Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

The question of our national sovereignty has arisen regarding the porous nature of our southern border and the many Central and South Americans, and individuals from other nations, who come often in large groups, to cross into the United States without our review or acceptance of them.

The question of national sovereignty was challenged as to whether the 13 colonies would have a union governed by a constitution or simply be a confederation of individual states or of three or four small groups of states. The primary issue was then as it is now, “safety,” the safety of the nation...