As I watch the media’s reporting of the immigration mess, I am as conflicted as are most Americans. The vast majority of those seeking admittance to the United States are looking for a safe place to live for themselves and their children. Many are just kids looking for safety from gangs controlling their countries.

To be honest all this mess is our fault. We are where the drugs are sold that has fueled the violence south of the border causing the refugees to seek relative safety. Trump keeps talking about MS-13 gang members coming here but I remember seeing a documentary many years ago saying the gang originated in Los Angeles. We caught them and shipped them home. Oops.

I don’t know what President was the first to try to stop our drug habit, but the world would be a better place if that one and all the succeeding ones hadn’t failed. Just like Prohibition spawned organized crime, drugs have created the world’s gang problem. Who’s to blame for the refugee/immigration problem? Look in the mirror because we use drugs, we don’t report sellers, and we vote for people who are soft on gangs and drugs. Giving people a ticket just increases the problem here and where the drug was grown and transported.

As usual we seem to be blaming the result of what we caused on countries South of the border. It isn’t a new problem because I remember the discussions from years ago predicted this refugee flood would happen. We never seem to take responsibility for what we do when we mess up a country.