My letter is in response to the letter titled, “Border, guns” from Nov. 28.
I have deep concerns about the assumptions made in the letter.
First, the assumption that erecting a wall between the United States and Mexico will keep us safe is false.
Our safety is not based on whether a wall gets built, because there is always a criminal element in any population.
Building a wall will not change that.
Second, the assumption that erecting a wall will keep illegal immigrants out is also false.
The wall cannot and will not change the reality of people living in desperate poverty and dangerous conditions, which drives them to risk their own lives for a better life here.
They will keep finding ways to get here despite our government’s plans to spend an estimated $18 billion on a wall to stop them.
I believe that illegal immigrants will only stop coming if their lives get better in their own countries.
Nothing else will stop the flow.
Period.
To that end, my family has been sponsoring children in Latin America for over 20 years through Compassion International.
How amazing would it be for our world if all Americans did something similar?
The world is a very unfair place, and, simply because of where we were born, we won the lottery.
This inequality cannot continue without serious ramifications, such as the flow of illegal immigrants.
We must share our wealth with others who do not have the same birthright.
Carrie Cobb
Port Angeles