In immigration votes this week, we began to see which Senators feel their constituents want protections for American workers, and which ones are on the fence voting for American workers some of the time and against them others.
Human trafficking continues because the U.S. government refuses to take adequate steps to combat illegal immigration. Amnesty will only encourage more of the same. Border security and interior enforcement -- not lip service to the "rule of law" -- are necessary to end this scourge.
Andrew R. Arthur, Resident Fellow in Law and Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, has looked at Joe Biden's immigration agenda and estimates that Biden's promise of amnesty and non-enforcement of immigration law could result in "millions — if not tens of millions — of aliens [who] will remain in and/or enter the United States illegally and stay forever."
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week announced the results of an operation targeting criminal aliens. More than 2,000 at-large foreign nationals were arrested, many for serious crimes.
Americans are constantly hearing that there is a shortage of doctors in the U.S. There's a bi-partisan push in Congress to bring in even more foreign doctors because COVID-19 has made it worse, so the argument goes. None of this is true. The reality is there are not enough opportunities for American doctors, too many of who are unable to practice in their own country.
America is facing a crisis that will test our resiliency. It's important to ignore much of the noise coming from D.C., as partisans try to figure out how they will pin blame on their opponents. It is crucial that we do pay attention to what is in legislation passing through Congress to ensure this emergency isn't used as another excuse for politicians to reward their donors.