There Is No Way Democrats Can't Lead Our Country Without Taking Seriously The Border Crisis
“I voted for a fence, I voted …, and some of you won't like it, I voted for 700 miles of fence.” Former Vice President Joe Biden, currently leading the Democratic pack in the 2020 presidential race, confessed to this in a 2006 speech to a South Carolina Rotary club, noting that as a senator he had supported the Secure Fence Act.
Today, such a remark is considered a cardinal sin among the Democratic Party’s growing progressive base. Biden’s forced partial walk-back in commenting about his vote shows just how out of step a Democratic White House would be in dealing with our ongoing border crisis.
The situation in which Democrats find themselves on immigration has been fascinating to witness. In what might seem like an alternative universe, many Democrats once had a reasonable, rational response to illegal immigration and border security. They understood that an unsecured border is a serious issue that must be addressed through national security and economic lenses.
Large numbers of illegal crossings can put downward pressure on wages and make life harder for working-class Americans. Potentially dangerous individuals can cross the border and pose a serious threat to the safety of Americans. And there’s the issue of the continual flow of illegal drugs through Mexico into the United States.
In the past, Republicans and Democrats worked together to confront these issues — including, as Biden noted, by funding 700 miles of border fence and other security measures. But bipartisan cooperation has been upended as Democrats today largely choose to ignore the deteriorating situation at the southern border and offer unserious solutions to these pressing issues. They’d rather pretend a crisis doesn’t exist, even though the facts at ground zero paint a clear picture.
Perhaps what best illustrates the problem of an unsecured border is the alarming amount of narcotics that smugglers attempt to bring into the United States each year:
- Fentanyl seized by the U.S. Border Patrol increased from 0 pounds in fiscal year 2016 to a whopping 1,207 pounds for FY 2019 to date. For context, only 0.25 milligrams of fentanyl can kill a person. That is the equivalent of cutting one baby aspirin into more than 300 pieces.
- Other illegal drugs have flowed into the country. From 2012 to 2015, more than 32,000 pounds of cocaine and 17,000 pounds of methamphetamine were confiscated by the U.S. Border Patrol.
And it isn’t just drugs being trafficked into the United States but also people. Vulnerable families entrust much of their livelihoods to notoriously inhumane “coyotes” who promise them safe passage across the border. But for many families and children, this isn’t the case. This year ......
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[–] G45Colt 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
If by lead, you mean destroy, then a border crisis is a most wonderful thing with many more troubles to follow.
If anyone has been paying attention, every place the democraps are in charge of eventually turns into a shit-hole. And I mean that most sincerely. Chicago, Detroit, NY, LA, Seattle, Gary, etc - how many more examples do we need?
[–] onelson1 ago
Agree