Who’s Really to Blame at the Border?

City-Journal ^ | June 22,2018 | Heather Mac Donald

[Hojczyk]

Obeying the law, however, is something that must never be demanded of politically correct victims.

This principle is at work in the ongoing attacks on the criminal-justice system as well: the overrepresentation of blacks in prison is attributed to allegedly racist actors and institutions, not to lawbreaking by the criminals. Non-legal forms of distress are also covered by the no-agency rule. If single mothers experience elevated rates of poverty, the fault lies with a heartless welfare system, not with their decision to conceive a child out-of-wedlock. The father, of course, is as good as nonexistent, in the eyes of the single-mother welfare lobby. If teen mothers are stressed out, the problem lies in the absence of daycare centers in high schools.

The “progressive” solution to these dilemmas is to confer an immediate benefit on the alleged victim that will alleviate the problem in the short term, perverse incentives be damned. Illegal aliens with children must be exempt from immigration rules. The likelihood that such a policy will encourage more illegal aliens to come is out of sight, out of mind (if not covertly viewed as an affirmative good). If having more out-of-wedlock children puts a strain on a single mother’s welfare check and food stamps, then the government should increase the allotment to reflect the additional births. If that single mother and her children show up at a shelter claiming homelessness, give them an apartment. If such free housing encourages more single mothers to flood the shelter system, contract for more apartments.

But the problem of perverse incentives will not go away. America’s loss of sovereignty over its borders and the incursion of millions of barely literate campesinos and their progeny is the result of years of victim-favoring policies that ignore personal agency and court the consequences.

[ridesthemiles]

Do NOT forget that Obama put large Bilboards AT the border, welcoming them into the USA.

The factors that are getting lost in the rhetoric include health issues.

NONE of these invaders are getting health clearances. The volume of invaders is too large.

ALSO- IF they all are such wonderful people, why can ‘t they clean up their own countries & stay there?

Where are they getting the $$$$ to make these long journeys?

Who is paying for all their cell phones. ?????

Some of them are better dressed than what I wear everyday.

[YogicCowboy]

1. Illegal aliens.

2. Communist foreign oligarchs.

3. Communist domestic oligarchs.