Thomas Sowell: “When a former Speaker of the House of Representatives announces that she is going down to our border to greet and welcome masses of people crossing that border illegally, you know that something is fundamentally wrong. … All that matters to people like Nancy Pelosi is the symbolism of welcoming the oppressed, especially if they represent more votes for Democrats, who will shower the taxpayers’ money on them. As if to make clear the elite’s contempt for ordinary Americans’ intelligence, President Obama tells us that the people crossing the border ‘love’ America. How could he possibly know that, any more than he could know how to ‘invest’ the taxpayers’ money in ‘the industries of the future,’ which have in fact gone bankrupt? What is involved are not just bad policy choices. What is involved are policies imposed unilaterally by the president, in defiance of Congress’ authority to legislate and in contempt of the Constitution’s separation of powers – on which all our freedoms ultimately depend.”