MacDonald: : Lessons From Spain

In case you missed it, an estimated 60,000 “migrants” stormed across the border into Spain over the course of 24 hours. That’s hard to picture, but no worries. You can “Google it.”

[T]he event showed just how quickly a country can lose its sovereignty. Tens of thousands of people entered in one day illegally. Spain cannot easily deport these migrants either. Those who claim to seek asylum must be processed, minors get even more protections, and a recent court ruling reportedly restricts the government’s ability to deport migrants who arrived via the ocean.

In other words, breaking the border can happen almost instantaneously. And deporting those Moroccans will take tons of time, effort, money, court proceedings, and hurdling of whatever other roadblocks Spain’s leftist politicians put in place.

The point of the pull quote should appear obvious, and it parallels something I say all the time. It’s easy to break things. Fixing them can take years. We’ve made a lot of progress on the border and deportations, but 1) it’ll take a long time to get all the criminals out of America, 2) all that work can be undone by the left on day one, and 3) it’s a lot more expensive to fix a mess than it is to prevent one if you ever even get another chance to fix it.

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