The Border War

In recent years a raging battle has engaged many Americans;
the battle over who should be welcomed into our country, and
how much security should we employ at our entry points,
including our national borders, and whether or not people
who enter our country illegally should be kept from the
consequences for not only their means of entry but also for
their actions while they are here.

One irrefutable fact must be acknowledged here: the fact that
for a country to be a country it must have and maintain
definable borders. Borders define a country by geographic
territory, the scope of residence by a people united by a main
language, law, and customs. A country's people through their
government can and should determine the flow of people
entering the country, including of course immigrants, as well
as visitors on business or vacation. But our Left is having none
of it; they want to welcome all and sundry here, borders be
damned along with our immigration laws. And in these
waves of all and sundry have been some criminal elements
which have preyed upon some Americans after their arrival,
committing various crimes against them including murder.

You remember the murder of Kate Steinle, a young woman
out for a stroll along the wharves of San Francisco, a
"sanctuary city", with her father. She was shot by an illegal
immigrant who had already been deported five times and
snuck back into our country after each deportation. When
the killer went to court he was let off scot-free, having
been sentenced to time served upon arrest for his ghastly
crime of shooting a person whom he didn't know, who
never did him any harm. Just a bloodlust driving the
thug to murder Steinle, who died in her father's arms.
The city's officials who wrote and enacted the horrible
law declaring San Francisco a sanctuary city in which
people in the country illegally who come to the city
cannot be turned over to ICE (Immigration and Customs
Enforcement) for the process of deportation, regardless
the crime(s) committed by said offender hailed the
court's ruling as a victory for their despicable cause,
celebrating in the face of the grief-stricken father
there in the courtroom and in a press conference
which followed. That was their way of giving the
finger to Steinle, her father, and to all who want our
government to regulate our borders with our safety in
mind.

Just a few days ago, the body of a young woman, a
student at the University of Iowa, was found in an
cornfield not far from her Brooklyn, Iowa home.
Mollie Tibbets, just 20 years of age, disappeared
while out jogging and was missing for a full month.
The police investigation turned up an illegal alien
who went by a false name with the aid of a stolen ID,
even using it to gain work on a local farm. He
followed and assaulted Tibbets, causing a massive
head injury which likely was the cause of death,
then abandoning her body in the cornfield where
it was found. The case is presently going to trial,
and the open borders advocates are hoping for the
same result as the one in San Francisco. Meanwhile,
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) weighed in on
the Tibbets murder in predictable fashion; a backer
of eased immigration laws, she had this to say on
CNN:

"I'm so sorry for the family here, ... (but) one of the
things we have to remember here is that we need an
immigration system that is effective, that focuses on
where real problems are ... "

Cold and callous, is she not? Sen. Warren thinks that
it's not a "real problem" when dangerous criminals
who enter our country illegally kills someone. She
went on to say that our present immigration policy
separates children from their families at our borders,
and that the children are not seen by their parents for
days or weeks afterward. But somehow it is not a
problem if the parents of a child who was murdered
by a bloodthirsty thug who has no legal right to be here
never sees their child again as a result. And the
frightening thing, the maddening thing is that the
left-wing senator is far from the only government
official who holds such sentiments. Notice how these
people are all on the Left? Once again, the lefties
are showing their preferential treatment for criminals,
be they homegrown or from elsewhere. Law abiding
citizens? Victims of crime? Mere peasants, no big
deal! What's all the fuss? Besides, this is such a rotten
and immoral country that it deserves to have this happen,
to take it down a few pegs! It's an awful country with
awful people, and it's time for its comeuppance.
That's how the Left views the United States. This is
also the substance of their support for the veritable
erasure of our borders, as they can hasten the demise
of our country by diminishing border protection and
increasing entry of elements who will never contribute
anything positive to our society but rather be like
a cancer, eating away at our society and good order.
Establishing sanctuary cities is the main method of
carrying out their nefarious scheme. By the by, your
angry Peasant is sad to report that Milwaukee has
also been established a sanctuary city as well by its
left-wing municipal leaders.

Maintaining borders not only preserves a country, it
preserves public safety. Keep out the people who
try to illegally enter, and you'll keep out those who
would do the populace harm. And no, I'm not at all
saying that all who come here by other than legal
means are violent criminals, but certainly some of
them have proven to be so. Stronger border
enforcement (building The Wall, as President Trump
wants to do, would help), plus allowing ICE to do
its job without being hampered by stringent rules
which would result in the diminishment of safety
for all would likely have prevented the murders
of these young women who had lots of living
ahead of them, who had dreams and goals and
aspirations which now will never be fulfilled.
Instead, they have families and friends who are
mourning their sudden, untimely and violent
deaths, while elected public officials belittle
them and their deceased loved ones.


MEM