Kerby Anderson

If you want to understand why borders are important, all you need to do is look at what is happening in Europe. The chaos that resulted from a flood of refugees from Syria and other countries illustrates why borders and border security are important. Yet in the midst of this chaos, we have the head of the European Union declaring that: “Borders are the worst invention ever made by politicians.” Some believe his outrageous comment will make it hard for the EU chief to remain in his position. Perhaps that is true, but it does illustrate the mindset of many leaders who want to open the borders of every nation to everyone. Last year, for example, George Soros referred to national borders as “the obstacle.” These remarks are the complete opposite of what other leaders in Europe have been voicing. They realize the obvious reality that a country without borders isn’t really a country. They want to tighten their borders after seeing a million refugees pouring into their countries and creating havoc. In this country, we occasionally hear protesters in the streets call for open borders, but we rarely hear politicians make such bold statements about borders being a problem. However, some politicians do play rhetorical games by assuring us that we have secure borders even when there is evidence that America’s borders are quite porous. President Obama, for example, has claimed that the U.S. borders are more secure than they have ever been. Yet, we read that over 30,000 immigrants have come “from countries of terrorist concern” just in the last year. We see children from Mexico and other Latin American countries walk across our border. It is easy to look at what is happening in Europe and be grateful we aren’t facing the problems of refugees flooding into countries with open borders. But we should also realize we can have similar problems if we don’t pay attention to our country’s borders.