Illegal Immigration: Message to Border Jumpers

You know you shouldn’t have done it. You know that it was wrong to begin your life as an American by breaking an American law. You should have waited your turn. You should have responded to all those questions, the answers to which, collated, would answer the only question that really matters, “Will you be a good American citizen?”

You had heard the grapevine news that the Americans were now letting anybody in, no questions asked. You didn’t believe it. Why would America, big and smart and rich, not protect her own border? Why would America not place a value on her precious homeland as high as the rest of the world does?

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Neal B. Freeman

Neal B. Freeman, businessman and journalist, was a director of National Review Inc. for 38 years.

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You know you shouldn’t have done it. You know that it was wrong to begin your life as an American by breaking an American law. You should have waited your turn. You should have responded to all those questions, the answers to which, collated, would answer the only question that really matters, “Will you be a good American citizen?”

You had heard the grapevine news that the Americans were now letting anybody in, no questions asked. You didn’t believe it. Why would America, big and smart and rich, not protect her own border? Why would America not place a value on her precious homeland as high as the rest of the world does?