THE GOOD GUYS SAY NO – AT 1:20 P.M. ET:  The Czech Republic is one of the few bright lights in Europe – democratic, pro-American, pro-freedom, and wary of refugee groups that do not share those values.  Now the country is taking a stand against the chic, trendy policies of the European Union:.  Root for the Czechs.  From Breitbart: 

Andrej Babiš has said there is ‘no way’ the Czech Republic will agree to Brussels’ demand that the nation accept a quota of migrants from the third world.

Speaking in the country’s parliament on Thursday, the recently elected Czech Prime Minister slammed the European Union’s (EU) mandatory quota scheme as “ineffective” and divisive.

“It is certain that we will not accept anyone, and we are fundamentally against anyone dictating to us who should live and work in our country,” local media reported him saying.

“We consider it absurd that the European Commission sues us for something that is nonsense,” Babiš added, regarding the EU’s decision to sue the Czech Republic alongside Poland and Hungary over their refusal to take part in the quota scheme.

Passed in 2015, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the continent’s borders, the controversial rule dictates that asylum seekers who arrive in Europe seeking a new life are “fairly” redistributed across the bloc through a quota system.

Highlighting other contributions the Czech Republic has made to solving the migrant crisis, which includes having sent extra police officers to Hungary and Bulgaria to help protect the external EU border, Babiš pointed to the 35 million euro contribution from Visegrád 4 nations to help Italy crack down on people trafficking from Africa to Europe.

COMMENT:  Countries have a right to control their borders, and to control immigration.  We sympathize with the refugee streams coming from some pretty horrible countries, but a refugee stream can turn into a fifth column, seeking to destabilize a host country rather than integrate into it.  We're having that problem here, although those who thoughtfully point it out are automatically called racists in some quarters.

March 3, 2018