Today, it’s often hard to recall a moment when leftists were much more careful about their calls for open borders. Those who were running for political office were especially careful, not wanting to sound like they were opposed to law and order. They didn’t want to anger immigrants who came here legally, nor those who are in the process to become Americans.

Spoiler alert: the following quote, which could easily come from President Trump at any given moment, was spoken by Senator Barack Obama a short decade ago.

We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States, undetected, undocumented, unchecked and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, lawfully to become immigrants in this country.

Hard to believe. Here’s the proof: