Bipartisan Betrayal

“Where is the fence?”

By Thomas Sowell

With immigration, as with other issues, the most important decision is: Who is to make the decision?

It should be too obvious for words that decisions about who is to come into the United States and live among Americans should be made in the United States by Americans.

In reality, however, for years that decision has been made in Mexico by Mexicans and by others who chose to cross the border from Mexico into the United States with impunity, knowing that even if they were caught, they would at worst be turned back — and could try again.

Many would not even have to face that. They would be released within the United States, with instructions to report back to the authorities for legal proceedings.

But why should they be expected to obey that legal requirement when they did not obey the law against crossing the border in the first place?

None of these facts is news. Nor is it rocket science to figure out what the consequences have been and will be.

Both political parties know what is going on and both parties choose to see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. Neither wants to risk losing the Hispanic vote, though it is doubtful whether all Hispanics are in favor of open borders.

The net result has been empty promises about controlling the border, paired with various schemes to legalize the illegal immigrants, and washed down with fraudulent statements that insult our intelligence.

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