Author:  R. Alan  Harrop, Ph.D.

The Marxists in our country love to point out that we are a nation of immigrants. Of course, they fail to acknowledge that until recently, we were a nation of legal immigrants. President Trump as usual is fulfilling his campaign promises, including stopping the flood of illegal aliens we witnessed during the Biden administration. Biden lied when he said we needed new legislation to deal with this problem. In reality all we needed was a new president who put the welfare of our country first. The result is that illegal immigration has essentially been stopped and is at the lowest levels in fifty years. However, the damage caused by the Biden administration open border policy is continuing.

Let’s first look at the financial impact. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimates that the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. is close to 20 million. Many of these illegals access government services for free, for example housing, healthcare, education, food stamps, and other welfare programs. FAIR calculates that the cost to the American taxpayer in 2022 was 182 billion dollars. (This amount has only increased since then.) The cost for each illegal is about 9,000 dollars a year or an average of 1,200 dollars per each taxpayer. This includes federal, state, and local taxes. Note that the Democrats, who have chosen to shut down the federal government, want the taxpayers to shoulder an increasing tax burden by expanding funding for healthcare for illegals. It should be remembered that prior to the Democrats led by Ted Kennedy changing the immigration laws in the 1960s, all immigrants into this country had to provide proof that they or their relatives had sufficient resources and income to support themselves economically.

It should be noted, that Marxism has always advocated open borders and eliminating national governments in favor of global governance. The potential impact of open borders is the destruction of a countries traditions and values. Note how the left wants to tear down our statues for example. Many of the illegals let in by the Biden administration have no intention of giving up their own culture and adopting ours. Up until the 1960s immigration law change, most of the immigrants were from European countries who share our heritage of western civilization. That is no longer the case. Many of the groups currently coming here are unlikely to ever assimilate as immigrants have done in the past. Europe is about five years ahead of us with this problem. The cities of London, Paris, Brussels, etc., have been essentially taken over by immigrants. An example of this happening in our country is Dearborn Michigan, which is essentially a Muslim community, many of whom want to live under Sharia law. The situation is aggravated by the fact that some of these cities (like New York) are allowing illegals to vote in local elections even though federal law prohibits voting in national elections. The mayoral race in New York City should concern us all since the election of an avowed Marxist in one of our largest cities would mark an advancement of Marxism that could not have been imagined 30 years ago.

There was a time right after World War II, when most people in America were aware of and dreaded the possibility of a Marxist takeover in our country. That is obviously no longer the case. Massive immigration and the leftist takeover of many of our universities has set the stage for what we are seeing now. Abraham Lincoln once said that America would never be destroyed by a foreign power, but if we were to be destroyed, it would be from within. Open borders, the destruction of the traditional family, diminishing church attendance, homosexual marriage, reliance on the government for healthcare and other benefits are all symptoms of our slide to Marxism. Patriotic Americans must recognize this reality and stand up for traditional American values before it is too late. Fortunately, we have a president who is leading us back in the right direction. We all need to support him as much as possible and fight for our freedoms.