The latest Somali immigrant attack in America’s heartland was as predictable as it was preventable. Ten people are hospitalized in an attack that could have been much worse, but for our fortunate ability to counter the terrorist with an armed response.
The Left has no excuse — none whatsoever — for its decision to allow the mass immigration to America of a group with few economic prospects and a hugely disproportionate percentage of people who are planning attacks on Americans. And yet, they’ve done it and continue to do it, and Donald Trump is one of the few who has called them out on it. That’s one big reason why he’s President-elect Trump and the amnesty-promoters are finally, at least for now, back on their heels.
I’ve written here on several occasions about our ludicrous immigration policy for Somalis, as has Mark Kirkorian. Scott Johnson over at Power Line has done some outstanding in-depth reporting on the Somali immigrant influx in Minnesota.
I hate to pick on one group, because of course only a few Somali immigrants are terrorists and most just want to live a life in a better place than Somalia (which to be fair, would be pretty much anywhere) but it’s worth focusing on repeatedly because if American elites are not serious about stopping mass immigration even from this group, which accesses our welfare system and our national-security apparatus at wildly disproportionate rates, then we are not really serious about making America’s immigration policy sane again.
It may seem hard-hearted to some to not immediately embrace any “disadvantaged” group (and Somali immigrants are certainly disadvantaged) but there is a term for people who are only able to think in emotional terms, rather than rational ones, when it comes to balancing compassion and the national interest. Those people are called liberals — and they are not people we should let anywhere near GOP policymaking.
Let’s hope that President Trump follows his strong words on the campaign trail with equally strong actions.