Home Security

By Tammy Derouin

The amount of resistance to securing our borders is difficult to comprehend. Why is there so much opposition to keeping our country safe? I think the average American understands that security is important. An open border policy is irresponsible and will continue to cause more harm than good.

Most Americans are not opposed to immigration. We just want those who wish to live here to knock on the front door and go through the proper procedures to become citizens and a productive part of our society. Unfortunately, those who push open borders have a political agenda. They continually try to demonize the law and law enforcement. The Left reaches into their bag of tricks and tries to use labels such as racism or felonious phobias to turn the enforcement of the law into some kind of evil deed.

Logic is completely disregarded, by certain elements, when it comes to protecting our country. The president has been challenged at every turn for trying to enforce the law and for trying to secure our borders, in other words, he has been challenged for doing his job. Rouge, agenda driven judges have hampered the duty of the President of the United States. Their actions severely compromise the security of the American people. What possible reason would make sense for not protecting our borders? What could be the desired outcome of allowing anyone into our home without care or concern?

Sadly, the only argument which makes sense is the willful destruction and destabilization of the United States. If that is the goal, then open borders, catch and release, restricting our border patrol, not wanting border security, offering benefits to all who enter, providing sanctuary for illegal aliens, elected officials refusing to enforce federal law, tipping off the illegal aliens of possible arrest, a flippant attitude towards illegals voting and our elected representation prioritizing the needs of illegals above the needs of legal citizens, then it all makes sense.

To oppose border security means accepting the future destabilization of our country. If we continue to refuse to protect and secure our home and our most valued possessions, we will one day discover that they are gone. Security involves many aspects beginning with the enforcement of the law. Other aspects include the proper vetting of those who are allowed into the country and arresting and deporting those who do not follow our laws. It is also extremely important to establish and maintain a secure border with barricades, surveillance and guards. Refusing to close and lock the entryway makes us look extremely foolish. Destabilization will be the result if we do not enforce our laws, especially if we continue to entice individuals to enter illegally by offering free handouts and services.

There isn't one person who would leave there home wide open for unknown individuals to wander about, in or on their premises. Nobody would sit idly by as strangers took their possessions or used their resources. You certainly wouldn't allow unknown individuals to stake a claim in a portion of your home. You wouldn't provide them with all their essentials or give them more when they launched a protest in your living room because they weren't satisfied with what you were giving them. What would happen if your uninvited guests had an overactive sense of entitlement and decided to threaten you with leaving if they didn't get more from you? Well, there's a saying about not letting the door hit you....., which comes to mind.

Every single one of us would call the police if a stranger was found in or on our property. We would also use any and every means of protection against the intruder if we felt they were a danger to us and our loved ones. We would feel violated and would do whatever it took to secure the area which proved to be a weakness in our home security.

Why do we understand security in our homes but not for our country? We lock our doors and in many cases use other methods of security. We do not allow strangers into our home or allow them to abuse our generosity and take over our home. Intentionally leaving our home unsecured, especially with family members and children, would be considered irresponsible and negligent. Why then, is it not considered irresponsible and negligent when individuals do not want to protect our country the same way we protect our home and family?

Americans are smart individuals. We understand security. Ask yourself, what would be the motive of any organization or individual for not wanting to secure our borders and keep you safe?

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

Abraham Lincoln