09/23/2026
Read a head shake Sad recent Facebook post documenting higher costs of construction due to labor force being snatched off job sites and deported.
One comment said “Train American workers.” Response was “American kids don’t even cut their parents’ grass.” Also, “mortar and grout specialty requested, and I couldn’t find anyone left.” The best comment, of course, which we see a lot of, was this: “If they only had entered legally they’d be welcome and could stay.”
Ah, yes. How generous of you, fellow American.
Of course, no one could really say what “entered legally” actually entails. I mean step by step. Anyone who has typed these words into their Facebook comment “if only they had entered legally …” (which, of course, is the Alabama cousin of “if only they had followed officers’ instructions…”) surely have never had to enter legally. Call an immigration lawyer and find out.
There are a number of immigrants who entered legally - and I’ll even add “under Biden” - only to later learn the political sands had shifted and their paperwork was no longer sufficient - so they had to go.
Wouldn’t it be interesting to hold Americans to the same standard. You gotta be legal …. To STAY!
No running red lights, pay every cent of your taxes on time, no lying on your resume, make sure you pay the FULL employer taxes if you hire a domestic employee. Don’t be late on paying your electrical bill.
But, of course, legal is a relative term depending on whose head is on the chopping block. Hey, even the Constitution is malleable and subject to the majority interpretation of people - usually white men - who you’ll never, ever meet who went to Harvard and such lovely far away campuses.
The simple solution is to elect members of congress who understand how to change the law so it meets the economic needs of our society. Immigration is the only way to sustain America. It always has been. It’s actually what this nation was founded upon - people who got in boats - headed West - and when they arrived they beat down the natives and made it their land. Be honest about it.
Well, maybe I’ve stumbled upon the problem here in issuing my rant. Are we worried we will be beaten down by people immigrating now? Is that it?
Well, I don’t see that as a rational concern. Better to use American values to promote the notion of E Pluribus Unum. And let’s not be so cruel to families who get up before sunrise, work hard and provide for their families - and pay into the social security system without any right to receive it later.
Thank you for reading!
