Libertarians: Americans responsible for deaths of illegal immigrants

Haitian immigrants are drowning in Atlantic and Americans are to blame Reason magazine, libertarian publication.

“Strict U.S. Immigration Restrictions mean Haitians are sinking trying to get here”, published June 13, said, “As land migration gets harder, some desperate Haitians are trying to reach American soil by cramped ships.”

Reason continuation of the article:

Miami Messenger It reported that since November, five shipments of undocumented Haitian immigrants had landed in the Florida Keys. While others landed in Puerto Rico, many remained in the water and many drowned undetected. In May, a boat trying to reach the USA capsized and 11 Haitian women lost their lives. Another ship with two dozen Haitians en route to the United States has been missing since March.

“Closing safe and legal relocation options won’t stop truly desperate Haitians from trying to escape danger, but reopening them can help prevent deadly travel,” said the article, which was published after progressives complained about the forced return of some illegal Haitians. immigrants. come back home.

“A lot of people are dying because the administration is encouraging them to take these stupid risks,” said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Migration Studies.

President Joe Biden’s deceptive offer of admission is urging more immigrants to risk their lives at sea, rivers, deserts and forests. Darien Gap Krikorian told the route between Colombia and Panama.

“I have no idea what the numbers are,” he said. “Somebody has to count, but nobody in this administration is interested in knowing what the real number is.”

A report from the United Nations International Organization for Migration estimates 650 deaths at the US border in 2021. This estimate excludes the possibility of far more deaths from the trail south and many additional deaths caused by illegal immigrants to the United States.

Krikorian said that progressives refused to embarrass the pathetic victims of their pro-immigration policies:

They should, but they shouldn’t. [ashamed] because they saw [the death toll] as an emotional stick, a political weapon to be used against those who think America is important. Didn’t Stalin say, “You know, to make an omelet you have to break eggs”? He is their boyfriend and they have the same point of view.

For example, Aaron Reichlin-Melnick was an advocate of transitioning to the American Council on Immigration. He attributes the deaths of immigrants to Americans’ desire to preserve their country and culture and not to make their homeland a “Lighthouse of Freedom”:

30 years of “Prevention by Detention” has shown that when crossing the border, torture produces only a minor deterrent and a significant increase in death rates. And the asylum problems of the last 10 years show that immigration is driven by push factors, not pull factors.

-Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) June 7, 2022

In the United States, David Beer of the Cato Institute also accuses the company of financing the deaths of security immigrants at the American border:

Another death from immigration restrictions. Nurse died in desert at border…due to lack of medical care https://t.co/DdASbLEGC5

– David Beer (@David_J_Bier) October 18, 2021

Some pro-immigration groups count the number of deaths, often to demand simplification of immigration rules:

With more than 15,000 documented migrant deaths, it is not possible to delay any further efforts to provide a meaningful response to this ongoing human tragedy.

Our call: act now to save lives and prevent the disappearance of migrants.

Read our description https://t.co/ftybmBjMJ9#GCM pic.twitter.com/fi4RCYyhQy

– IOM GMDAC (@IOM_GMDAC) March 7, 2022

According to Krikorian, Americans need to exclude waves of illegal immigrants from their society. He noted that American culture’s balance between freedom and prosperity is not something that other cultures have done and embraced.

This is not how the adoption of other perspectives leads to political stability and prosperity. It is a manifestation of our special culture, our history, our British heritage. It is something that needs to be nurtured, protected and encouraged and is not available everywhere. Haiti is the best example of the claim that a healthy civic environment does not come about by itself.

Uncontrolled immigration also distorts the US economy in favor of investors and employers, shifts job-creating investment to coastal cities, encourages high-tech investment in many industries, and encourages elites to ignore the civic concerns of ordinary Americans.