Movie Night | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Last night my wife and I went to see a movie. It was a very popular movie and we were required to wait our turn in a long line to purchase our tickets. After purchasing our tickets we proceeded through the metal detector to ensure we were not carrying weapons. At about this time, there was a commotion in the theater as about 50 people had found an unlocked door, and entered the movie without purchasing tickets, or passing through the metal detector!

    The manager of the theater was called, but I was dismayed by his decision!

    He allowed all of the intruders to stay and watch the movie without paying or going back through the metal detector! His sole request was that they all promise to turn off their cell phones during the movie. As a result, some people who had been waiting in line were denied admission to the movie because there were no empty seats remaining! Everyone was concerned about the identity of these invaders and what potential harm some of them might be considering for the other patrons since they had not been screened.

    Do you agree with the decision of the theater manager? Or would you like to have seen something different for his resolution?

    Actually, this particular movie theater has been having the same problem every day since 1954 and the managers' (the manager has been changed periodically over the years.) decision is always the same. There have been demands to lock the door, and various managers have promised to do so, but they never do! Once in a while one of the people who entered illegally is thrown out, but it is usually at least his third offense of dumping soda down a person's back who was sitting in the row in front of him.

    In 1986, the theater manager gave lifetime passes to all of the trespassers who had entered the theater illegally up to that time. He did this with the promise from the Board of Directors that they would lock the door in question and prevent anyone else from entering the theater without paying. The Board of Directors has reneged on their promise.

    Are you disgusted? You should be! Won't you join me in demanding that the manager lock the door in question and eject anyone who is in the theater without paying? This manager reports to a board of directors who could demand action. One of the members of the board lives in your area.

    Please look up his or her address and demand that the manager take the appropriate action immediately. Those local members of the Board of Directors are the telephone directory under United States Government. OK, by now you certainly realize that the movie theater I am speaking of is our country, the United States.

    The unlocked door is of course our porous border. The people waiting in line who must wait to perhaps see a later movie are the millions of people seeking legal admission to this country. The metal detectors are the background checks that are performed upon those legal immigrants. And the promise to turn off their cell phones is the Progressives' promise that the illegal immigrants will only get probationary citizenship. The illegals who are thrown out after at least three times of dumping soda down another patron's back represent those who are convicted of drunk driving (at least) three times, or more serious felonies. 1954 was the year of "Operation Wetback"; a very successful roundup and deportation of illegal immigrants. 1986 was the year Ronald Reagan gave amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants upon receiving the promise that the border would be sealed.

    I might emphasize that the vast majority of illegals just want a better life. I would invite them to get in line and enter this country legally. But, sprinkled among them are terrorists and drug cartel members.

    What should we do? First, the border should be sealed by whatever means is necessary. Second, we should allow those who are here illegally to self deport. They will self deport when they realize we are serious about the next step. Third, we should change the law to make a first offense of illegal immigration punishable by a minimum of ten years in prison, subsequent deportation, and a lifetime ban on ever entering this country even as a tourist.

    After these three steps have been completed, we can discuss changes to our immigration system. We (the citizens of the United States) have been lied to in the past. We should not accept new affirmations of those promises. We need action on the part of the federal government. Only after no illegal incursions into this country have been made over a consecutive twelve month period should we allow discussions on changes to the immigration system.

    There are a few things that you can do as a citizen. First, send a copy of this column to the President, each of your Senators, and your Congressman. Attach a note stating that you expect them to follow this outline. Second, share this with everyone you know and ask them to do the same. And, every time you are in a line for any occasion (i. e. movie), go to the head of the line and ask that person if they believe in amnesty for illegal immigrants. If they say "No", move to the next person in line. Keep moving back until you find a person who says that they are in favor. Then cut in line in front of them and hand her or him a copy of this column. After all, they just said they were in favor of people cutting in line!