executive order<\/a> that took note of the fact that \u201cThe United States is also a country with borders and with laws that must be enforced.\u201d A refreshing acknowledgement, until you read the ensuing sentences which make it clear that, in the opinion of the president enforcing the laws \u201cthat must be enforced\u201d\u00a0 both \u201cignore[s]the humanity of those who seek to cross them\u201d and is a waste of \u201cresources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nBut that doesn\u2019t mean\nthat Mr. Biden doesn\u2019t have a plan to halt mass incursions across our borders.\nHe does indeed. Following along in the executive order we find that the plan\nentails an interagency task force with the mission to develop \u201cStrategies for\nAddressing the Root Causes of Irregular Migration and for Collaboratively\nManaging Migration in the Region\u201d that will work collaboratively with other governments\nin the region\u2026because nothing indicates seriousness and action quite like an\ninteragency task force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hey, why didn\u2019t anyone\nthink of this before? All we have to do is end poverty, violence and corruption\nin Central America and Mexico (and perhaps a few dozen other countries around\nthe world) and, problem solved! Besides, what else has Joe Biden got to do?\nIt\u2019s not like there are any pressing problems that need solving right here in\nthe U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sarcasm aside, working\nwith other governments to address serious problems in those countries is a\nworthy idea. But it has to begin with a sincere effort on the part of those\ncountries to address the legitimate needs of their citizens. In the entire\nhistory of the region, it would be hard to point to any such efforts on the\nparts of the oligarchs and military juntas that have run those countries. Maybe\nan interagency task force and a regional collaborative migration management\nteam will change all that, but I\u2019m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best hope for real\nchange in Central America and other sources of mass migration is citizens of\nthose countries taking action to end the corruption that has impoverished them\nfor generations. It\u2019s not easy and never has been, but we have seen in Eastern\nEurope and elsewhere that it can be done. But that is never going to happen so\nlong as we invite a mass exodus by promising unfettered entry to the United\nStates, which is what all of President Biden\u2019s other immigration orders are\ndesigned to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadly, without meaningful change from within, \u201caddressing the root causes\u201d of mass migration is just a pretentious way of saying that U.S. immigration laws will be forever held hostage to every corrupt and incompetent regime around the globe. Joe Biden knows this, and so do the American people. So, why don\u2019t we all just be honest about it? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Tuesday, President Biden, who has been signing executive orders at a record clip during his first two weeks in office, signed three more relating to immigration. Notably, none of the orders signed heretofore made any mention of the need (much less the imperative) to secure our border or curtail illegal immigration. That all changed<\/p>\n
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