October 16, 2013
President Barack H. Obama
The Whitehouse
Dear Mr. President:
Your failure to secure our national borders has created a
deadly “attractive nuisance”. Innocent
people have been lured by our lack of border security into attempts to navigate
arduous and dangerous terrain, or by associating with human smugglers, in their
pursuit for a safer and more prosperous life.
How many of these immigrants and family members have succumbed to the
harsh conditions they encountered trying to illegally cross our border. And how many have perished because they put
their faith and their money in the hands of brutal and ruthless criminals. You have created this tragedy through your
dereliction of duty to your oath of office.
Let’s also consider that most of these illegal immigrants
are decent, hardworking, and honest people doing what they must to
survive. But our porous borders have also
attracted the worst elements of humankind who came to our country to exploit
our wealth, our compassion, and our vulnerability to acts of terrorism.
You would prosecute me to fullest extent of the law if a
child drowned in my unattended swimming pool that did not have a protective fence.
If, as you claim, compassion is more important to you than
party politics, then you must make every effort to immediately secure our
borders. Otherwise, you should be
prosecuted to fullest extent of the law as an accomplice to negligent
manslaughter as a consequence of willfully maintaining an “attractive
nuisance”.
Respectfully,
Bill Monroe
