Jarrett Stepman writes for the Daily Signal about an important lesson Americans can learn from one European nation’s current crisis.
Spain’s border is being overrun by migrants, and it is a dramatic reminder of how things could be again in the United States.
On Thursday, dramatic images and videos began to emerge from the city of Ceuta, which sits on the Moroccan border. Thousands of young men could be seen crowding beaches, pushing through gates, whooping and hollering in excitement as they made their way into Spain. …
… The number of migrants pouring into Ceuta really is astounding. The seaside town is home to about 80,000 people. Nearly that many appeared to have poured in over the last few days.
The only thing that’s seemingly slowing them down is the same barrier armies through history have run into: logistics.
The region doesn’t have enough food and water to supply all the sudden arrivals. From The Wall Street Journal: “Spain’s Interior Ministry said Friday that roughly 50,000 people had entered Ceuta from surrounding Morocco on Thursday and early Friday, but that half of those—some 25,000—had already returned to Morocco by Friday afternoon, mostly because the enclave was overrun and they had no food or water.”
That doesn’t surprise me.
From the images I’ve seen, most of the men charging the border don’t appear to have luggage or anything else with them. They must expect to get food, clothes, and shelter when they arrive.
Now, there are many narratives developing right now about who or what is to blame for this border mob. The European Union has certainly been encouraging this kind of mass migration for years.
At the end of the day, though, it’s up to the Spanish government to deal with it. And they’ve signaled in the brightest terms possible that “all are welcome.” They’ve shown not a single inkling so far to demonstrate that they are willing to do what’s necessary to stop this invasion.
