Who's Afraid Of Open Borders?
Are you?
Hi there. Let’s retrace our steps a little bit.
I think I said something like, “Illegal immigration is good and we should give illegal immigrants amnesty.”
And you said something along the lines of,
“Do you welcome people who break into your home? Illegal immigrants are ‘breaking into’ this country.”
“If 10 homeless people start squatting at your abode tomorrow, are you going to go along with that?”
First off, I just want to say that I’m truly sorry if your own house was broken into in the past. I assume it’s a single-family home, but feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
My grandparents’ house was robbed many times. Safewise says:
The trauma of home invasion is more about losing your sense of privacy and safety than it is about losing your stuff. After a home invasion or burglary, you may feel anxious, angry, and violated.
Safewise continues, “But it doesn't have to be like this forever.”
The mommy blog is right. It doesn’t have to be like this forever.
I know you’re scared. Maybe when those people broke into your house, you imagined a bunch of brown strangers taking your prized possessions.
It’s good to remember:
Strangers are people.
Some people do bad things.
Most people are good.
You probably you think you can’t trust any foreigner ever again. So here are some examples of foreigners you might like.
You’re probably tempted to try to make yourself super safe so that nobody can hurt you ever again, so you’re going to treat the entire country as your house. And you don’t want anyone entering your country without your permission.
But let’s remember here, US citizens can also break into your home,
But you probably don’t want to make it illegal for Floridans to enter your state without permission. I mean, does this make sense to you?
Oh man, where do you live? I bet you live in a place where there’s also some scary people. There’s a lot of good people there too. It would really suck if someone got scared of where you come from, right?
Like, what if the government saw all the scary people from your state and said, “we should enforce the borders and require screening before you can go to another state”?
Oh man, what if you have loved ones who live somewhere else?
Of course you can cross the immigration line and visit your loved ones! Just wait your turn!
Just make sure you get your immigration status approved!
You could also just, skip the whole line.
But hey, you only believe in legal immigration, right?