wonder more than 1,000 would-be illegal immigrants are willing to take a run at our border.

According to Buzzfeed, you’re literally hoping “American authorities will grant them asylum or … be absent when they attempt to cross the border illegally.” Hey — it could happen. I saw the images Pueblo Sin Fronteras posted of Mexican immigration officers literally fleeing their posts in the face of your marching throng. Maybe the U.S. will do the same? It’s part of your plan to “set up an enormous challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration policies,” aka “the immigration laws passed by the American people.”

Once again — no need to “challenge.” If you get here, the #NotOneMore Democrats will demand that you be allowed to stay. If you get a job here, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will send a letter to ICE demanding an end to workplace enforcement.

And if you get caught here, well, Somerville Democrats even have a plan for that: The “Somerville Response Network,” run by WelcomeProject.org. The SRN is the illegal-immigrant equivalent of the kid on the corner watching for the cops while his friends rob the liquor store.

WelcomeProject.org, which gets funding from the taxpayers of Somerville by the way, has set up a phone number Somerville residents can call when they see immigration officers in the neighborhood engaged in the racist and heartless activity known as “law enforcement.” The SRN then sends out a “community alert” via text/phone/etc. letting your fellow illegal imm … er, “unauthorized entrants” to find someplace to hide. Once the alert goes out, the city itself gets involved with its “Rapid Response Team” to make sure any and all social services are available.

This is how hard America’s Democrats are working to welcome you. So please — don’t work too hard pushing your way in.

You see, when you’re “demanding” the right to come to the U.S. and the “right to dignified work” here, it makes it sound like Americans citizens don’t have rights. Like the right to have a national border, or to enforce our laws. It sounds like you feel entitled to come to America whether the citizens who cast votes and pay taxes here like it or not.

Now, let’s be honest: That’s exactly how many liberals, Democrats and amnesty advocates do feel. The entire premise of the “Not One More” movement is that America’s deportations of illegal immigrants are inherently immoral — despite the fact that virtually every other country on the planet does it, too.

By making a big show of how immigration activists and their liberal allies truly feel, you’re actually bolstering the case for Trump’s border wall and increased enforcement. Now that you’ve made a big show of marching to our border, many Americans are going to demand that, instead of being given your “permiso” and released into the U.S. — and the awaiting arms of Somerville — like in the Obama era, you be kept at the border, given a quick hearing on your (let’s face it, bogus) asylum claim and sent home.

So forget the “demands” and the threats. There’s no need to take by force what American liberals are happy to give away.

Michael Graham is a regular contributor to the Boston Herald. His daily podcast is available at www.michaelgraham.com.