Buster on immigration

Dagwood: A month or so ago, Donald Trump made very candid comments about temporarily restricting all Muslim immigrants into the United States. This has come following terrorist attacks in Paris, France, and San Bernardino, California. What do you think of Trump's comments and his stand on Muslim immigration?

BF: Believe it or not, I don't disagree with him. I just take issue with his methods. He's still an arrogant, egotistical showman whose money can't buy him a cent of tact.
I fail to see how more comprehensive background checks are going to help reduce America's risk of attracting people who want to do us harm. If a brainwashed, lock-step follower of ISIS intent on carrying out his or her "holy mission" has no criminal record in the country he or she is emigrating from, then how will tighter background checks on immigrants prevent such a person from setting foot on American soil?
It is the same principal as background checks on guns. Politicians use a lot of rhetoric about tightening background checks on guns every time there is a shooting. But a person with a clean criminal record will pass even the most strict and comprehensive checks. Then they go out and shoot up a school or shopping mall. A lot of good the background check has done.

Dagwood: What solution do you advocate?

BF: I think there needs to be a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigrants until our armed forces can contain ISIS, and/or Islamic nations begin to take the lead on fighting extremism within their own borders. It may not seem fair, but war is not fair. And, ISIS has publicly declared war on the "West," namely the United States. That said, though, America shouldn't have to be the one taking the lead in the fight against Islamic extremists. That fight should have been led, from the very beginning, by the countries from which extremism has taken root. If the problem really isn't Islam, but rather extremists who have hijacked the religion, then mainstream Muslims around the world need to do more than just talk. Merely condemning the extremists with words isn't enough. They need to stand up and take their religion back from those violent factions who have claimed it as their own. When or if that ever happens, then America can welcome Islamic immigrants into her folds with open arms. But until that happens, America needs to protect herself from those who want to kill her. Welcoming them with open arms is like inviting the Angel of Death to dine at your table.

Dagwood: What about immigration in general, and all of the undocumented immigrants living and working in America?

BF: Politicians want to give them amnesty, which is a free ticket to ride, just to curry their votes. Admittedly, those are in the millions, and politicians know it all too well. Illegal immigrants have been caught riding without a ticket. Instead of getting pulled from the ride and sent to the back of the line to purchase a ticket, politicians want to award them with complimentary tickets that they don't have to pay for themselves. And they continue to get to ride for free. Meanwhile, other people have dutifully purchased their tickets and have been waiting patiently in line for the right to get on the ride. It isn't fair to give cuts to cheaters, but that's exactly what politicians favoring amnesty are doing.
I have nothing personally against immigrants, so my message to illegal and undocumented immigrants is simple: Please, do the right thing and follow the rules like everyone else. If you do, then there isn't any problem.