Cable news networks and newspaper headlines continue to cover the crisis along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico, but despite the impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, the Biden administration continues to ignore the continuing, growing and evolving disaster. ing.

In addition to bringing millions of illegal immigrants into our country, the invasion has flooded our country with illegal drugs, which is one reason why an average of 150 Americans die from fentanyl each day. It also breeds violent crimes, such as the Laken Riley tragedy. This tragedy is the latest example of a young American whose life was brutally ended by an illegal alien that Biden willingly brought into our country.

The country's It brings in external enemies who try to destroy it from within. Already in 2024 he will be 19,000 people.

Finally, there is the influx of an estimated 6 million to 10 million foreigners into already strained social services. Children in New York are being forced to learn remotely as school facilities are used to house foreign nationals and veterans' doctors provide medical care. Instead of taking care of our veterans, we are pleading the cause of illegal immigration.

Unless we act soon, the question is not if, but when, our country will collapse.

We must take immediate concrete and permanent steps to close our borders, complete physical barriers along the entire border, and stop the invasion once and for all. In that case, we must take active and proactive steps to deport illegal aliens and enforce our Remain in Mexico policy. These actions are Required To save our country from collapsing under the weight of the largest territorial invasion the United States has ever experienced.

However, there are long-term challenges that cannot be ignored. For the past several decades, the United States has largely turned a blind eye to developments in Latin American countries, many of which have communist or socialist regimes, as the former Soviet Union's satellite states and the Middle East have drawn our attention.

My first job fresh out of law school was in San Antonio, Texas, one of the largest metropolitan areas closest to the southern border. I witnessed how the Mexican government completely relinquished control of the country to the drug cartels.

This was more than a decade ago, when borders were much more secure, but cartels were still forcing many individuals and businesses to legally immigrate to the United States. The reality then, and now, is that when a person or business becomes remote, successful cartels in Mexico demand a cut of the profits. As a real estate attorney, I was proud to help several people who legally moved to Texas restart their lives free from cartel intimidation. During my time in Texas, it became clear that the scale and pervasiveness of the cartels' control of Mexico could not be understated.

Since then, the state of democracy and freedom in Mexico and other Latin American countries has continued to deteriorate. Venezuela has illegally claimed oil-rich areas of Guyana and appears to be preparing to launch a full-scale invasion of its democratic neighbor, but there is virtually no media coverage in the United States. The Biden administration has also not commented.

In December 2023, a pastor and 11 other Christians associated with the Texas-based missionary organization Mountain Gateway were imprisoned by the Nicaraguan government without access to a lawyer or clarity on the charges against them. . Fortunately, Alabama's Congressional delegation, Robert Aderholt, brought national attention to this crisis.

Cuba is naturally an ally of China, and Brazil and Bolivia are in rapid contact, as China buys about a third of all Brazilian exports and is also a partner in a $2.3 billion lithium mining operation in Bolivia. is becoming a distributor in China. Elsewhere in Latin America, economic collapse, cartel culture and disregard for human rights have made the region fertile ground for full-scale colonization by China.

As long as the rest of the hemisphere continues to be ruled by corrupt regimes, our southern border will continue to be filled with asylum-seeking refugees.

As a child in rural Alabama, I was always told to “nip problems in the bud” – to try to find the causes of problems rather than just dealing with the effects. If we truly want a long-term solution to the border crisis, we must take a tougher stance on Mexico and hold Mexico accountable for its cartel culture.

We must encourage countries like Guyana and Argentina who are fighting for free governments and elections.

And finally, we must frankly acknowledge that Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, and Bolivia are proxies for China and respond accordingly.

Caroleen Dobson is an attorney, wife, and mother who grew up on her family's fifth-generation cattle farm in Beatrice, Alabama, and is running for the Republican nomination for Alabama's 2nd Congressional District.