Thursday, April 1, 2021

US should eliminate its borders, said Wall St. Journal Editorial, July 3, 1984: “We propose a five word constitutional amendment: There shall be open borders.”

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July 3, 1984, In Praise of Huddled Masses," Wall St. Journal Editorial, Review and Outlook 

 “If Washington still wants to “do something” about immigration, we propose a five-word constitutional amendment: There shall be open borders....The nativist patriots scream for “control of the borders."…They want those of us already safely ensconced to erect giant signs warning: Keep Out, Private Property….The individual is the lightning rod of 20th-century politics….If we cannot change their regimes, the least we can do is to offer refuge to those of their peoples with the opportunity and courage to arrive here.”…More people, the worry runs…will cause unemployment.…In fact…more people means more growth, the more the merrier.”…

[Above 3 images: Unaccompanied minors, photos by Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas Democrat, at South Texas holding facility, 6/12/2014]

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Added: ‘This is not a humanitarian crisis. It is a predictable, orchestrated and contrived assault on the compassionate side of Americans by her political leaders that knowingly puts minor illegal alien children at risk for purely political purposes,’ said the statement released by the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers.”

June 12, 2014, “Caged, diseased and desperate: Shocking pictures of the child illegal immigrants flooding over the border – as Joe Biden calls for an ‘unrelenting stream’ of migrants,” Daily Mail, Ryan Parry, Nogales, Arizona

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Added: 48 million Americans live in poverty2014.

 

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