Promises are being ignored in the name of political expediency. The last administration used the same “justification.”
During the campaign, a variety of pledges were made. Among those were the release of the Epstein List (which certainly does exist) the removal of all illegal aliens (which the majority of the entirety of this country supports) and ending military aid to Ukraine (which I have vociferously opposed on these very pages)
Among other promises.
Here’s the reality as I see it: on the matter of illegal aliens, we either want to end the problem, or not.
Like pregnancy, one either is, or one isn’t. There’s zero middle ground.
There cannot successfully be a carve out for illegal farm workers.
We cannot, as a country, begin to classify illegals based on the illegal hirings by companies breaking federal law to reduce prices.
Hiring an illegal for any job violates federal law. 8 U.S. Code § 1324a – Unlawful employment of aliens and 8 U.S. Code § 1324 – Bringing in and harboring certain aliens is specific in that regard.
If the United States is to ever end, or at least severely curtail the illegal alien issue, then the elimination of the illegal alien destination resort we’ve built must be Job 2 after Job 1, locking down the Border.
That resort includes the waste of hundreds of billions of dollars spent by government and paid for by US, that continues to draw illegals like flies to honey.
To permanently control the influx of illegals, every effort should be made to eliminate any reason they would come here to begin with. At the top of this list, second only to the massive waste of billions on illegal alien welfare programs, is a “job.” or any variety of employment.
Trump’s development of a carve out is a “camel’s nose under the tent flap” approach to governance. Any such program, rule or law will always, ALWAYS result in a gradual mission creep as OTHER illegals are added to some sort of “critical” job set.
It will become a justification for the left to defend ALL illegal alien/open border policies as the merely point to what appears to be an exception for “some,” but not for all. It’s a matter of time before an increasing number of job classifications would be added to such a list of illegal alien employers to justify their continued exploitation of those who have zero legal right to have ever set foot in to this country.
And yes, I have noticed the reality that to date, illegals are arrested/deported while those hiring them suffer no apparent ill-consequence of any kind.
What kind of message is that sending to employers who’s business model depends on the illegal hiring of illegal aliens?
Ending the issue of open borders, illegal aliens and criminal activities they engage in was one of the biggest platform planks Trump used to get elected. As were the release of Epstein List, which this nation’s attorney general claimed at one point was “sitting on her desk”, as well as the ending of aid to Ukraine (which, I reiterate, I STRONGLY oppose)
Tap dancing on this issue for ANY reason is unacceptable. It’s handing the left a major wedge issue, it’s short sighted and while Trump abhors the “amnesty” term in reference to this select group, at base, it appears that no other noun seems to cover the root action.
Amnesty: the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals.
What other term applies?
People are watching. And people are noticing. And many are getting pissed.
