printNEW COLUMN, on Townhall.com, is “Do We Still Have A Country? Part I.” It’s accompanied by an abridged YouTube clip.
An excerpt:
How do you know you don’t have a country?
Simply this:
Every single passive, non-aggressive act you take to repel people crossing your borders is considered de facto illegal, or inhumane, or in violation of international law, or in contraventions of some hidden clause in the U.S. Constitution.
So say the experts and their newly minted jurisprudence.
You may tell a toddler, “You can’t go there.” But you may not tell an illegal trespasser, “Hey, turn back. You can’t come into the U.S. at whim.”
Please understand that not giving someone something they demand or desire is a negative act. Or, more accurately, an inaction.
You are not actively doing anything to harm that person by denying them something.
Unless, of course, what you are denying them is their right to their life, their right to their liberty, their right to their property. Those are the only things you may not deny to innocent others. These interlopers do not have a right to, or a lien on, your liberty and property.
But if you cannot say to millions of people streaming across your border, into your turf, “Hey, you can’t go there.” Then it’s simple:
We don’t have a country.
Oh sure, we have a territory. America is a market place for goods and services. A mighty one at that. It’s a market place to which millions arrive each year to make a living and engage in acts of acquisitiveness. ….
… READ THE REST. “Do We Still Have A Country? Part I” is on Townhall.com.
UPDATE (7/22/019): pointing out that language and civics knowledge are not required to pass the US citizenship test: that amounts to bashing. Are you sure it’s not also racist?
Yes, pointing out that language and civics knowledge are not required to pass the US citizenship test: that amounts to bashing. Are you sure it's not also racist? https://t.co/3Tq6Npzyv2
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) July 18, 2019
You made me cry. ? My sister's also a human being with REAL aspirations … not to be killed in South Africa. She has no hope in hell of coming to the US, b/c she's: 1. Law abiding & won't break the border. 2. Wrong skin color. https://t.co/u8ryrZutBo
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) July 18, 2019
Melania speaks a decent english compared to the new citizens with whom I was "tested." I've done the Canadian citizen's test, too. It's an hour-long, sit-down test. In the US, it's get 6/100 correct, & bring yr cheating lawyers & translators along to give u the answers in Urdu https://t.co/yISV8VMq1S
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) July 17, 2019
Trump, on the other hand:
Trump does not speak English. He gets by on a kind of pidgin English. https://t.co/rClV751tNC
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) July 17, 2019
Tower Of Babel:
Yes, it was hard to see unity in a Tower of Babel room, with about 30-40 nationalities in it. I will follow-up one day with a column on the citizenship "test" and the English language requirements. JOKES both. Literally, you must know a few determiners like "the," "a," "and."
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) July 17, 2019
Once upon a time:
As I have said before, I have paperwork showing my great grandfather was denied citizenship because his English was not good enough.
— HungarianFalcon (@HungarianFalcon) July 17, 2019