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The problems most visibly associated with mass immigration in the West, legal and illegal, can be addressed at their root if governments choose to act forcefully against them. Paris, which will host the Olympics in the summer of 2024, is now facing that situation head-on. Paris is now beginning a drive to push migrants out of the city ahead of the Olympics. The steps that the city and the French government are taking prior to the games show that states can deal with illegal immigration if they just choose to make it a priority or, more often, if their hand is finallyforced.

Paris is certainly in need of this action. The French capital is possibly the capital city in Europe worst impacted by mass illegal immigration. Many suburbs of Paris have become what the French police euphemistically call Zones Urbaines Sensibles (Sensitive Urban Zones), as migrant and migrant-descended gangs have made sections of the city into strongholds of crime and even terrorism. The French authorities even provide publicly available maps so that people can avoid these zones. Tourists rarely venture there. However, it is the impact mass immigration has on the favored spots for tourists, who will soon descend on Paris for the Olympics that has sparkedaction.

Tourist sites in Paris are now frequently haunted by often aggressive illegal alien vendors, mostly from Africa. These vendors have a reputation for physically harassing and abusing tourists who try to ignore their demands to buy overpriced and often unsafe souvenirs. The infamous friendship bracelet scammers, a gang of illegal African migrants who physically pounce on tourists at the Sacre-Coeur church, are among the most notorious and threatening, and tourist review websites of the Sacre-Coeur often mention the migrants and the levels of aggression they use. There have also been physical attacks on tourists and even rapes by migrants at the Eiffel Tower. The tower itself has been surrounded by a security wall as a precaution against terrorism, something else that mass migration has made an everyday threat inParis.

The city authorities are clearly worried. On the one hand, Paris has declared itself a sanctuary city that is reluctant to do anything about illegal migrants who commit crimes and illegally camp in the streets of the city of lights. On the other hand, it is rightfully concerned that visitors to the Olympics will notice these problems and never come back or discourage others. Olympic host cities often experience a post-Olympic tourist boom, and Paris hopes this will be the case for them, but negative experiences linked to migrants may impede that. Nobody likes to be physically manhandled or worry if they will be raped at a famous landmark, and the sight of large illegal encampments worthy of a Third-World shantytown is hardly a romantic memory. For the duration of the Olympics, the migrants will be moved on, but towns outside of Paris will be the places they end up in. The locals in these towns are unsurprisinglyupset.

The shifting of illegal aliens out of Paris for a few weeks will be a welcome respite for Parisians and tourists alike, but they most likely return once the Olympics are finished, and the social problems like crime, terrorism and public health concerns will return with them. The Potemkin strategy of temporarily moving migrants away to fool tourists into thinking Paris has no problem with illegal immigration is not a solution. France, like all advanced countries, must decide whether it is willing to continue this slide downwards, or whether it wishes to act decisively and reverse it forgood.

Many American cities now face the same problems, as New York, Chicago, and Denver among other places have all struggled with illegal migrant camps and the problems that surround uncontrolled illegal immigration. Whether it be the streets of Paris or the streets of the U.S., illegal immigration is a serious issue. Temporary solutions like moving migrants out of the way until they return, are not enough. More permanent solutions to secure our borders are needed. Citizens must demand that this be actedupon.

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Paris Moves Migrants Out Ahead of Olympics | FAIRUS.org - Federation for American Immigration Reform