BUCK: One thing that you’re always gonna have here is the wisdom of the greatest to have ever been at the mic, Rush Limbaugh, something that you will continue to hear on the show. Immigration is an issue that, as you know, goes through cycles when it comes to interest. It goes through cycles when it comes to the levels of illegal immigration and border insecurity we have.

But there’s also the broader narratives about why some oppose immigration and how some are supposed to give up their principles about rule of law when it comes to immigration. Someone that we always will turn to for wisdom on things like this is Rush himself. Here he is talking about how immigration — the issues here — have nothing to do with race.

RUSH: The one thing people do not understand about those of us who oppose illegal immigration is that it has nothing to do with race, it has nothing to do with skin color, it has nothing to do with economics, nothing whatsoever to do with any of that. It has to do with two things, maybe three.

One: The rule of law!

It’s simply illegal.

Well, the second thing is the damage to the culture. There is no assimilation on the part of most people coming into the country illegally. As such, it represents an assault on a distinct and unique American culture, which is fundamentally responsible for America’s status in the world and the greatness of the American experiment, the American standard of living, American lifestyles.

Preserving this distinct American culture? There’s nothing racist about it. There’s nothing bigoted about it. It’s based on love. And, of course, the third thing is, the Democrats see this as a massive voter registration drive. And that’s another reason why we oppose it. It has nothing to do with the left’s usual assaults.

“You just don’t like brown-skinned people. You just don’t like people that don’t speak English!” It has nothing to do with any of that. That’s not why illegal immigration is opposed. It’s against the law, number one. The rule of law counts for something. If we’re not gonna enforce that law, then what other laws are we not gonna enforce down the road?

BUCK: So true. And, Clay — just like with many of the primary policy disputes out there right now — the left’s go-to is, “Oh, you won’t do what we say? Must be because you’re racist.”

CLAY: And sexist and homophobic and… Oh, by the way to Rush’s point, we’re basically not enforcing any laws, right? I mean vast majority of criminal violations are now being just waved away. You want to walk into a store, steal as much as you can carry, walk right out? Nobody’s gonna do anything to you. You want to live on the street in a homeless camp?

They just moved the LPGA event in Portland, Buck, because it’s too close on it a homeless encampment. They couldn’t have the golf tournament. You can’t park on the street in many American cities right now, leave your car, and be comfortable that it’s not gonna get broken into — and if it does happen and if your car gets stolen, there’s not even a police officer you can call in some cities now!

CLAY: Racist.

BUCK: And this is something that we should all fight and continue to just point out how absurd it is.