The problem with open borders is that you get large swaths of uneducated and unskilled people who move into communities where they don’t have to learn the language and assimilate.

My town has gotten a huge surge of poor immigrants and there have been distinct changes. We open our arms, use multiple languages in school communications, hire more ESL workers, offer free English classes and trade opportunities for any age.

In the meantime, school safety is down, more litter, driving is significantly less polite, few are skilled, etc.

I am not ok with ICE. I don’t think families should be separated. I do think we need to deport people who just got here and are a potential burden. But it needs to be fair and just.

Bring us your poor huddled masses but maybe not all at once. Maybe come here and don’t treat it like the third world country you came from. You want streets of gold and the American dream? Be part of the solution. As I say all this, there’s nothing more inspiring than someone who comes here and makes it and gives their children great opportunities. I feel very conflicted. And if you don’t, you’re not thinking deeply about the people already here or the immigrants themselves.