The Migrant Crisis Comes to Massachusetts (and Everywhere)

This is how bad Biden’s migrant crisis has become. As of today, close to 5600 migrants families living in government funded facilities across Massachusetts. Sanctuary state Massachusetts’ governor Maura Healey has declared a state of emergency over influx of illegals. We’ve heard New York City mayor’s plea to the federal government for help in that city’s migrant crisis. This is the story in cities across the United States as millions of illegal immigrants have cross the souther border under Biden’s watch.

An Venezuelan immigrant prepares to travel from Martha’s Vineyard to mainland Massachusetts in September 2022

Remember when Trump had the border under control? I do. Remember when he tried to build a wall to thwart illegal immigration? I do. We were told that his policy was fascist (see Migrant Detention Facilities are Not Fascist Concentration Camps). AOC cried to an empty parking lot after making up stories about how migrants were forced to drink water from toilets (Ocasio-Cortez and the Powers of Expectation and Identity). We were shown pictures of children in cages taken during Obama’s presidency and told the cages were Trump’s. Lie after lie after lie. Don’t let them lie and then forget they lied. Remember. Don’t forget that Biden told migrants to come to America. Remember.

The power elite are spending hundreds of millions of dollars of tax dollars to defend Ukraine’s borders while pursuing an effective policy of open borders at home. If a fraction of those dollars Biden is sending to Ukraine were spent on border security this wouldn’t be happening. But they don’t want to defend Americas borders. Democrats don’t believe in America. America invented slavery. America is white supremacist. America is illegitimate. They say all this and more.

Why are Democrats following the country with illegals? I have explained this before, but here’s a itemized summary of points: (1) because they are illegal they are easy to force into conditions of super exploitation, with poverty wages and unsafe working conditions; (2) their cheap labor makes immigrants attractive to employers, who hire them over native workers (yes, South Park, they’re taking our jobs); (3) cheap labor drives down the wage floor impoverishing native workers in addition to displacing them; (4) the strategy of the Democratic Party has been to knit together a coalition of racial and sexual minorities who feel indebted to the Party and who are conditioned to believe that their enemy is white people and well-off Asians—this way, the Party can abandon the working class and serve the interests of the professional-managerial and corporate strategy they represent; (5) when illegals become citizens (and they will push amnesty is Democrats become the majority), the belief is that the new citizens will vote Democrat; (6) in the meantime, the illegals will vote anyway, not only in municipal elections where they are given the franchise, but illegally in state and federal elections, which is why Democrats support postal voting and oppose voter ID and post-election canvasing; (7) a white majority is bad for society, an argument that manifests in a myriad of ways, for example in the claim that diversity is vital to a comprehensive college experience, as if a white majority white limits the college experience. (See The Democratic Party and the Doctrine of Multiculturalism; Rationalizing the Border Crisis with Hysteria, Lies, and Smears.)

I have covered this before, as well, but it bears repeating that the negative consequences of immigration, while varying depending on the context and specific circumstances, are nonetheless substantial. A sudden increase in population due to immigration exacerbates housing shortages and lead to rising rent and housing prices in already competitive housing markets. Concerns rightly arise about immigrants accessing social welfare programs, particularly if they have not contributed to the system through taxes. This raises concerns about the fairness and sustainability of providing social benefits to newcomers. An influx of immigrants puts pressure on public services such as education, healthcare, and social welfare systems. If these systems are not adequately prepared to handle the increased demand, it can lead to resource shortages and longer wait times for native citizens, particular the most vulnerable. A sudden influx of immigrants can lead to increased demand for resources such as energy, food, and water, potentially putting additional strain on the environment and local ecosystems.

As noted above, immigrants are willing to accept lower wages for the same work, which drives down wages and worsens working conditions for native workers. This creates tension and resentment among native workers who lose their jobs to immigrants while suffering the deterioration their communities. Rapid changes in cultural diversity and demographics leads to cultural clashes and social tensions. Some native citizens perceive immigrants as a threat to their cultural identity or as unwilling to assimilate into the host society, which are legitimate concerns. Immigrants and their host communities face challenges in terms of cultural differences and language barriers, but also religious and tribal affiliations are obstructive. Crime and violence have become terrible problems across the trans-Atlantic space.

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Andrew Austin

Andrew Austin is on the faculty of Democracy and Justice Studies and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin—Green Bay. He has published numerous articles, essays, and reviews in books, encyclopedia, journals, and newspapers.

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