Challenges Facing Europe and Immigration Policy

That is, I see that Western European nations have

gotten weak.

Uh, they have not committed themselves to, uh, their own

security as individual countries or to NATO or

even their own continent. Um, I see that they have adopt climate

alarmism, uh, they've adopted socialism, and maybe

worst of all, un- unfettered illegal immigration without

assimilation. I never thought, sir, in my lifetime, I'd see as many as 100

Sharia courts in Great Britain. I never thought there'd be something

called

no-go zones throughout Europe, including in France.

I never thought that would happen.

Yeah, look, I mean, I think Europe faces some big challenges.

I gave a speech about that earlier this year in,

in Munich at the security

conference. And, you know, so much of what we have in our country

is a legacy of

Europe, whether it's our traditions, our culture, uh, even our democracy,

and many of the things that underpin it come from there.

So, uh, obviously, we have a special place in our heart from

Europe, and we have

very strong alliances. And not every country in Europe

is the same, by the way.

There are countries in Europe that have been very forward-leaning on

some of the

things you just pointed to, and there are others that have not so much.

And we- we've all seen the images, for example, of what's happening in Spain.

The truth is this, whether it's in Europe

or in the Western Hemisphere, the United

States, or whatever it may be, no country, no country in the world that's

responsible, governed by responsible people,

can allow their borders to just be

open and allow anyone that wants to come in to flood in.

You can't flood countries with migration.

You know, w- well, this is a country that was built on immigration,

and immigration

has to happen through an orderly process in which you get to decide who comes in,

you know a lot about them, and you pick and choose how many people,

who and how

many people can come in every single year.

This is proper migration, proper immigration.

What we have seen in the broader West, and what we saw in the United States

during

the previous administration, is an uncontrolled flood of people coming

in.

It's what, analogy I've always used is, I'm not against rain, I'm against

flooding. And that's what I would say about

immigration and mass migration.

Mass migration is terribly, uh, costly for any society.

It's simply not sustainable over the long term.

I think countries in Europe are learning that now.

The United States learned that after four years under the Biden

administration.

And, um, and I think other countries in our own

hemisphere are dealing with some of

this as well.

You know, Mr. Secretary, you've been very articulate about the i-