Back when I was younger, there was a wall put up. I have a chunk of it from when it came down. It was known as the Berlin Wall. It was part of a process call the Iron Curtain, Built by the Soviet Union (RIP) to keep people in, not out.
It says something about America that, with all of our problems; and they are legion, that we are contemplating building a wall to keep people out. People come here any way they can. The American melting pot used to work. People came here and learned to be Americans. They learned English, got jobs, bought homes and assimilated.
I remember after the Viet Nam war, boat people coming here. A church group sponsored a family who moved in next door to us. We became friends, shared meals, etc. Grandma took care of the house. 2 children in school, Mom, Dad, a brother and his wife all worked. A year after they got there, they bought a new car, Cash. A year after that they bought a home.
I don’t have a problem with immigrants, even refugees. Uninvited guests, when it numbers in the thousands or millions is called an invasion.
Patrick
AMDG