I used to love reading The Federalist. Then today, they are pushing looser immigrant laws and citing of all things, the murder of Mollie Tibbetts. I guess I should have known better. The Federalist was created Ben Domenech, who just so happens be married to open borders hack Meghan McCain. According to The Federalist, illegal alien border crossings are a “victim-less crime.”
| The Federalist – let’s loosen immigration laws, because Mollie Tibbetts |
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All of that to say, Rivera had substantial interactions with U.S. institutions and significant ties to his local community. Yet he lived for years under the radar. His illegal status didn’t prevent him from doing all the things legal immigrants do — work, start a family, file tax returns. He simply found a way around the law, just as millions of other illegal immigrants do every day, all across the country.
Crossing The Border Illegally Is a Victimless Crime
The lesson to take from all this is not that we need an even bigger wall. Nor will it suffice to turn away from the problem, as Democrats are especially inclined to do right now because it renders their “abolish ICE” rhetoric absurd.The lesson in the tragedy of the Tibbetts murder is that people who want to come here and work will find a way to do it, regardless of the bureaucratic barriers placed in their path. Need a Social Security number to get hired? A state ID? Anyone with sufficient motivation can procure those things — and migrants, legal and illegal, are a self-selecting group of highly motivated people.
Bye Bye The Federalist. You are off my daily reading list.