“60 Minutes” reported Sunday evening, Feb. 3, about a gap in our border wall. The gap is reported to be about 60 miles east of San Diego and is a global destination for migrants from around the world. The news source reported that during a four-day watch they personally witnessed about 600 illegal entries come through the small gap.
According to the report people from China are the fastest-growing number of illegal immigrants coming into our country. Over 37,000 just last year, which is a growing number.
Stories were told about people who sold their houses and gave up everything to make the trip. The trip had cost one person $14,000; another reported the trip took 10 days traveling through multiple countries.
TikTok has a video that provides all the details on where to find the gap and how to obtain the help needed in Mexico to get to the destination.
Who are these people? Are they simply well-intended people who are coming here to make our country better? Is this a move to fill our country with Chinese soldiers who may be positioning themselves to attack America from the inside?
Hopefully, it’s just a large group of people trying to escape from a bad country where life is not good.
The dumbest part of this “60 Minutes” story is the 4-foot gap that so many are coming through. Reportedly, there is no federal money allocated to fix the gap.
We have sent billions to Ukraine and Israel, but we do not have any money to plug up a hole used by people who are essentially invading our country.
We do not call them invaders, but they come illegally and in massive numbers.
It may not feel like an invasion in Iowa, but it does to people who live on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Why doesn’t someone take a dump truck or two of rocks and close up that gap?
If President Biden wants to improve his dismal ranking in the polls, then he should coordinate such an effort. He and VP Kamala Harris could each drive a big truckload of rocks and dump them into the gap. I bet he would have an impressive convoy of people who would join him in the effort.
I can’t see how it would be that much of a strain on the federal budget. Of course he won’t do that, nor will any other politician. There is probably some kind of rule or law that forbids such an action.
One elderly man who owns property close to the gap fired a gun in the air because migrants were burning trees on his farm. He was arrested for trying to protect his property.
Fixing that hole in the wall seems like a simple, common-sense thing to do. When you bring Washington into the process there is no common sense.
Dr. Glenn Mollette is a graduate of numerous schools, including Georgetown College and Southern and Lexington seminaries in Kentucky. His column is published weekly in over 600 publications in all 50 states. Dr. Mollette is the author of several books. Find his books on amazon.com. Learn more about his books, columns and music at glennmollette.com.