The Border Isn’t Just a Crisis, It’s Also a Grift

Article subtitle: 
Commentary
Article author: 
Brian Lonergan
Article publisher: 
IRLI
Article date: 
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Article category: 
National Issues
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There was a time not long ago when Americans would read news stories about obscene levels of corruption in other countries and feel justified in a sense of superiority. Things might not be perfect here, but at least we weren’t that bad. No more. We have now reached the point here where it is that bad. We have surrendered the right to look down our noses at any other country.

One of the most glaring examples of this today can be found in the crisis raging at the U.S.-Mexico border. There have been endless videos of hordes of migrants traversing the Rio Grande and walking into the United States, but that is just a part of the total picture. . . .