We're suppose to be a Country of Laws.

One of the things I just don’t get about this country is how we are so willing as a government and as a people it seems are so willing to look the other way when people break our immigration laws. The far right seems to think its okay because it means cheap labor, and the left seems to think its okay because it fits with their idea of a global government.

What is so wrong with us that we don’t want to protect our borders, or enforce our own laws? Nearly every other country on the planet will strictly enforce their border policy, even as far as to do so with their standing army. Make any suggestion that we as a nation do the same, and look out for all the labels being thrown your way.

I look at this way, if someone is willing to enter this country illegally and break that law, what other laws are they going to not bother following when they’re here? Case in point is a story from Portland Oregon about two cousins who currently stand accused of killing a 15-year old girl in Milwaukie Oregon. Both of whom, admit to being in the country illegally.

As more of the facts seem to find their way into the media about this case I start getting angrier and angrier that we as a country seem to think that breaking immigration laws is okay. The murder apparently took place during an attempted rape. It turns out the one of the cousins had recently pled guilty of drunk driving *AND* not being a resident, yet he was not remanded to ICE.

This whole attitude of “Not My Job” has got to stop when it comes to law enforcement. If you stop someone for a standard traffic stop, what harm is there in running a cross check for legal status? If you’re in this country illegally, and you get caught, and I don’t care by whom, you need to be deported.

Of course this means we also actually have to enforce our borders. I don’t care if we put our troops on the border or build a couple of walls, it needs to get done. People willing to break our laws and enter this country illegally are going to be willing to break other laws. Drug trafficking, and DUI are probably just the most common.

Not everyone who wants to be here as the right to be here. If you want to live here, follow the rules.