I ended my commentary last week saying that I hope the Democrat Party can live with its opposition to President Donald Trump’s desire to delay immigration from certain Muslim countries.

It was a temporary ban on immigration until the president was sure safeguards were in place to stop terrorists. Makes sense to me.

However, I had second thoughts about my statement. Maybe I should put myself in the shoes of Democrats, ultra-liberals and so-called progressives (socialists) and try to change my thought process concerning immigration.

First, what harm could be foisted on the United States if we just summarily opened our borders to anyone who desired to enter under whatever circumstances? In effect, this is what the Democrats are proposing.

Democrats hysterically scream about women and children suffering from a delay in coming to the U.S., but there also are men coming with intentions other than benefits and cash. ISIS has categorically told us that they are feeding their combatants with refugees from Muslim countries.

But according to Democrats, I should not highlight the male egress into our country because it is all about the women and children.

I fully understand the importance of having an immigration program. I am as concerned as anyone except, and it pains me to say this about God-fearing people, some Christians who put their beliefs before the good of the U.S.

Some Christians, not all, are obsessed about legitimate or illegitimate individuals having the opportunity to come to the U.S. regardless of the negative consequences to the country. They care little that it costs the U.S. $43 billion annually (and counting) to house, feed and supply subsistence to immigrants.

Christian sanctuaries have been established in churches, along with sanctuary cities, to protect legal and illegal immigrants from federal deportation. Christian sanctuaries have no clue who they are hiding and protecting.

Religion taken to the extreme has been responsible for some of the bloodiest episodes in the world’s history. The Spanish Inquisition, the recent civil war between the Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, and the continuing war among the different factions of the Muslim religion in the Middle East are examples. There is a long list of wars that have occurred in the name of religion.

Causes and some religious organizations make rational people do irrational things — such as flying airplanes loaded with innocent victims into buildings on Sept. 11, 2001.

When an organization such as a church, synagogue, cathedral, club or political party puts ideology above the interests and safety of Americans, chaos will ensue. An organization that selectively decides which national laws to obey is taking that country to the abyss of destruction.

Christians, Jews, Muslims, political parties, agnostics or just individuals with malice in their heart should not be allowed by the U.S. federal government to undermine the fabric of our great nation. Until laws are changed by Congress, adherence to them should be mandatory, with no exceptions.

A country with a national debt in the trillions of dollars should not allow an outside entity to be responsible for adding to that debt. The $43 billion cost to house, feed and give subsistence to refugees will only grow with time.

When does the burden of subsistence become so onerous that the U.S., which already can’t afford the refugees, has to make a choice? And what choice will that be?

Do we shift the financial burden to the churches that have been complicit in exacerbating the problem? The game changes when you’re spending your own money. Christian sanctuaries are playing with American tax dollars.

I started off my commentary by saying I would try to look at the refugee problem from the perspective of Democrats, ultra-liberals and so-called progressives (another name for Democrats). I have tried and failed. C’est la vie.
