In Defense of the Indefensible

 Last month Kamala Harris said that the the border of the United States was secure.

Source: https://thetexan.news/vice-president-harris-calls-southern-border-secure-under-biden-administration/

It is just one example where Democrats either have to outright lie or turn themselves into a pretzel attempting to justify what is transpiring on the southern border of the United States.

Do these numbers suggest that the border is secure? 

Mind you that these are just the numbers of illegals that were apprehended and released into the country.

It does not include those that snuck in undetected.

The Biden administration is on track to allow 5 million illegal immigrants to enter the country in two years.

It is all being done in direct contravention of the laws of the United States of America.

These numbers also do not account for the massive amounts of drugs being smuggled into the country across that border. This includes Fentanyl which is primarily manufactured in small labs in Mexico from raw materials sourced in China.

Fentanyl now accounts for the vast majority of U.S. drug overdose deaths.

Credit: https://www.statista.com/chart/18744/the-number-of-drug-overdose-deaths-in-the-us/

Those are sad, sad statistics.

On the other hand, what is amusing is seeing the reactions of the people and politicians in Democrat strongholds such as Martha's Vineyard, New York City, Washington, DC and Chicago when they have to deal with illegal immigrants showing up in their areas.

In these areas it is not uncommon to see this sign in someone's yard or apartment window.

Martha's Vineyard, which saw 50 illegal immigrants flown into the liberal enclave by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, mades sure that the illegals were removed within one day.

Source: https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/illegal-immigrants-get-the-boot-after-one-day-on-marthas-vineyard/

The locals stated that they simply did not have the room to house the illegals.

However, you have to wonder how they expect Del Rio, Texas to be better equipped to handle the onslaught of illegals by the Biden administration's failure to enforce the nation's immigration laws?

It goes without saying that New York City, Washington, DC and Chicago are in a better position to deal with illegals than Martha's Vineyard but we are also hearing nothing but complaints from them as well.

Each of these cities has also proudly stated they are "sanctuary" cities.

Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/sanctuary-cities

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared a "state of emergency" due to 17,000 illegals showing up in his city.

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-adams-declares-state-emergency-17000-migrants-spark-shelter-crisis

Washington, DC Muriel Bowser declared a "public health emergency" in the nation's capital last month as the illegals arrived from Texas.

Source: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/09/texas-busing-migrants-dc-emergency/

Mayor Lori Lightfoot stated that she welcomed the migrants but then turned around and started sending the illegals to hotels in suburban areas outside of the city of Chicago.

Source: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/chicago-welcomes-texas-migrants-then-sends-them-to-suburbs/

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to defend the illegal immigration and take a shot at Governor DeSantis by claiming that there was a labor shortage and the immigrants were needed to pick crops in Florida and elsewhere in the South.

The only problem with that is that it is AGAINST THE LAW for anyone in the United States to employ an illegal alien.

Anyone hiring an illegal immigrant is in violation of Title 8 U.S.C. Section 1324.

Source: https://jsberrylaw.com/blog/is-it-a-crime-to-employ-undocumented-immigrants/

Does Nancy Pelosi not know that or is she encouraging employers to break the law?

It just goes to show how the Democrats are attempting to defend that which is indefensible.

Is there any hope that this will change?

The only solution I see is for the voters to send a strong message to the Democrats in the November mid-term elections.

If Republicans make significant gains in Congress and the Biden administration still does not take actions to enforce the immigration laws it may be necessary to consider impeachment efforts for those who have violated their oath of office. That would logically begin with Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas.

I do not want that to be the case but something has to be done for the Democrats to get the message.

We have no country if we have no borders.

We also have no country if our leaders do not enforce our laws.

There is no doubt we need reform of our immigration laws.

However, any immigration reform law needs to have strict limits about who gets in and how many are allowed in.

Right now the Democrats seem unwilling to accept any limits.

Therefore, why would they sign off on any legislation that would require strict limits they would have to honor when there are effectively no limits now?

That is why they ignore the laws with impunity in furtherance of what they apparently believe is beneficial to their political objectives.

Democrats need to be disabused of the notion that we will simply let our leaders ignore our laws.

That is why the only solution to the chaos on the southern border appears to be to curtail the power of Democrats in Congress until they come to their senses.