From the migration of our ancestors from the African
continent to today’s migration from third world countries, humanity as always
sought greener pastures. With the election of President Trump, the world is now
aware that we cannot have uncontrolled open borders.
There are many benefits as well as complications with
migration. People move for different reasons: economic, security, well-being
and increasingly refuge from poverty and terrorism. Over the years what was seen
as compassion from developed countries has also been used for economic gains. However
today, immigration is being used as a political football by progressives to
alter the political landscape.
The United States has long been seen as the ultimate destination
for immigrants, from both developed and third world countries. The economic
juggernaut and creator of wealth is a magnet for people seeking to improve
their well-being. The American Dream has always been the goal for a vast
majority. The current problem is the result of years of Congressional inaction
caused by the flagrant abuse of cheap labor from mainly Mexico. In recent past
the number of illegal immigrants from Central American countries -Guatemala,
Honduras, El Salvador and other Latin countries has increased geometrically.
The majority of illegals cross the border into Mexico and travel without
control to the U.S border. Reports estimate that the number of illegal
immigrants in the U.S may well be between 11 to 24 million.
President Trump promised to change and control the U.S
borders but the Democrats and some Republicans in Congress have been extremely
reluctant to change the laws for political reasons. The Democrats have always
believed that ignoring current immigration laws benefit their voting base,
while Republicans do not believe in amnesty for the so-called DACA immigrants.
In this divisive debate about U.S immigration too often the truth does not come
out. Trump is blamed for the same policies created by Obama and other previous
administrations. The latest outrage about children being separated from their
parents is the direct result of a Court order which originated from an Obama
immigration law, which prevents children from being separated from their
parents for more than 20 days. This judgement resulted in what is known as
‘catch and release’. To date Congress is still unwilling to pass revised laws
that will improve the current status of immigration in the U.S.
On the other side of the world Europe has been the chosen
destination for many from the African continent and the rest of the world.
Chancellor Merkel of Germany created a serious problem by admitting millions of
illegals. Given the rules of free movement in the EU, other countries have seen
an increase in illegal immigrants. Furthermore, war in the Middle East and
poverty in the sub-Sahara countries have acerbated the situation. Europe has
been invaded by hordes of immigrants seeking asylum and many countries are now
questioning the wisdom of progressive policies that have allowed this crisis.
Italy, Hungary and Malta have recently refused to take more illegal immigrants.
I also believe that Brexit is a direct result of the EU’s policy on migration.
Immigration in Canada is driven by the need for economic
growth and nation-building. The future of the country depends on a
well-constructed immigration policy, but for years through the tinkering of
successive governments we have seen, to the detriment of the principles of
nation-building, a progressive deterioration in regulations, statutes and
administration of the country’s immigration programs. Under the current
government of Justin Trudeau, the situation has worsened, as he adopted an open
border policy. Today we see thousands coming across our unmanned borders. The
problem is that provinces are seeing enormous costs in harbouring these illegal
immigrants.
Each country has different immigration laws, some more
liberal than others. However there seems to be a trend to support an open
border policy. The United Nations has created a problem in Central and Southern
America by supporting progressive ideas and governments who believe that
capitalism is a bad concept. They have created a situation where governments in
these countries are no longer really in control, but instead the population is
now controlled by socialist dictators, gang leaders, drug lords and cartels.
Under those circumstances we can see an increase in refugee claimants from
these countries.
As for the uninformed Canadian who chooses to protest, it is
the result of the Canadian media taking its lead from the progressive media
around the world, with little regard for fact checking. It seems that the Canadian
TV media cannot do any investigations of their own, as they routinely take
their cue from NBC, CNN, ABC, all liberal U.S media. The Canadian point of view
ignores how the thousands of illegal immigrants entering the country are being
treated. The media rarely focusses on city tents, military camps or the use of
sport stadiums to house illegal immigrants. For sanctimonious Canadians who
continuously attack Trump’s immigration policies, we should start looking at
our own backyard. We are no better, and definitely we do not enforce our
existing laws for the sake of votes, political correctness and a seat at the
corrupt United Nations.
The narrative in the liberal mass media continues to drive
the debate with accusations of xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia. In reports of
recent protests around many cities in the world and the U.S, ignored is the
facts that many, if not all, the laws applied by Trump were not only supported
but created by his three predecessors – Clinton, Bush and Obama. It has become
a trend to use pictures of drowning kids and kids in cages to ramp up the
rhetoric. In the accusations of Trump placing kids separated from their parents
in cages, the media used pictures from the 2014 Obama era. A distortion of the
facts by the media and Hollywood delusional actors further exacerbates the
crisis. In addition, the reports very often omit the fact that most illegal
immigrants are prey to human traffickers, drug cartels and terrorist groups.
There is no doubt that the immigration crisis is a problem
of our own making, because the progressive, globalist left has chosen to ignore
that if you do not have borders you do not have a nation. Compassion is a trait
that separates humans from animals. However using compassion as an excuse to
redraw national boundaries and advance a political agenda is perhaps one of the
vilest actions employed by politicians aided and abetted by a less than
credible mass media.
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