By Milt Harris ——Bio and Archives--January 22, 2024
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Some analogies are way off base. So far off base, that anyone that hears it, shakes their head, and tries to pretend that the person didn’t say it. What’s worse than making a bad analogy, is when the person then doubles down and proposes something equally ridiculous in an attempt to prove their point.
Enter Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla. He, like most Democrats, doesn’t grasp the concept of legal immigration as opposed to a border invasion. At a House Oversight and Accountability Hearing on immigration, the House GOP’s H.R.2 Secure the Border Act, was being discussed. The bill passed back in May and would restrict the asylum process for people crossing the border and require resumed construction on the border wall.
This triggered the freshman congressman, who is just one of many Democrats that oppose the bill. However, Frost took it a step further. First, he tried to mistakenly compare the welcome of immigrants on the inscription of the Statue of Liberty to what is taking place at the border. Then indignantly suggested that if Republicans were going to stand by their “bigoted” position, he would introduce a bill he wrote calling for the Statue to be torn down.
The famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty, which was written by Emma Lazarus, cannot in any way be compared to what is happening at the border.
Immigrants entering our country were then and are now expected to do so legally. In times past, for the most part, those that came did just that. They also came to work and contribute, not to take and use the system. The idea has always been for those that come here to assimilate into American society. Today, far too many have no intention of doing that. Instead of cherishing their heritage, but appreciating that they need to embrace American culture, they are demanding and indignant. Many insisting that we as Americans succumb to their traditions.
Frost is not blind, and neither are his fellow Democrats. Their defense of what is taking place at the border makes them look foolish. It’s truly time to stop calling the border crises a surge of immigrants. This is a legitimate invasion, these people are not entering the country legally, and it must be stopped.
The left may want to ignore the human trafficking and drug trade that this invasion is allowing, but by defending it they are in fact promoting it. The Biden administration has embraced this invasion and the harm that it will do to our country may be incalculable.
Perhaps Frost, who was elected among other things to protect his constituents, may want to think twice before calling those that are trying to do that liars.
Even he should understand that a welcome mat at the front door doesn’t mean the message is for anybody and everybody.
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Milt spent thirty years as a sales and operations manager for an international manufacturing company. He is also a four-time published author on a variety of subjects. Now, he spends most of his time researching and writing about conservative politics and liberal folly.