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From: John Coffey
To: Grant
From: John Coffey
To: Grant
Grant,
I do not want to see government overreach. Constitutional limits on federal government power started being ignored about 90 years ago.
There are two related issues here:
We live in a very dangerous world, so we must protect our national security, while not ignoring constitutional rights. BTW, I'm halfway through watching the movie Snowden, and even though Snowden may have had some valid concerns, I can't not forgive someone disclosing classified information. If I had done that in my job, I would be in prison.
People should follow the law when immigrating to this country, and we should enforce those laws. Without a border you don't have a country. You don't want just anybody sneaking in because you can't control whether it is a terrorist, drug dealer, or violent criminal.
I've argued with Steve, who thinks that we should allow anyone to cross the border with no restrictions whatsoever. That's like saying you would just let an invading army cross your border for the sake of freedom. There are a great many more people who want to move here than the other way around. What happens if everyone in the world who wants to come here is able to do so? At some point you have to have a limit, and that limit has no meaning unless you enforce it.
The political left is trying to score political points by turning this into a human rights issue, even if their position makes no sense. National elections are decided by very slim margins, and they only need to persuade 2% to regain power. Once they do so, I presume that they will open the floodgates again. Under current law, illegal aliens count for apportionment in Congress, and subsequently the Electoral College, which should be illegal. That is their real motive.
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