7/28/2020 - Rep. David Brat Townhall.com
The Democrats want to close our
schools and open our borders.
American families all over the
country have already dealt with months of uncertainty as a result of the
coronavirus pandemic and the temporary economic downturn caused by state and
local stay-at-home orders. Now, millions of working parents are facing a new
worry — being left out of the “V-shaped” economic recovery that’s beginning to
take place because they have no way to care for their children unless schools
fully reopen in the fall.
Most schools have adopted a
“partial” approach to reopening, in which students only attend in person two or
three days per week, with the other days reserved for virtual “learning.” This
creates a difficult situation for two-parent households, and an
all-but-impossible one for single parents. It also creates a highly disjointed
and inconsistent learning environment — and a potentially dangerous one for
children who endure abuse or neglect at home.
An entire generation of America’s
children are being deprived of formal education — not only in the skills that
they will need to lead successful lives, but also in this country’s common
values and ideals. It would be one thing if this were a temporary sacrifice
that we had to make in order to save lives, but the data indicate otherwise. Even in countries that have reopened
schools most aggressively, there has been no observable increase in COVID-19 infections
as a result.
It’s enough to make one wonder
whether the Democrat governors who are among the most eager to keep schools
from fully reopening have something other than public health in mind —
especially in light of their Party’s ongoing support for illegal immigration.
Even as they fret about letting
Americans leave their houses due to COVID-19, the Democrats retain their
fascination with a radical open-borders agenda that threatens to further erode
the shared set of beliefs and principles that have always been a central
feature of American society. Around 40 million Americans have been dislocated
from the workforce, and Americans overwhelmingly want to prioritize their
return to work before the cheap labor billionaire class goes to work on another
amnesty.
Border security is not a matter of
“xenophobia,” as Joe Biden notoriously claimed in response to President Trump’s life-saving travel
restrictions on China early in the pandemic. Rather, it’s a central component
to ensuring public safety, upholding the rule of law, and maintaining an
orderly society.
The Democrats not only want to tear
down the wall and replace it with a welcome mat, they actually want to actively
incentivize foreigners to enter the country illegally by offering them access
to welfare benefits such as “free” taxpayer-funded healthcare— all without having to bother
with the hassle of passing comprehensive immigration reform in Congress.
This is antithetical to core
American values such as personal responsibility and respect for the law of the
land, and it can only serve to undermine the legitimacy of our governing
institutions. After all, if we can simply ignore the immigration laws that
Congress has passed, then what’s stopping us from ignoring any other federal
law?
The combination of closed schools
and open borders that today’s Democrats favor is a toxic brew that would prove
fatal to our Republic. We can’t afford to take even the tiniest sip.
David Alan Brat is the dean of the
Liberty University School of Business. He served as the U.S. Representative for
Virginia's 7th congressional district from 2014 to 2019.
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