OPINION:
When the several-thousand-member immigrant caravan arrives at the U.S. border, how many should be transported to each state? What is each state’s fair share when it comes to housing and care?
Most of these people are poor, uneducated, non-English-speaking and perhaps in poor health. Some are criminals. In the long term, state funds and resources would probably be required in order to care for them.
If we welcome the immigrant caravan across our border, how many more caravans would we be encouraging to do the same? If we want open borders, should local police also ignore trespassing laws in our neighborhoods and homes? If an unknown person says he has a need to be in your property, does that mean he has that right?
These are the necessary, fair questions we need to ask. They help frame the illegal immigrant discussion correctly and concretely rather than in the emotional abstract.
LEIGHTON LOO
Mililani, Hawaii
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