By Ray Cardello for May 6, 2023, Season 19 / Post 21

I was recently asked to participate in a one-question poll by the GOP House Leadership Team, which is actually the Kevin McCarthy Campaign Committee. The question asked to identify my number one issue from the following list:

WHAT IS YOUR NUMBER 1 ISSUE?

• Border Security
• Economy & Inflation
• Election Integrity
• Protecting Life
• Lowering Crime
• Investigations & Accountability

It seems to be a simple question, and I should have answered quickly, but I had to stop and put this list into priority. It was not an easy question.

Each of these alone is a significant problem for America. When you see them as a group, you realize the extent of the damage the Biden Administration has inflicted in two short years. We may find it challenging to stay afloat for the final two years of Biden’s term. We don’t want to give him a chance to “finish the job.” To finish the job is not a redirection or transformation but the destruction of America. To say “Rome is Burning” to describe Joe Biden’s America is not hyperbole. 

After ranking this list, I narrowed my answer to Border Security. I am concerned about the others, but these other issues may be inconsequential if we do not secure the Border. Let’s look at how serious the Border Crisis is and how it impacts all the other problems.

First, for a country to exist, it must have sovereignty and clearly defined Borders. Biden and the Left do not need Borders, so they are comfortable with an unsecured Southern Border. Europe tried the experiment of no borders and uncontrolled travel between countries. It did not take long to realize this was a colossal mistake and harmful to the individual countries. Some European countries, such as Greece, Finland, and Hungary, have built walls to fortify their Borders.

We do not have control of our Border, which has led to a proliferation of gangs in nearly all of the 49 contiguous states. We know that people on the international terror watch list have entered America. We also know that people from over 160 countries have illegally crossed into America. This fact dispels the claim by the Biden Administration that the people coming to our country are seeking asylum because of hardships in Central America.

We know the amount of Fentanyl coming from Mexico is growing, and the means of distribution are more creative and aimed at a younger population. Fentanyl poisonings and deaths are increasing each year and exceed 100,000 a year. It is confirmed that Mexican Fentanyl originates in China. It is estimated that ten million illegal aliens will cross from Mexico during Biden’s term, bringing the illegal population in America to 10% of our total.

The breakdown of our Border will impact our economy by flooding the country with millions of untrained workers driving down wages. The increase in crime, drugs, and gangs stretching across the country will negatively affect our quality of life. Millions of non-English speaking children blended into our classrooms will further impact our already challenged education system.

The Republican-controlled House is working very hard to determine the impact of a corrupted election process and to get to the bottom of the facts of how the Biden Crime Family, Intelligence Agencies, Justice Department, and media conspired to influence the 2020 and 2022 elections,

We have many serious issues to face, but until we restore and fortify our geographic Border, we have no country to protect.