By Selwyn Duke
Quite conveniently, as poll numbers showed the Democrats’ “blue wave” wavering, a migrant caravan began heading toward our shores — just in time to become a midterm election issue. President Trump vowed to cut foreign aid to Central America if the invasion wasn’t halted, and he’s now following through on that threat in the hope that money talks. Nonetheless, the caravan still walks.
The invasion, estimated to now have swelled to 7,200 strong, is the result of decades of purposely poor migration policy. Obviously, Human Nature 101 informs that rewarding a behavior encourages more of it. The message we’ve sent — sneak into the U.S. any way you can, and you’ll get kid-glove treatment, benefits and, perhaps, even amnesty — guarantees a continual flow of opportunistic migrants.
Yet some are a bit more than just opportunistic.
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