Immigration Watch International (2): More Illegals by Sea, but Many More by Land

Monday, August 29, 2022

More Illegals by Sea, but Many More by Land

We have all seen the reports that as many as two million illegal entrants will cross the southern (land) border this year, but such arrivals by sea are also increasing, if in smaller numbers.

An indirect measure of this trend is shown by how many apprehensions have been recorded by the Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) — that nation’s grandiosely named coast guard. These islands lie between Haiti and Florida, the route taken by boat-carrying Haitians (and some Cubans) seeking illegal access to the States.

Reuters, the British news agency, has reported that so far this calendar year the RBDF has apprehended 2,250 aliens, compared to 2,235 for all of 2019 to 2021. These numbers suggest that this year the Bahamian apprehensions are running at about 4.5 times the rate of earlier years; a projected 3,400 for this year, as opposed to an average of 745 in the three previous years.

The RBDF, presumably funded in part by the States, is not inhibited by the kinds of restraints inflicted on our immigration authorities — no asylum system, no court dates years from now, just a quick return to the homeland for the aliens involved.

The Bahamas route is one of four maritime illegal-alien routes known to me. Once upon a time, large numbers of Cubans crossed to Florida in small boats, but the numbers have fallen in recent years.

Two other sea routes are from Haiti and the Dominican Republic (which share the island of Hispaniola) eastward to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and around the barrier just south of San Diego. I do not recall much, if any, traffic along the Texas barrier islands near Brownsville, or across the Great Lakes. Maybe it is happening successfully, in which case it would not be reported.

Illegal aliens, by and large, are not swimmers, as we learn from time to time when they are either drowned (or rescued by the Border Patrol) as they seek to cross either the Rio Grande or some canals at various parts of the southern border.

Aliens who seek to enter without inspection are, primarily, landlubbers, but the sea-borne ones also are increasing.

https://cis.org/North/More-Illegals-Sea-Many-More-Land

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Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.

Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.

The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:

1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.

2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.

3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.

4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.

5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.

6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.

I can be reached on jonjayray@hotmail.com -- or leave a comment on any post. Abusive comments will be deleted.

Immigration Watch International (2)

Monday, August 29, 2022

More Illegals by Sea, but Many More by Land

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