Tom McLaughlin: Are Democrats for open borders?

Our government is divided over border control and so is our country. At least a thousand people a day are apprehended at the Mexican border. Some days, it’s more than 3,000 people. More than 20 million people live here illegally. Some claim it’s double that. Most Democrats and not a few Republicans would make them all legal if they could. Conservatives accuse them of wanting open borders. They vehemently deny that but then advocate allowing the recent caravan of “asylum seekers” from Central America (and elsewhere) to enter and await court hearings on individual cases that take years to process.

Citing a Gallup poll, The Washington Examiner claimed last month that 158 million people worldwide want to come to the United States. Democrats criticize President Donald Trump for being too restrictive of illegal immigration, asylum seekers, refugees and the rest, but when asked how many of the millions who want to enter America should be allowed in, they dodge the question. Meanwhile, they continue to advocate for whatever migrant group is dominating the news cycle and call anyone who would seal the border “racist” and “xenophobic.”