O GOD, whose mercies cannot be numbered; Accept our prayers on behalf of the souls of thy servants departed, and grant them an entrance into the land of light and joy, in the fellowship of thy saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.Now, the Left immediately seized on this tragedy, and I'm certain every Democratic nominee in the first
I agree with Nate Madden that we cannot, nor shouldn't, ignore the real border crisis that's going on, BUT we also shouldn't ignore its very real causes either...
And as long as one political party refuses to do anything towards control of our borders, towards preserving our national sovereignty, towards law and order in our nation that benefits our civil society, this chaos continues......the administration has been dealing with month after month after month of record numbers of border apprehensions and changing demographics driven by a combination of what National Review editor Rich Lowry describes as “bizarre asylum rules” and inadequate security at the U.S.-Mexico border. These have left enforcement agencies grossly overburdened.
Meanwhile, it has been almost two months since the administration requested emergency border funding to address the ongoing crisis, and a supplemental measure addressing it only passed the House Tuesday evening (where funding bills have to begin, per the Constitution.) That spending package, however, contains no funding for additional border security measures.
It’s also important to keep in mind, congressional Republicans and the Trump administration started trying to address the asylum policies that created the current crisis over a year ago.
And, in case anyone forgot, this isn’t America’s first crisis of this nature. The journey north was still dangerous and the asylum incentives were similar five years ago, the swell of minors from Central America claiming refugee status as Unaccompanied Alien Children got so bad that then-President Barack Obama had to warn Central American parents to stop sending their kids here.
“Do not send your children to the borders,” Obama warned. “If they do make it, they’ll get sent back; more importantly, they might not make it.”
Look, it’s right to feel pangs of horror and sadness upon seeing a picture of a drowned father and daughter. It’s right to say it’s bad when kids don’t have soap and toothbrushes at detention facilities. These are objectively bad things, but we cannot pretend away the factors that actually created these conditions.
The humanitarian crisis at our southern border is indeed horrific. It was horrific before this picture was taken. It was horrific before the detention centers became as crowded as they currently are. That’s why it’s so important to fix this crisis the right way and prevent others of its kind from happening again.
You can’t fix a problem when you won’t admit what’s causing it, and as long as our current asylum and security problems persist, this crisis simply won’t go away.
.... additional physical barriers on the border. Then they refused to fund more immigration judges. And now they blame the president for the disaster they’ve created and still refuse to fix it, and their media mouthpieces go along with all of it. https://t.co/qFGwvE5wl0— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) June 26, 2019.@ByronYork: “What now, for those who denied a 'crisis' at the border?” https://t.co/g0EO7Xs0yE— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2019
The situation at the border is so terrible in part because those in power, and those cheering them on in the media, have steadfastly resisted commonsense measures to reduce the flow of illegal migrants — the large majority of whom do not have a valid claim of asylum — across the border. The resulting paralysis in border policy encourages more migrants to come, making the situation worse by the day.Related link: Being for Sovereignty and Security is the Ultimate Pro-Life Position
Perhaps some...only want to deny the president a victory, no matter how sensible. Perhaps others are simply looking for a partisan advantage. Perhaps some sincerely believe in open, or virtually open, borders. It does not matter what their motives are. The crisis — yes, crisis — at the border worsens every day they do not act.
ADDENDUM: And the party's media mouthpieces can no longer deny the crisis either...
Related links: Must-Watch Video Of Media Claiming Border Security Is A 'Manufactured Crisis'
After Months of Denying, Cable Journalists Admit ‘Crisis’ at Border
