The USA has adopted a zero tolerance to illegal migration, resulting in thousands of refugees being arrested at the border. The minors are being separated from the adults, causing massive uproar.
In a world where we are being inundated with ever more gruesome visuals, it was a audio recording that really shook the world. One could hear the heartsore cry of a child being separated from its parent which caused a chill down the spine of most parents. Although it is deeply un-ethical, the attorney general, Jeff Sessions vowed to continue with the ruthless clampdown on illegal immigration. Donald Trump continued to be remorseless, but that would be expected from a man who was mainly absent when it came to raising his own children. He wants a merit based immigration system, probably similar to those in Australia. The logic goes that well educated immigrants contribute more to the economy, and thus help America grow. But that only makes sense for immigrants, and not for refugees.
However, at the point where the “illegal immigrants” cross the border, the border patrol would not know if they are refugees or illegal immigrants. That doesn’t seem to matter, because they immediately separate the family units and lock them up in what looks like “holding cages”, where they would officially stay up to 5 days, but how long they really stay nobody knows. This is like assuming that somebody is guilty before proving that they are innocent.
There is a much bigger fundamental problem though. The USA, more than any other country in the world, is built on immigrants. They mainly came from Germany, Ireland and Italy, but later also from Asian countries. They came not to flee the great wars, but they came because of poor economic prospects at home. The Irish flooded in during the well-known potato famine during the 1840’s, the Germans came during the 1820 to 1860’s when the effect of the industrial revolution caused wide spread unemployment and despair, the Asians came later from 1880 to 1914.
The dominance of American citizens with a migrant background is nowhere more obvious than in their own political elite. Currently there is no native American serving senator, there have only ever been 5. There are only two in their lower house, the House of Representatives. There have only ever been 16 though. A country, where the migrant is so engrained in their DNA, isn’t it ironic that their politicians are crying foul over the current immigration?