If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to want a glass of milk. And if you tell a country that its immigration laws are optional, you’re going to have a problem.

It starts, as these things always do, with a wink and a nod. A decision to “look the other way.” A promise that compassion requires flexibility. A shrug at the law because enforcing it might make someone uncomfortable—or worse, unpopular.

But laws don’t work like that. They’re either laws or they’re suggestions. And when you treat immigration law like a suggestion, everything downstream begins to rot.

First, you disrespect the border. Not tighten it. Not reform it. Just quietly abandon enforcement. You say words like “asylum” and “equity,” and you let record numbers of people pour into the country with no meaningful vetting.

Among them—this is not conjecture, it’s documented—are violent criminals with histories that would have barred them from entry under any sane system.

If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to want more.

If you give criminal organizations an open border, they’re going to send more criminals. And they did. Gang members. Repeat offenders. People already wanted in other countries. The numbers aren’t disputed; the outcomes are.

Protestors who were told they were “fighting fascism.” Officers who were told to stand down until it was too late. Innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire of a movement that began with “just be kind” and ended with blood on the pavement.

At that point, the same elected officials issue statements. They call for calm. They disavow violence. They insist this isn’t what they meant.

But it is what they built.

Because if you give a mouse a cookie—and then another—and then another—you don’t get surprised when he eats the house.

You cannot encourage lawlessness, excuse fraud, defy federal authority, bankroll agitation, and glorify resistance—and then act shocked when the system collapses into chaos.

You told people the law didn’t matter. You told criminals they could stay. You told activists to resist.

You’re going to have a problem. And this time, it won’t be solved with milk.

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