What am I?

[Irving]

I am not for open borders. The people who want to make more cash in El Paso or Denver than in Chihuaha and skip immigration to do so can go right back. But it's disgusting to hear so-called believers in the American foundation turn a blind eye to political and drug refugees. You know, the same way early Englishmen illegally immigrated here to escape oppression. Here's a little scenario that might provide insight to a couple hundred thousand El Salvadorian illegals:

-You can't buy a firearm to defend yourself because gun control is keeping your country "safe". The federal police are so deep in the pockets of the drug cartels and international gangs like MS13 that you literally couldn't get them to come and help you in the event something happened. And that says nothing about the corrupt ones who come and extort every last dollar you make. If you're lucky, they won't rape your teenage daughter in front of you. You can either flee to America and hope to find asylum and citizenship, or you can stay in hell all in the name of citizenship morality.

I also get annoyed at people assuming that the only reason people come here is because they think that they can get free stuff. I've got a pretty good article from NPR about what is currently going on in El Salvador. I was going to post the same thing, but realized that how people portray immigrants isn't really part of the immigration issue. Regardless of the fact that many people come here to literally save their lives, and are grateful to have just survived the trip, that doesn't really change the fact that we still have an immigration issue. Summary, terrible stuff is happening in other countries, but even if it weren't, we'd still have an immigration problem. If people with nothing but the shirts on their backs can get here, then people with ill intent the shirt on their back, plus any other resources can get here just as easily.