Defining Immigration

Immigration… What is immigration? In its simplest construct, immigration is nothing more than people journeying from one place to another. This may seem harmless, but when tens of thousands (and in the case of our porous border with Mexico, hundreds of thousands) of people flood across our international boundary, it becomes a major point of contention.

It is projected that we will see roughly 1.1 million people stream across our southern border illegally this year. And while some may argue that we should be allowing these people to come here because they face hardships in their home countries, the fact of the matter is we have thousands of American citizens that need care. Not to mention 22 veterans who commit suicide every single day as a result of PTSD and other combat related issues that simply go untreated.

From a “Manufactured Crisis” to “Concentration Camps”

The immigration debate has raged on for decades, dating back as far as the Reagan administration. At that time, Ronald Reagan signed the Simpson–Mazzoli Act into law legalizing millions of illegal aliens. This act was designed to provide provisions to enhance border security in exchange for the legalization of millions of aliens residing in the country illegally. As we can clearly see today, little was done to secure the border as the debate over a border wall rages on.

While the debate over the border has been a political football for decades, it has come to the fore, now. We are seeing a seemingly never ending flow of migrants head for our southern border. Despite the reality of the situation, democrats have referred to it as nothing more than a “manufactured crisis”. Fast forward a few months, and now the immigration debate is front and center. We see politicians and even Vice President Pence making trips to the border to see these so called “concentration camps,” which we’re being told are housing migrant children in cages.

Nevermind the fact these “cages” were set up during the Obama administration – in fact some of the pictures the media ran with when referencing these cages were found to have been taken when Obama was in office. The “concentration camps” and kids in cages rhetoric was obviously designed to create a buzz around the newly minted border crisis.

Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin

Illegal is Not a Race

Democrats have pulled out their time tested ploy to attack President Trump, so they think. The crisis at the border has been going on for years. Democrats have known for decades that if they manage to keep the border open, they will have a virtually never ending flow of future democrat voters. All they have to do is succeed at amending the voting laws to ensure those coming here illegally are given the right to vote.

As the debate rages on over the border and how to address the issue, we are constantly being bombarded with the usual talk. It seems those of us who believe in a secure border and the rule of law are nothing more than racists and xenophobes. However, the people coming across the border don’t constitute a race, and there have been documented cases of people coming across our border with Mexico from countries as far as the Congo. Tell me – how exactly does someone from the Congo make their way to our border with Mexico?

Implementing Mexico’s Immigration Laws in the United States

We receive lectures all the time about how other countries such as Norway and Sweden seem to handle issues like immigration (and even the idea of socialism) far better than we do. Yet they fail to realize that you cannot have an open border and a welfare state. Countries like Norway and Sweden essentially have a locked down border accompanied by some of the most strict immigration policies in the entire world.

Some go as far as to lecture us on how Mexico handles immigration. A group of radical leftists even raised the Mexican flag over an ICE facility in Colorado. When confronted on their actions, they acted out like most of them do, hurling insults, cursing, and attempting to get in the faces of those asking them questions.

Illegal immigrant protesters raise Mexican flag at ICE facility on U.S. soil.



How many Democrats will denounce this? I’ll set the over/under at 0!



Remember, this is not an invasion. 🙄pic.twitter.com/7ykhEKxPGC — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 13, 2019

How Mexico Deals with Illegal Aliens

The fact that so many of our own citizens seem to hold Mexico’s immigration system in such high regard compared to how we handle immigration and our border is somewhat ironic to say the least. Especially when you take into consideration the Constitution of Mexico and their laws regarding the rights of the citizens of Mexico, as opposed to the rights of those who have migrated to Mexico illegally.

First and foremost, when Mexico is admitting foreigners into their country, their main consideration is whether or not said foreigners will be useful to Mexican society. In the United States, President Trump tries to implement the same ideal when it comes to admitting migrants into the United States. We are told, however, that he’s a racist and xenophobe. Does that then make the Mexican government and the citizens of Mexico racists and xenophobes as well?

Nonetheless there exists numerous articles in the Mexican constitution that determine how Mexico deals with migrants. Here are just a few:

Immigration officials must “ensure” that “immigrants will be useful elements for the country and that they have the necessary funds for their sustenance” and for their dependents. (Article 34)

Foreigners may be barred from the country if their presence upsets “the equilibrium of the national demographics,” when foreigners are deemed detrimental to “economic or national interests,” when they do not behave like good citizens in their own country, when they have broken Mexican laws, and when “they are not found to be physically or mentally healthy.” (Article 37)

The Secretary of Governance may “suspend or prohibit the admission of foreigners when he determines it to be in the national interest.” (Article 38)

Foreigners who fail to obey a deportation order are to be punished. (Article 117)

Foreigners who are deported from Mexico and attempt to re-enter the country without authorization can be imprisoned for up to 10 years. (Article 118)

The Mexican constitution expressly forbids non-citizens to participate in the country’s political life. Non-citizens are forbidden to participate in demonstrations or express opinions in public about domestic politics. Article 9 states, “only citizens of the Republic may do so to take part in the political affairs of the country.” Article 33 is unambiguous: “Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country.”

Mexico Puts Mexico First

Those articles are just a handful of the long list of rules and regulations governing immigration into Mexico and how the country deals with migrants. It’s clear that Mexico is more concerned with their own citizens as opposed to those attempting to enter their country illegally. It’s too bad the same can’t be said for the majority of, if not all of those in the Democrat party, and even some RINOs on the opposite side of the aisle.

It certainly doesn’t seem like they consider Mexico’s policy racist. But what is the one factor that actually makes it racist in Democrat minds is that if Mexico’s policy were implemented in the US, they’d be out of a job. Their voter base would be gone, and that’s not good for Democrats.