Semantics are important for how we communicate and define issues. One who controls words controls the narrative.
So, take the words migrant and invader. Is there a difference? It’s all in how the words are perceived by some, and the effect their border crossings have on the U.S.
One definition of invasion should focus our attention: “The entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful …”
Does anyone want to argue that the mass of humanity coming across our Southern border and overwhelming border patrol is not troublesome or harmful? Two motels in La Joya, Texas, are housing migrants who have tested positive for COVID-19. Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley is paying the bill and insists the migrants are being kept in isolation, though there have been reports of seeing them wandering outside of the motel. Many migrants are getting bus tickets to fan out across the country. How many of them are carrying the virus?
Instead of securing the border, the Biden administration’s Justice Department sued Texas and its governor, Greg Abbott, “seeking to block an executive order that restricts the transport of migrants through the state and authorizes state troopers to pull over vehicles suspected of doing so.” Last Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked Abbott’s order. Is the administration trying to encourage more migrants to come? Is there to be no end?