Rubio’s Fiery Exchange Is A Wake-Up Call To Immigration Realism
The United States is finally prioritizing cultural cohesion and sovereign self-determination over liberal universalism.
In a recent hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Senator Tim Kaine clashed over the recent admission of a small number of white South African refugees into the United States.
After downplaying the well-documented plight of these Afrikaner refugees, Kaine objected to the fact that the Trump Administration made an exception for this group after shutting down other long-standing refugee programs.
Invoking the statutory standard that refugee status requires a “well-justified fear of persecution,” which these Afrikaners unquestionably have, Kaine then asked, “Should that standard be applied in an even-handed way?”
The question was a blatant attempt to frame the admission of Afrikaners as a purely racially motivated exception, without acknowledging the broader aspects of Afrikaner compatibility with American civic values, shared legal traditions, their ability to speak English, and their European cultural ancestry, not to mention the relatively small number of refugees in question.
Rubio’s response was unapologetic and defiant: “The United States has a right to allow into this country and prioritize allowance of who they want to allow to come in. We’re going to prioritize people coming into our country based on what’s in the interests of this country.”
Rubio continued, “The bottom line is this notion that somehow, we have to accept anyone who wants to come to the United States is absurd. No country in the world has an immigration policy like that.”
Rubio’s position is both principled and pragmatic. The United States, as a sovereign nation, has the right to determine who it admits, based not only on perceived humanitarian need or economic utility, but also on cultural compatibility and long-term American national interest.
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