The Current Trend of Refugees to America Fleeing Socialist Tyranny

There has recently been a change in the trend of the country of origin of refugees fleeing war or persecution coming into United States territory, particularly from Mexico. Whereas the last few years, refugees seeking asylum have legally entered American soil primarily fleeing gang violence in Central America, there were U.S. military flights of Afghans, including many who had worked with the Americans in the War on Terrorism, fleeing the Islamist terrorist-sponsoring Taliban last year, and then there was a trend earlier this year of Ukrainians crossing the border after the Russian invasion of the former Soviet Republic of Ukraine. Now the trend is of people fleeing Communist Cuba, Marxist Sandinista Nicaragua and Socialist Venezuela. What these people have in common is a desire for liberty after having lived under tyranny. They are exactly the kind of people who would make good, patriotic Americans because they appreciate freedom more and understand better the threats to liberty and representative government. As conservative Republican President Ronald Reagan noted, especially in his Farewell Address in 1989, it is a source of patriotic pride that while people were risking their lives to flee Communist countries, people risk their lives to come to America for freedom. The vilification of refugees by nativists is unpatriotic and un-American, as Americans have been welcoming to refugees seeking liberty from the earliest times. Refugees should be welcomed and appreciated while they seek asylum until they can return to their homelands once they are free and peaceful, or if they choose, to become legal residents or naturalized American citizens.