8 Reasons to Close the

Border Now
With thousands of illegal immigrant minors continuing to pour
over Americas southern border, the same politicians are singing
the same songs: we cant close the border, we must
pursue comprehensive immigration reform, we can only
reach political consensus if we compromise on border
enforcement. Its all nonsense. As Ive explained in this space,
we could easily close the border if we had the political will to
do so.
The lack of political will springs from a fundamental misunderstanding of the risks of
mass illegal immigration to immigrants, both legal and illegal, and to American
citizens. Here, then, are the top reasons to close the border, and to close it forthwith:
Disease. America is now coping with diseases it believed it had eradicated, at least in
part thanks to unrestricted immigration. In early June, ABC 15 in Arizona reported,
US Border Patrol agents are worried that whats coming over into the US could harm
everyone Agents are worried about a viral outbreak. According to Border Patrol Agent
and Rio Grande Valley Union representative Chris Cabrera, agents are experiencing
contagious outbreaks and so-called quarantine areas are nothing of the sort, often
separated from the general population by mere caution tape. Theres been an outbreak
of scabies thats been going on for the past month, Cabrera said. And its not just
scabies, its chicken pox, MRSA, staph infections. The Department of Homeland
Security will not allow media to speak with doctors and medical staff treating illegal
immigrants. A health official told The Blaze, There is really no hard stop at the
border, and we have no idea health-wise what diseases are coming across.
The Safety of US Citizens. Crafting a system in which American authorities have
no idea who is in the country is a recipe for public safety disaster. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement admits that in 2013, it released 36,007 convicted criminal aliens
awaiting deportation outcomes, including immigrants responsible for homicides, sexual

assaults, kidnapping, and other serious crimes. The CIS breaks it down: 193 homicide
convictions (including one willful killing of a public official with gun); 426 sexual assault
convictions; 303 kidnapping convictions; 1,075 aggravated assault convictions; 1,160
stolen vehicle convictions; 9,187 dangerous drug convictions; 16,070 drunk or drugged
driving convictions; 303 flight escape convictions. Meanwhile, ranchers along the
southern border are victimized with impunity by drug cartels exploiting the open
border.
The Safety of Illegal Immigrant Children. This new influx of illegal
immigrant minors is unprecedented. Thousands of children, some as young as four
years old, have been found crossing the border. Some have been found dead.
Children are sometimes used by Mexican drug cartels, as well. While the Obama
administration loudly proclaims that it doesnt want children being sent through Mexico
to the United States, they refuse to state that illegal immigrant minors will be deported.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson refused no less than six times on
Sunday to say as much. Meanwhile, the Obama administration has already stated that
it will not deport so-called DREAMers, illegal immigrants without felony records
between the ages of 16 and 30.
The Threat of Terrorism. Both of our borders, northern and southern, are a source
of anxiety with regard to terror. In 2011, a report from the Senate Homeland Security
Committee found that the Canadian border gives easy passage into America by
extremists, terrorists and criminals whose purpose clearly is to harm the American
people. This month, Marine Corps General John Kelly, commander of US Southern
Command, said that the southern border had become a crime-terror convergence. He
explained, All this corruption and violence is directly or indirectly due to the insatiable
U.S. demand for drugs, particularly cocaine, heroin and now methamphetamines, all of
which are produced in Latin America and smuggled into the U.S. along an incredibly
efficient network along which anything hundreds of tons of drugs, people, terrorists,
potentially weapons of mass destruction or children can travel, so long as they can
pay the fare.
Low-Wage US Workers Will Pay. Unions largely support illegal immigration, for
three reasons: (1) they hope that illegal immigrants will one day vote, and vote for their
political allies; (2) they understand that more illegal immigration means broader
government, and government workers are more heavily unionized than private sector
workers; and (3) they hope to legalize those illegal immigrants to force them into
unions. Nonetheless, it is low-wage workers in the United States who pay the price for
illegal immigration. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, virtually all of
the net gain in jobs between 2000 and 2013 went to immigrants, either legal or illegal.

Immigrants particularly made major strides in building cleaning and maintenance and
construction and extraction.
The Taxpayers Will Pay. The illegal immigrants crossing Americas southern
border are not villains. Most of them are likely looking for a place to work. But that
doesnt mean theyre not draws on public resources. Illegal immigrants have a
poverty rate of 26 percent, twice that of the native-born. In Texas, CIS says that 58
percent of illegal households are on some form of welfare; thats 55 percent in
California. Taxpayers spend approximately $40 billion per year on education for illegal
immigrants or their children. A huge majority of illegal immigrants dont have health
insurance, which means they take advantage of public services in some form or fashion.
This isnt about the intent of illegal immigrants, which may be great they may be here
to work, to contribute, to build a better life. But adding a huge pool of unskilled
immigrants without legal working papers sets up a drain on the public dime.
Voter Fraud. The left dismisses the possibility of voter fraud while simultaneously
declaring that voter ID is racist. But todays decision from an Arizona court mandating
that drivers licenses be distributed to illegal immigrants who will not be deported
by the Obama administration puts us firmly on the road toward serious voter fraud.
American Culture Is Under Attack. This is not the fault of immigrants to
America, who, like all previous generations of immigrants from a myriad of other
countries (including my great-grandparents from Eastern Europe), would be willing to
acculturate to the United States. This is the fault of the left, which has suggested that the
melting pot ideal with unique American values is culturally imperialistic and
patriarchal. The result is an increasingly fragmented nation.
Despite these grave threats to America, members of both parties continue to pretend
that leaving the border open is a viable option Republicans, because they are beholden
to big businesses seeking cheap labor, and Democrats, because they wish to confiscate
the wealth of citizens. But at this point, there is simply no excuse for not closing the
border.
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