What made Rush Limbaugh so happy was his conviction that this movement of people was proof that Donald Trump has been right all along about our country needing a border wall to keep these people out.
As it turns out, most of the 76,000 are parents with children fleeing violence and destitution in the gang war-torn countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
... then seeking out border patrol agents to whom they turn themselves in and request asylum. |
Which means that migrants on our soil have the right under our law to apply for asylum, notwithstanding Donald Trump's attempt - which was struck down in court - to abolish this law on his own.
Ours is the richest country on the planet, with an over-abundance of land, food and resources, a country founded as a haven for refugees and built by the hard work and dreams of the huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
...the wretched refuse, the homeless, the tempest tossed. |
...which includes the likes of Rush Limbaugh, himself a millionaire 500 times over, |
I wonder if God will punish us all for this?
1. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/us/border-crossing-increase.html
2. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/immigration-reform-central-american-refugees/494948/
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/trump-central-american-refugees.html
4. https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/12/03/asylum-explainer
5. https://www.uscis.gov/legal-resources/immigration-and-nationality-act
6. https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article91978142.html
7. https://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/immigration/b/outsidenews/posts/trump-is-not-king-cannot-change-us-asylum-system-via-executive-action