Routine immigration enforcement remains the Trump Administration's most popular policy. The question now is: will Congress provide the funds necessary to meet Barbara Jordan's credible immigration yardstick: "Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new campaign with a message to business owners: "You know you're not supposed to hire illegal aliens. We're enforcing the law across the board -- all businesses in all industries."

With Pope Leo XIV's views on U.S. immigration policy subject to recent public interest, we are reposting these in hope that they will contribute to the public understanding of different approaches to a humane policy.

Biden rolled back Trump's policies; Trump rolled back Biden's; a future administration can roll back Trump's again. Trump ended Biden's programs to parole inadmissible aliens into the country on day one. But Congress will have to permanently close that loophole through legislation like the Secure the Border Act that passed the House in the last Congress but was never taken up by the Senate.

The Nuclear Family Priority Act to end extended-family chain migration has been introduced in both the House (H.R. 2705) and Senate (S. 1328) by Rep. Elijah Crane and Sen. Jim Banks, respectively. This is the first time since 2020 that the Senate has introduced a bill to end chain migration. The Nuclear Family Priority Act … Continued

Many an administration has declared that they can't do more to require inadmissible aliens to leave because they lack the detention space. Few of those administrations, however, asked Congress to adequately fund detention.

The worst border crisis in U.S. history overwhelmed schools, broke the asylum system, displaced vulnerable Americans, killed a record number of migrants, swamped local budgets, diluted Democracy, strained natural resources, exacerbated housing prices, drove working-age Americans to the economic sidelines, and created a new era of forced and child labor not seen since the 19th century. Most Americans believe this was deliberate.

More Americans support President Trump’s policy to deport people in the country illegally than any other issue. 58% of all Americans support President Trump’s policy to “deport immigration illegally in the U.S.,” according to a CBS / YouGov poll. The administration needs funding to continue to enforce the law. The budget resolution vote this week is crucial to provide the needed funding to secure the border and deport illegal aliens.

Representatives of both political parties took part in the fly-in event and vowed to work with their colleagues to make sure illegal workers keep their jobs. None offered a word of concern for legal workers.