A few days back, celebrated African-American multibillionaire and entrepreneur Elon Musk was at a private gathering hosted by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in Jackson, Wyoming.
When asked by one
donor how the GOP could improve its platform, Musk said Republicans should
project a more
compassionate stance to voters and be more welcoming toward immigrants.
Despite attending the GOP retreat, Musk reiterated his centrist views on social media
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559690651687608321
So should the GOP
adopt a more
“compassionate stance” toward immigration?
So let’s first look
at the illegal immigration situation.
According to Homeland
Security, more than 2.5
million illegal aliens crossed the southern border since Biden took
over. The actual number, which includes those who evaded the
authorities, must be considerably higher.
So would be an act of
compassion to welcome everyone who crosses the border or overstays their visa?
When droves of illegal migrants enter the US and they are usually
resettled in working-class localities. The
migrants would not be permitted to be even in the vicinity of affluent localities
such as the ones where the likes of Musk reside.
Hence while Musk demands compassion, it is the working class
who suffers the consequences of the migrant influx.
For every locality, the infrastructure such as roads, bridges,
pavements, parks, etc., facilities such as schools, colleges, universities,
libraries, hospitals, and personnel such as firefighters, law enforcement
officials, etc. are directly proportional to the number of citizens.
The taxpayers fund
the construction and maintenance of infrastructure and facilities and the
salaries of personnel working at these facilities.
What happens when a
locality is flooded with illegal migrants?
The infrastructure
meant for citizens is overrun by non-citizens.
For instance, last September, thousands of migrants mostly
from Haiti,
crowded under the Del
Rio International Bridge in Texas as agents worked as quickly as they
could to process them. There are myriad other instances where places meant for citizens
are illegally occupied and are subjected to numerous unhygienic practices.
Citizens no longer feel safe using facilities meant for them.
These migrants could also be carriers of infections such as
COVID-19 or Monkey Pox this makes them an additional risk to citizens and a
potential burden on the medical infrastructure.
There have been
reports that countries such as Mexico
emptying their prisons. They save money for hosting these criminal elements
in their prisons. What if these elements are sent to the US? The Democrats have
been calling for defunding the police while The FBI is occupied persecuting
political opponents of the Democrats.
The citizen once again could be the victim of the most heinous
crimes as a result of this.
Another consequence
of the open border is the smuggling of illicit drugs. The
Wall Street Journal reported that drug-overdose deaths in 2021 topped
100,000 for the first time in a calendar year.
Human trafficking has become a lucrative criminal market in the U.S.
The victims are usually tortured, exploited, and subjected to slavery. The Southwest border is
the biggest point of illegal entry into the U.S and hence a boon for human traffickers.
In this situation, the involuntary migrant is the victim
There are consequences
on employment as well.
For instance, when
summer fruits and vegetables ripen across in farms and orchards, the work of
harvesting quickly is vital. The citizen either has to settle for a lesser wage
or is rendered unemployed when illegal migrants work for much less than minimum
wages.
Quite often big
corporations prefer to hire illegal migrants and pay them meager daily wages
rather than hire citizens and pay them their wages and benefits. This is
why open borders were once termed a "right-wing
scheme" by leftists like Bernie Sanders because they were once the champions
of the working class.
It must therefore be inferred that defending the border and
restricting illegal migration is a compassionate act
Musk also said that
immigration is a key part of maintaining a strong economy and cited his own
decision to relocate from his native South Africa to the US.
Musk used the word
immigration without distinguishing between illegal and legal immigration.
When individuals
decide to migrate to the US legally they have to apply for a VISA. They are
subjected to a thorough background vetting and a thorough interview.
Few in the US would oppose
giving citizenship or VISAS to individuals such as Elon Musk who are talented
and industrious such that they contribute to the growth of the economy. Most importantly they embrace the freedoms and values of the US.
But immigration
irrespective of legality is not a right, it is a privilege.
The perils of unvetted and unfettered immigration from alien
cultures can hardly be exaggerated.
Every country and
state is known for its culture. If foreigners overwhelm the locality, it causes
an erosion of their culture. At times a spike in the most heinous never-before-seen crimes such as ‘honor killings’ or violence against blasphemy.
Even legal immigration has its risks. The 9-11 hijackers were in the US legally on temporary visas.
The well-being of the citizen should be the sole interest of any
government or political party.
If there is a
situation where a nation is suffering hardships due to a weak economy or if
citizens are unemployed, it is an act of compassion toward the citizen to stop
legal immigration and focus on the citizen.
Musk also reportedly
said the country would improve if Republicans “stayed out of people’s bedrooms.”
Perhaps Musk forgot
that it was the Democrats who applied deeply intrusive and extreme measures using
the pretext of Covid-19.
It was the Democrats
who ordered lockdowns that imposed restrictions on movement, access to public
spaces, and public assembly. There have been instances of police arresting and
fining individuals for merely attending
a party or being part of religious
gatherings.
Vaccine mandates that
were promoted by Democrats eliminated the facility of choice which is a
Democratic right.
The Biden
administration mandated vaccines for health care workers, military personnel,
and non-citizen air travelers, they also attempted to mandate the vaccine
for private
sector employees but they failed.
Back in April,
Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified that the Department of
Homeland Security had set up a Disinformation Governance Board to would
"work and to equip local communities, to identify individuals who could be
descending into violence by reason of ideologies, hate, false narratives, or
other disinformation and misinformation propagated on social media and other
platforms."
To sum it up the
Democrats were intending to sit in judgment of the public utterances of
citizens. The Biden administration claims that the Disinformation board
has been 'paused' which means it could either return or it still operates covertly.
Musk must understand that it is the Democrats who want big government that intrude in people's private lives and enter not only their bedrooms but their entire house and their bodies.
Musk better realize that the GOP, particularly the MAGA wing is the only group that stands for freedom and choice.
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