The greatest borders the immigrants face are the borders in our minds. There are borders in them, you know. There are places we will not go, things we will not consider. We draw a line, and refuse entry to thoughts we do not like.
It is these borders that keep the immigrants out, for if we did not have these borders, we would let more immigrants in.
If a person has made up their mind on a matter, that opinion will not be easily changed. A border has been established, one that not even truth can penetrate. A wall has been thrown up.
Draw a line in the sand, then, and cast up a wall along it, and it will be easier for a person to go over or under it than it will for that person to change our minds about whether we should let them in. A mind made up is more of a wall than one of brick and stone.
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