Comment by padolsey

When recently visiting, what shocked me most about the CBP–which I presume is of a softer ilk than ICE–was the sense of entitlement and strength they projected, a kind of "prove to me your worth at the gates of our great nation" vibe. America's jingoistic self-obsession is diminishing its soft power. It's now naked and vulnerable, weaker now for having obsessed over its strength for so long. Once-allies now see this. In not too long perhaps America will get everything it desires and more: it will be isolated, undesirable and unreliable as a place of work and avenue to freedom or liberation from ostensibly less developed nations.