Vote for the Wall on November 6

Another caravan of thousands of border crossers is amassing in Central America and organizers pledge to march north to the U.S. border and demand entry. These trespassers often garner highly sympathetic attention from our left-leaning mainstream media, which labels them with the euphemistic appellation “undocumented immigrants,” as if some mere paperwork is out of order.  Illegal aliens who knowingly break into our country are “undocumented” the same way a burglar in our home is an “unregistered house guest.”

President Trump has already warned these people via Twitter that “anybody entering the United States illegally will be arrested and detained prior to being sent back to their country!”  Moreover, he threatened economic ramifications for countries allowing and assisting in this direct threat to our sovereignty. 

I totally understand and respect the desire to be part of the American miracle.  I was fortunate enough to win the lottery of life by being born in this land.  My own father, like many of these people, fled the corruption and lack of opportunity of Latin America.  But unlike them, he did so legally, and with a grateful and respectful heart for the country that welcomed him. 

In fact, tolerating lawless entry and porous borders represents an affront to the millions of legal immigrants who endure a lengthy and difficult process to naturalize here.  Legal immigration occupies a hallowed place in the American story and, partly in their honor, we must secure our borders.  To accomplish this task we must build the wall. 

Thankfully, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy acknowledges the primacy of fulfilling this foundational 2016 election promise and proposes legislation to fully fund wall construction.  This plan gives impetus to voters who oppose the lunacy of so-called sanctuary cities and the dangerous calls from many prominent Democratic politicians to eliminate ICE.