Posts Tagged ‘emigration’

Here is something I don’t get. A lot of conservatives have very strong feelings about illegal aliens. Border protection is one of those major sectors of conservative thinking that I generally disagree with as a libertarian. I get some aspects of the argument, but some of it seems a little hypocritical to me, and some of it just seems too emotional rather than rational, which means I am not going to go for it. Even some very outspoken persons who are vocally leaving the Republican party and, at least to some extent, voicing support for the Libertarian party, or at least for being libertarian, still are hanging on to some strong opinions on border security, including a border wall.

Now granted, there were some of the more honest voices protesting the cost and dangerous levels of power granted by congress when the border wall idea was passed. Congress not only approved a border wall, they suspended legal restrictions so that it could be built, and approved a massive budget for the wall. Suspension of laws for a government project is a dangerous thing, laws are for governments too. So there was a little outcry about that, but the approval of the wall was applauded.
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