Speaking at a news conference on voting rights in Austin,
Texas recently, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that illegal immigrants should
be allowed to vote and claimed that “these newcomers
make America more American.”
What a
remarkably quick transition, as with gay marriage and transgender rights, we
have made in the terminology used to describe those crossing our borders while
breaking the law. They went from being illegal aliens to undocumented
immigrants to “newcomers” in the relative blink of an eye. By next week they’ll
have attained the status of “trailblazing saviors.”
If
newcomers-- whether from Honduras, North Africa or the Middle East-- make
America more American, than it cannot be argued that, in much the same way,
Africanized bees, Formosan termites, fire ants and Asian carp have made America
more American, too. Welcome newcomers! Celebrate diversity!
A sane
and rational person understands that criminals and drugs pour over the border
and that human trafficking is rampant. That is not to say that no good and
intelligent, kind and decent people are attempting to enter the country via our
southern border. However, it is to
say that if a person leaves the door to their home open all the time, it does
not make them compassionate. It makes them naïve and stupid, and a danger to
their home and their loved ones.
Moreover,
America is unique in that it is based on a set of ideas and ideals: limited republican government of, by and
for the people; the rule of law; and the belief that our rights are inalienable
and granted by our Creator.
Therefore, truth be told, the only way to keep America American, let alone make America more American, is to only allow those in who share a belief
in those founding principles.
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