No secular idiocy is greater than the belief that the conscience can replace God, the Bible and Judeo-Christian values as a producer of moral behavior.
They assume that opponents act from irrational passion, because that is what, secretly and probably unwittingly, they assume all moral judgments to be.
It is hard enough for religious conservatives to keep their children and grandchildren conservative. It is far harder for secular conservatives to do so.
The pressing question is not whether the border crisis meets the constitutional definition of “invasion” but whether the Constitution will survive widespread anarchy.