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There is a thread that runs through progressive ideology that explains much about the state of our country and the world. It’s that the left doesn’t like laws being enforced or people being punished for doing wrong things.
Take the U.S. southern border, for example, where record numbers of illegal aliens are being “encountered” and thousands are forced into the U.S. interior each day.Unmitigated disruption is so bad that it can sometimes be covered by inheritance media They usually prefer to ignore reports about the border.
Americans are worried that President Joe Biden’s strategy will funnel billions of dollars to support “root causes of illegal immigration” to Latin America and create a false “root cause” program to bring inadmissible aliens off the books and into the United States. I understand that the strategy is to create a “parole” program and release even more captured foreigners. The border has completely failed.
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Biden’s excuse for releasing or paroling millions of people instead of detaining them or deporting them to their home countries is to pretend that they are all asylum seekers. To qualify for asylum, a person must prove that he or she is fleeing persecution within the country. It’s not enough to live in a poor country and want a job in the United States. Otherwise, why bother getting a visa?
Let’s discuss the future of immigration – what’s fair, what’s possible, and what’s in the national interest. But we don’t face the outrageous threat of tens of thousands of foreigners crossing our borders every day.
The biggest lie that Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas continues to tell is that “we will work to remove as quickly as possible those who are not eligible for relief under our laws.” However, deportations or “forced removals” fell to 72,177 in 2022, a quarter of the 2019 total. The number of deported people in 2023 has increased to 142,000, but in the past more than 302,000 illegal aliens were encountered. Even just in December, this is far from meeting your needs. Despite extreme overwork, immigration judges still order the deportation of more than 20,000 illegal immigrants each month (subject to due process). Do the math and the truth will be revealed. The Biden administration will never enforce the law and deport most people who fail to apply for asylum.
Republican presidential candidates are all campaigning to restore sanity to the border. If Donald Trump is re-elected, he has promised to renew his emphasis on deportations. In response, left-wing state media, politicians and activists are furious.
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However, this will not be a dystopian nightmare, but simply begin a return to historical norms and restore the rule of law. Applicants who do not have a legal right to remain in the United States must be returned to their home country. Failure to do so will cause the system to lose all credibility. Mr. Biden sent a clear message to the world that if illegal immigrants show up at the border, they will enter the country and stay for years.
Tom Homan, former head of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, understands that. “As part of due process, we will enforce the court’s final decision,” he said. Like all Americans who believe in the rule of law, Homan thinks, “If court orders mean nothing, what are we even doing? Border Patrol.” It would be better to remove them from the border and close immigration.” Obviously, there is no enforcement of immigration laws. ”
Enforcing laws passed by Congress is not an extreme position. A Pew poll last year found that 73% of Americans think it is “very” or “somewhat” important to “increase security along the U.S.-Mexico border.” A CBS News poll in September found that 66% of Americans disapprove of Joe Biden’s handling of immigration, while only 34% approve. A recent Fox News poll of national voters showed that 67% of respondents “support deporting illegal aliens.” A CBS poll of likely Republicans ahead of the next primary election found that 80% of New Hampshire voters and 85% of Iowa voters said they wanted millions of illegal immigrants to leave the country. “They want the Republican candidate to be ousted.”
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Among Texas Hispanics, 40% of those surveyed agreed with this idea. deportation Hispanic support for a controlled border is likely to grow as more and more preventable steps are taken as illegal aliens are released in large numbers daily into already impoverished U.S. border areas. crime To U.S. citizens and legal residents.
The idea that if you don’t enforce the law, people will ignore it applies to many other situations as well.
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves dismissed charges in 67% of suspects arrested by police last year. Meanwhile, violent crime increased by 39%, murder by 34%, robbery by 68% and carjacking by 88%. Many carjackers are teenagers who should be attending school. In perhaps related news, last year 60% of high school students in Washington State were “chronically absent,” and at one high school nearly 90% of students were “chronically absent.”
In the Middle East’s Gulf of Aden, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have fired drones and rockets at commercial ships and US Navy ships, but have so far been prevented from attacking their targets. . Why do the Houthis continue to provoke the world’s most powerful navy? Because it can be done. They fire rockets. We send a strongly worded statement. Does anyone doubt that a significant U.S. response can end this terrorist threat? But it continues. Oil and shipping companies are rerouting ships to avoid this threat. Longer trips require more time and fuel, which is passed on to consumers in higher prices.
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Portland, Oregon decriminalized drug use in 2020.All fentanyl pills are imported through Mexico and the raw materials are imported from China.sell That’s only $1 or $2 more than triple what it was in 2020. (This is one notable area where “Bidenomics” has actually brought down the price of something.) Kevin Dahlgren has worked with homeless people for 30 years and ranks Portland as “the largest It is called an open city. -Aerial drug zone in state history. He wrote, “I have discovered more deaths and witnessed more overdoses this year than in all the other years I have worked and volunteered combined.”
In Washington state, theft up to $750 is only a misdemeanor, and like in California’s larger cities, prosecutors often dismiss shoplifting charges. A labor union was formed in November. went on strike At three Macy’s stores in the Seattle area, the company said the chain was “not doing enough to address shoplifting, violent shoppers, and other safety threats to employees and customers.” One employee said he was suspended without pay after reporting him to police as a “prone shoplifter known to law enforcement.”
The above examples have something in common. When you enforce laws, people obey them more. It’s human nature.
When it comes to immigration, conservatives want to enforce current laws before talking about reform. That means raising standards for asylum applications to weed out applicants who abuse the system, ending the mass release of illegal border crossers, and limiting Biden’s rampant abuse of immigrant parole.
Even if I want more legal While admitting immigrants because of the need for labor, many elected Democrats argue that workers brought in on visas approved by Congress and illegal immigrants crossing the border that Biden has left in place. Understand the distinction between foreigners. For example, Michigan Democrat Debbie Dingell said, “We need to bring in some immigrants, but we don’t want undocumented workers,” while calling for more low-skilled workers.
Let’s discuss the future of immigration – what’s fair, what’s possible, and what’s in the national interest. But we don’t face the outrageous threat of tens of thousands of foreigners crossing our borders every day.
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Anyone who is serious about border security or immigration reform knows that the only way to reduce the current out-of-control mass immigration, with its attendant evils like immigrant deaths, American fentanyl overdoses, and the collapse of city budgets. We know that the way is to restore reliable execution.
It should not be a partisan political issue. Otherwise, illegal aliens will not be deterred from continuing to break the law, like the drug addicts in Portland, the carjackers in Washington, and the Houthi rocket promoters.
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