In one sense, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are the foundation of the country’s government. The Declaration laid out the principles we aspire toward. The Constitution established the three branches of government. It contains many brilliant mechanisms to check the government’s power. The Bill of Rights offers another layer of protection.
But mere words — even some of the most brilliant and influential words ever written — didn’t create America’s greatness. Americans did.
Imagine you could magically impose America’s system of government in Somalia, Afghanistan or the Gaza Strip. Same Declaration of Independence. Same Constitution. Same Bill of Rights. Would it turn those Third World nations into First World successes?
Of course not. Just look at the 260,000 people of Somali descent living in America. More than 100,000 of them live in Minnesota. In recent weeks, there have been numerous stories about how Somalis in Minnesota stole billions of dollars from the government. That led to millions of dollars going to Al-Shabaab, an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group.
In one scheme, Asha Farhan Hassan created Smart Therapy, which supposedly offered services for children with autism. She and her partners recruited Somali parents and worked to get their children fake autism diagnoses. They used that to secure Medicaid funding. Hassan then cut the parents in on the scheme.
“Several larger families left Smart Therapy after being offered larger kickbacks by other autism centers,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota wrote in a release.
Importing Somalis to America didn’t give them American values. They brought their pre-existing values to America and ripped off taxpayers for billions. They brought clan rivalries from Somalia along with them as well.
Afghanistan provides another example of this. After 9/11, the United States took over the country. We spent more than $130 billion there. That’s more than America spent rebuilding Western Europe with the Marshall Plan, according to the Washington Post. The United States even held elections in Afghanistan. But as soon as former President Joe Biden decided to surrender, the country fell to the Taliban. Despite all the money and lives lost, we couldn’t export democracy to a society with a vastly different history and heritage.
These differences were punctuated by an Afghan national allegedly murdering a National Guardsman in Washington, D.C., recently.
Even democracy isn’t a cure-all. In 2006, Gaza Strip residents elected Hamas to run the region. Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre initially boosted Hamas’ favorability ratings among Palestinians.
What the Founding Fathers understood — but many modern Americans don’t — is that our society’s foundation isn’t the government. It’s the shared values, culture and history that bind individuals into citizens of a nation. Those are the pillars that uphold the government.
This is why importing millions of people who have fundamentally different worldviews is a terrible idea — and not just in America. Look at England. Grooming gangs raped thousands of girls over decades. Most officials ignored the problem because the rapists were largely from Pakistan. They feared being accused of racism.
Even immigrants who support Western civilization and have Judeo-Christian values need time to assimilate. People aren’t interchangeable units of economic activity. They have religious values, customs and worldviews. Our country has an interest in making sure new arrivals learn ours. Learning English should be non-negotiable. Those living in the same country need to be able to communicate with each other. This makes it easier to build trust and cohesion.
As of June 2025, America had more than 50 million immigrants. More than 15% of the country’s population was born elsewhere. That includes a staggering 19% of the workforce.
It’s too much. At this point, the melting pot is boiling over.
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Agree 100%.
I’ve been saying this for some time now and most people- friends and family- look at me like I’m some sort of conspiracy minded nut job. Racist- Islamaphobic, you name it but what they’re missing is the obvious.
Data shows this now an irreversible trend here in America to welcome with someone’s open arms a people and society that is completely at odds with our western culture. But who actually granted millions of unvetted Arabs into this country? And why?
More immigrants poured into the U.S. in the last four years than entered through the East Coast and otherwise over the last 40 plus years. No small increase.
Assimilating into the west is not understood nor welcomed by our Arab Muslim Islamic immigrants. No, it’s (or was) a nearly imperceptible forcible change by a foreign cultural ideology that’s repressive and literally hates the country they’ve “chosen” to enter. But not all are here as invaders- lest I get branded as a racist or Islamophobe.
Too many are not here for the betterment of life, they’re here to implement Sharia Islam in America via repopulation (like rabbits) and incursions into government positions be it local, state or federal. School districts are targets as well. Is it true that a high school in Colorado recites the “pledge” but substitutes “under God” with Allah?
This past November election cycle brought 42 Muslims into political positions here in the good ‘ol U.S. of A.
How? Wolves in sheep’s clothing maybe? Are we that naive?
Conquest is their game and there are some who’ll admit to it.
Look no further than France, Germany or the U.K. for proof of culture clash with horrific outcomes. Crime has skyrocketed with the immigrant as the primary suspects in a majority of assaults. Stabbing on trains or busses, shooting our National Guardsmen and women (murder on the latter claim), rapes and robberies, and governments are afraid to call it out for what it is, but they’ll jail those who dare to post such as this.
We’re a nation whose foundations are pinned with immigrants from European countries, and Ellis Island was their beacon of hope for a better life, and they did it right. Many from Mexico did it right. Not so with Arabs. They’re bringing Sharia with them and like any cancer, it seems undetectable until it’s not…it’s stage four.
What will it take by either the people in America who voted for those who swore to uphold protections against foreign invasion or seditious groups to bring this burgeoning evil to a halt? Or, is it too late?
Of all the issues dividing Americans today, it would seem this issue of Islamic incursion and exponential growth would unite the country to curb its effects, but alas, even our politicians are afraid to call it out.
By the time Americans are a minority, they’ll be out of office. And in the meantime, it’s their open arms, rewarding those who despise the west with taxpayer money to receive what many Americans cannot.
And if we don’t intervene soon, we’ll suffer the same consequences as France, Germany or the UK or Minnesota for that matter.