Reservations and Doubts

One certainty about the virtually unrestricted flow of migrants into the United States from or through Mexico is that they often smuggle contraband in with them. Fentanyl is being brought to America in amounts never seen before. It is cheap, plentiful and killing folks across the country. Another sure thing is that some of those sneaking in will be carrying contagion with them, in the midst of one pandemic, with another dread disease (monkeypox) emerging now. Another absolute we know is that illegal aliens will work for less than citizens, meaning that their entry into our country depresses wages for those here legally. I think we have plenty enough problems without permitting more to cross our border unscreened and unvetted.