In Defense of Donald Trump -- Immigration

There is no single immigration issue.  There's at least two.  There's the immigration of Mexicans and other Latinos across our southern border and there's the inflow of middle eastern refugees.

Immigration across our southern border creates two issues.  One; should we be in control of our borders?  And, two, what should be our posture regarding illegal Latino immigrants?

America like any nation has a right to secure it's borders.  If mountains and natural topography can secure a stretch of the border; then fine.  If electronic fencing can do the job, fine.  If it takes concrete slabs topped by electronic wiring, fine.  Very likely various methods might be called for.  In my mind, this issue is settled.

Illegal immigrants, largely Latino, who have crossed our southern border present another, more difficult issue.  If, among them, are criminals, they should, of course, be ejected in the most efficient ways possible.  However, if they have broken no law, other than to have entered the country illegally, I believe we must view these people differently.

What can we say about these people?  They share our country's values.  Their culture is much like ours.  They are hard working.  And, frankly, they can help America and, indeed, they have already been doing so. They are good people and should be viewed as such by Trump.

However, we can't continue with unsupervised immigration.  The gate must be closed until we have had a chance to reassess our patterns of immigration.

Immigration from the middle east is an entirely different matter.  First, we know from first hand observation that Muslims carry a culture very different than our own and, indeed, very different than that of our immigrant parents.  Can you find beneficent words in the Quran?  Of course.  Can you also find hateful words that demean non-Muslims.  Yes.  Muslims still issue fatwas against those who blaspheme either the prophet Mohammed or Islam in general, or both.  In the west, blasphemy is a thing of the past.  We recognize the rights of people to express themselves and indeed to question the beliefs of others.  Indeed, atheists have equal rights to speak freely.

The real problem with Islamic thought is that we don't fully understand it.  We know there are secular Muslims who are quire westernized.  But, can we have a test for devout Muslims?  Is that even legal?
How do you feel about four Muslim women swimming in a municipal pool with full burqas?  And, now we're not even speaking of terrorists.

For Jews there is an additional problem.  We love Israel.  But does a secular Muslim?  Suppose we are able to define and admit only secular Muslims.  These will overwhelmingly be people who have been taught to hate Jews all their life.  And, even if they accommodate themselves to Jews will they work against the interests of Israel once they're U.S. citizens?