Education is the key

Mr. Brummett is right on the money again. Mr. Trump has backed himself into a corner with only one way out. That, of course, is to declare a national emergency and let the courts decide whether he’s right or wrong. In the meantime we need to get the country running again.

After much thought and watching Fox News (the Republican channel), CNN (the Democrat channel) and NBC and the others, I have come to the conclusion that more wall is not going to work to solve the worldwide problem of immigration, both legal and illegal.

As far as the southern border of the U.S., we would be better off to invest in educating our southern neighbors about America’s policies on immigration.

One way we could accomplish this would be to have our State Department contact all the southern nations and request permission to drop flyers from our or their military aircraft explaining America’s policy on immigration. Use each country’s language and tell through some real testimonies about the dangers, the pitfalls, the jail time for illegals, and the eventual return to their home country. Tell them about human trafficking and how they may end up stranded in the desert or even locked up in the back of an abandoned semi trailer left to die. Tell them the truth, the same thing I’ve been watching on the news for years, even about the two young children who perished late last year. Also, tell them how to request legal immigration to America. Request our southern neighbors to get the news out on radio, TV and Internet.

We need to use diplomacy and education instead of tear gas, walls and rhetoric, which is all that is coming out of D.C. It also might help if we get on ours knees and pray. God bless America. RON SNIDER Jacksonville