Days before Christmas, a terrorist drove a car into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing five people and injuring more than 200. Given the prevalence of terrorist attacks in Europe by Islamic extremists, many immediately assumed that the motive was related to Islam. That assumption appeared to be accurate when authorities revealed that the alleged attacker was Arab. But investigators later revealed that the suspect was an anti-Muslim activist motivated by the belief that Germany was failing to deal with the Islamic threat.
Whether the attackers were religious radicals or militant atheists, one thing is for certain: they could not have massacred German children if Germany had not allowed them to enter the country in the first place. .
The problem is importing many foreigners into your country, especially from countries that hate you.
Details of the Magdeburg attack remain unclear, in part because of German privacy laws and the suspect's unusual online presence. Authorities identified the attacker as Taleb al-Abdelmohsen, 50, a Saudi doctor who had lived in Germany since 2006. Al-Abdelmohsen maintained an active X account, where he frequently criticized Islam and its influence on Arab society. He also accused Germany of failing the Arabs by not doing enough to secularize new immigrants.
A Saudi doctor expressed support for the populist right-wing party Alternative for Germany, and media outlets labeled the attack an act of far-right terrorism. However, al-Abdelmohsen described himself as a liberal dissatisfied with the failures of the political left. Predictably, the media seized the opportunity to blame the attack on political opponents, despite the suspect's complex motives.
Tests won't save us
Immigration remains a contentious issue throughout Western countries due to the open border policies of the ruling elites. Elon Musk, who supported Donald Trump in the recent US elections, has frequently stated that AFD is the only hope for the country's future. While Musk has made his opposition to illegal immigration clear, he continues to advocate for a significant increase in the number of “highly skilled” immigrants. Even after the Magdeburg attacks, Mr. Musk insisted that diversity can work with proper vetting. This stance, which should challenge the belief that proper vetting will ensure security, is perplexing given the identity and ideology of terrorists.
Mr. Trump and his MAGA movement gained significant momentum by securing the support of Silicon Valley's tech elites like Mr. Musk, David Sachs, and Vivek Ramaswamy. These numbers may not fit the mold of traditional Christian conservatives associated with the Republican Party, but they understand that woke progressive policies are the path to social collapse. Focused on building, innovating, and exploring, these industry leaders recognize that left-wing policies are holding back progress.
The injection of financial support and elite influence galvanized populist movements. It is no exaggeration to say that Mr. Trump's chances of a second term depend largely on Mr. Musk's acquisition of Twitter and his significant contributions to the Trump campaign. This support provided the MAGA movement with much-needed resources to solidify its platform.
The Silicon Valley tech billionaires who support Mr. Trump have benefited well from the policies that support him, but their interests are often different from those of the average Mr. Trump voter. Immigration is the most important issue. Musk and Ramaswamy have said they want to reduce illegal immigration while streamlining and increasing legal immigration, particularly for high-skilled workers through H-1B visas. Like other industries, high-tech companies benefit from expanding the pool of qualified workers and reducing labor costs. Rather than investing in training Americans to provide a steady supply of skilled workers (a process that is time-consuming and expensive), companies hire foreign labor to fill that role. I prefer to import.
Conservative leaders often argue that America is an “idea” defined by a set of values that anyone can adopt. They argue that once individuals embrace these values, they should be allowed entry. This idea is similar in other Western countries such as the UK and Germany, where governments promote the idea that they can import workers for economic benefit if they adhere to certain ideals. .
The flaws in this understanding of human nature and national identity were clearly exposed in the aftermath of the Magdeburg terrorist attacks. Blind belief in the idea that cultures and values can be adopted instantly fails to account for the complexities of integration and the potential risks associated with importing labor without vetting.
It's time to limit large-scale immigration
To Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswami, Taleb al-Abdelmohsen may have seemed the ideal immigrant. A skilled physician, he abandoned his native faith and embraced the secular ideals of his adopted homeland. Al-Abd al-Mohsen was highly skilled and economically productive and advocated further assimilation among his fellow Arabs. Despite these attributes, he still collectively identified Arabs with his own people and ultimately acted like Islamic terrorists.
Some speculate that al-Abd al-Mohsen was lying and only pretending to be a model minority in order to gain trust and put himself in a position to commit this atrocity. I think that theory is entirely possible, but it only highlights how foolish it is to believe that ideological tests can protect the nation. It's not worth it if your vetting process can be subverted by a candidate who doesn't mind telling a few lies. The very act of importing many foreigners into your country, especially from countries that hate you, is a problem.
None of this addresses the gross immoral act of reducing a country's population for economic gain. Americans are told that we need immigrants because they take jobs that native Americans don't want. But leaders are also bringing in immigrants to fill the high-skilled, high-paying jobs that Americans are actively seeking. Average Americans bear the social and economic costs of mass immigration, being sidelined at every turn in favor of economic interests such as high-tech industries. Even Donald Trump uses the word occasionally, as seen in his comments about stapling green cards to college diplomas.
Americans across political lines want, and always have, to reduce immigration, both legal and illegal. American citizens are entitled to policies that prioritize their security and economic interests. If companies need more highly skilled workers, they should invest in training Americans to fill those roles. Wealth and education didn't prevent most of the 9/11 hijackers from becoming bad guys, and as the Magdeburg attack showed, ideological tests can't screen out potential threats either.
The only surefire way to prevent terrorist attacks by immigrants is to completely restrict large-scale immigration. Donald Trump has been given a mandate by voters who want to cut immigration across the board, and he must do it.
