Immigration, Humanity, and the Cost of Ignoring Reality

How Compassion Was Weaponized Into National Vulnerability

The Conversation We Avoid Because It Forces Reality

On my latest Monday SITREP on Patreon, I talked about immigration. Not in talking points. Not in slogans. But in realities that most people would rather avoid, because sitting with those realities forces hard decisions instead of emotional ones.

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When “Humanity” Becomes a Shield for Harm

We’ve allowed the standard for our country to be nullified in the name of “humanity.” And the uncomfortable truth is this: modern illegal immigration, as it exists today, is one of the most inhumane systems on the planet.

That statement alone offends people. But offense isn’t evidence, and discomfort doesn’t make something untrue.

Exploitation at Scale, Disguised as Compassion

What we are witnessing at our border is not compassion in action. It’s exploitation at scale.

Cartels have turned the humanitarian instinct of Americans into a cash cow. They profit from desperation. They smuggle young girls. They traffic families. They weaponize hope. They convince poor souls, many of whom don’t speak the language and don’t understand the risks, to hand over their entire life savings for a promise of a better future that rarely materializes as advertised.

That’s not mercy. That’s a con.

And we’ve enabled it.

A Nation of Immigrants—Not a Nation Without Laws

The United States is a nation of immigrants. That has always been true. But it has never meant we are a nation without laws.

Somewhere along the way, we allowed those two truths to be framed as opposites. As if compassion requires the abandonment of order. As if enforcing laws is an act of cruelty. As if saying “no” is morally inferior to saying “yes” regardless of consequence.

That framing is false. And dangerous.

Open Borders Don’t Reduce Suffering—They Multiply It

A country without borders is not humane. It is negligent.

Open-border policies do not remove suffering; they redistribute it, amplify it, and concentrate it among the most vulnerable. Women. Children. The desperate. The unprepared. They suffer first, and they suffer worst.

The Unspoken Reality: Chaos Invites the Malicious

And then there’s the part nobody wants to say out loud.

When you create an uncontrolled flow of people into a nation, you do not just invite the desperate. You invite the malicious. Cartels. Criminal networks. Opportunists. And yes, foreign adversaries who understand exactly how to exploit chaos.

I’ve worked in enough unstable regions of the world to recognize this pattern. No serious nation leaves its borders undefended. Not because they hate outsiders, but because sovereignty is the foundation upon which security, stability, and generosity are built.

The Difference Between Immigration and Exploitation

There is a difference between lawful immigration and unchecked movement. Between asylum and exploitation. Between compassion with structure and chaos disguised as empathy.

We’ve allowed our morality to be manipulated. We’ve confused feelings for principles. We’ve been told that enforcing immigration law is unkind, while ignoring the fact that the absence of enforcement has produced the most brutal outcomes imaginable.

The Brutal Consequences of an Unenforced System

Children separated not by border agents, but by cartels. Women assaulted en route. Families extorted. Lives lost in deserts and rivers. Futures traded for empty promises.

At some point, moral posturing has to give way to moral responsibility.

A nation cannot survive without laws. And a nation that refuses to enforce its laws will not remain a nation for long.

The National Dilemma: Complex but Unavoidable

This is the conundrum. This is the dilemma. It is complex. It is layered. And it deserves more than slogans and outrage.

But complexity does not excuse paralysis.

Ignoring the Crisis Accelerates National Decline

If we do not mitigate this issue. If we do not reduce it. If we continue pretending that ignoring the problem is kindness, we will accelerate our own decline. Economically. Socially. Culturally. From within.

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True Humanity Is Disciplined, Not Reckless

True humanity isn’t reckless openness. It’s disciplined compassion.

It’s a system that protects citizens while offering lawful, structured pathways for those who genuinely seek a better life. It’s borders that deter exploitation. It’s policies that remove incentives for cartels. It’s enforcement that restores credibility.

You cannot save everyone by sacrificing the foundation that allows you to help anyone at all.

The Inflection Point We Can No Longer Ignore

We are at an inflection point. And pretending otherwise doesn’t make us virtuous. It makes us complicit.

A nation of immigrants can also be a nation of laws.

It must be, or it will cease to exist as either.

Mike Glover
Founder

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