Matt Wuerker for November 16, 2022

What are the odds that a deeply partisan, ultra-dysfunctional US Congress will solve this — or any other significant issue — in our lifetimes?

When all countries in the Americas are doing well, the United States of America also does well. Sometimes we do really poorly at being generous and leading by example. Our biggest roadblock is america first, just not Americas First.

Funny how these “patriots” have such a problem with people escaping “communist” regimes

Too true!

Yup. It’s not about border security. It’s about the root causes that compel people to leave their homes, cultures, and countries to find a better way.

Ask yourself—what would it take for you to leave your home, your extended family, your friends, the neighborhood you grew up in, your language, your culture, even the church you were baptized in, to travel, through incredible hardships, risking your life, to another country where you are not wanted, where you have no way to make a living, where you will either be arrested or live in fear of Immigration authorities, where you will be hated, reviled, and even attacked by the citizens of that country? What horrors are driving those desperate people? Instead of attacking the “Immigrant Problem” at the border, we need to do whatever we can to solve the problem at the source- those immigrant/refugees don’t necessarily want to come here, it’s just that they can’t stay there and hope to keep on living!

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Poor people want to go where the money is…who knew?

It’s true. When you make someone’s life unbearable and unsustainable, they often feel compelled to leave their home in search of somewhere safer and with a modicum of opportunity.

Spot on.

We’ve been screwing over South and Central America for more than a century.