At a White House naturalization ceremony yesterday, President Biden said:
"With Vice President Harris’s leadership, we’re getting at the root causes of why people are migrating for our southern border from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador in the first place: the violence; the corruption; the gangs; the political instability; the hungry — the natural — the hunger; the natural disasters."
Both President Biden and Vice President Harris, in their public statements, repeatedly fail to mention what ATTRACTS immigrants to the United States. They only mention the negative "push" factors that drive people to leave their home countries. They neglect the most important "root causes" of immigration that pull people towards the USA: DEMOCRACY, OPPORTUNITY, THE RULE OF LAW, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSEMBLY, THE PRESS, AND RELIGION.
As we prepare to celebrate the 4th of July, it's important to remember how lucky we are to live in the USA, even with all the problems our nation is currently facing.