There's been a lot of talk on both liberal and conservative websites, radio, and television about the caravan of (mostly) migrant workers moving up through Mexico predominantly from central america.  Much controversy comes with them, including should we let them in?  Should we keep them out?  Regardless of whether you say Yes or No to either question, you should be honest enough with yourself to answer the next question, "Why?"

Our county has specific laws about coming into the country, gaining legal status, etc., but I really feel for those people.  Should we ignore those rules in this situation?  What is the right thing to do?

While you may think it is the humanitarian thing to do, is it really?  Some say that President Trump is being anti-Hispanic, and anti-immigration by threatening the use of the armed forces to prevent the migrants from gaining entry into the United States.  Others say that the media, with their encouragement to keep coming, are putting lives at risk.  The United Nations claims that over 400 people died last year on the U.S. southern border while making the arduous trip to America.  By encouraging more people to join this caravan, could the media and their supporters be the ones that are anti-Hispanic.  How many will die on the journey here?  What about the journey back if they can't come in?

The United States is a nation of immigrants.  You here that often enough - but it is predominantly a nation of legal immigrants.  President Trump's policy is in support of legal immigration.  Many claim they are seeking asylum, but that's a difficult case.  During Obama's term in office and over the period from 2011 to 2016, three-quarters of asylum claims were denied.  Some will try to cross legally and try it anyway.  Some will take another route, yet any who cross the border illegally will be automatically barred from claiming asylum by U.S. law.

So what about Trump and the U.S. military?

Some ask, "By what authority can President Trump use the U.S. military to keep out the caravan?  What about the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878?"  That law makes it a crime to use the U.S. military as a domestic police force.  Doesn't it apply?  The simple answer is, No.  Its intent was to halt the use of the federal troops from supervising elections in the southern states during reconstruction.  Nothing prevents the President from declaring an emergency, which Congress allows under the Civil Disturbance Statutes. And if that doesn't cut through the debate, the President can fall back on Article I, section 8 of the Constitution, "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions." Many might see a flood of foreigners charging the border as an invasion.  Especially the southern states.  Many believe that defending our sovereign borders is one of the primary reasons for a federal government in the first place.