India: Illegal Muslim Migrants Blocked

Lessons for America From India's War Against Muslim Illegal Migrants
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India’s 2,582 mile border with Bangladesh is even longer than America’s 1,954 mile border with Mexico

India is fencing off its border with Bangladesh. What will that mean for ...
12-20-10, An 8-foot-high, double-walled, barbed-wire fence menaces the border between Sutia, India and Dhannokulla, Bangladesh.
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8-1-19, * -- India and Bangladesh are divided not only by a border, but by religion. India has an 80% Hindu majority and a rising 13% Muslim minority. Bangladesh has a 90% Muslim majority. And the tide of Muslim migration from Bangladesh to India is rising. 

India has spent decades building fences, topping them with barbed wire, and installing lights. The lights are there so that the guards can see. Unlike America, there are guards, they have guns and they shoot. 

What makes America’s border different from those of so many other nations isn’t the lack of fencing. Smugglers, traffickers and assorted criminals can often find weak points in any security setup. In most countries, the defense of the border is seen as a national security issue backed by real firepower. 

America’s Border Patrol has less than 20,000 people; India’s Border Security Force has 257,363 people. It’s a paramilitary organization with an intelligence network, ten artillery units, air and marine wings, canine and even camel units. And India's guard's weapons aren’t just there for show. 

In over a decade over 1,000 illegal infiltrators have been killed trying to enter India from Bangladesh. 

[..snip] India’s National Register of Citizens is being used to clarify who belongs in the country and who doesn’t. Those who are unable to prove their citizenship potentially face the Foreigners’ Tribunals, courts that ask the accused to prove their citizenship. If the illegals fail to do so, they can be sent to prison and then deported. If they try to dodge the courts, the machinery of the system will move forward anyway. 

India is also moving against the 40,000 strong Rohingya illegal Muslim population which have been a problem in that country, as well as in Myanmar. India is also making it clear that it will respect legitimate refugees by providing sanctuary to Hindu and Buddhist refugees fleeing Islamic violence. 

There are important lessons from India's effort for the United States in our immigration challenges. 

India’s Modi has been dubbed a natural counterpart to President Trump. Under Modi, the BJP understood that it had to run on migration issues to gain political sanction for a crackdown. Popular support from Indians allowed the government to ignore protests by leftist activist groups like Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, the domestic opposition and even the United Nations.

India understood that border security alone would never be enough. Not unless the illegal infiltrators were made to understand that there was no future for them even if they did make it across the border. 

Building a border wall is a partial answer. But the real answer lies in using military force to secure the border, ending the processing of asylum requests, and distinguishing Americans from illegal aliens. India’s example shows that these things can be done. And if India can do them, America certainly can. That winning argument in India, is a winning argument in America.

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On 5/24/18 USA Today reported that there are 77 nations with security walls and fences on their borders.  The Holy Bible speaks of unwalled cities Ezekiel 38:11 and the New Jerusalem has walls and gates too. Revelation 21:12

*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Daniel Greenfield here
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