WALL: What it represents

I was recently challenged by a friend to explain how The Wall being built on our southern border was going to do any good because “people will just go around it.”

Makes sense if you are thinking the point of The Wall is its actual physical barrier. The point of The Wall is not as a barrier. It is a statement.

This is our space and that is yours. The wall says that we have a right to our space and if you cross this wall without due process, you are breaking a law. We are declaring our right to choose who we accept in.

Think of it like this: You have a home with walls and doors and windows. Inside those barriers is your space and you have the right to refuse or invite who you allow into your home. Now as we all know it is easy to break into a home. Break a window, jimmy a door, or even just hack with an ax at a wall.

But if someone does that and enters your home without an invitation, you can pretty much assume they are not a law-abiding citizen. You can defend your space, call law enforcement to back you up, “kick them out” and prosecute them.

The walls of your home are your statement that this is your space. People require an invitation to enter.

The Wall is our statement that the U.S. is a space that requires a process to enter legally.

JULIA KOEP

Post Falls