Barbed Wire Cuts Both Ways: Why Denying Asylum Threatens Us All

Let’s not mince words here. Asylum is not some bleeding-heart, kumbaya concession for the downtrodden masses yearning to breathe free. It’s not charity, it’s not optional, and it’s not negotiable. It’s a human right—a hard-won piece of civilization carved out of the primordial muck by people who’ve been hunted, exiled, and burned at the stake for centuries. If we start pretending otherwise, we might as well roll the clock back to the Dark Ages, slap on some iron shackles, and let the wolves back in.