While the humanitarian and public safety nightmare along our nation’s southern border obviously requires a border wall and a significant tightening of our continuously-exploited asylum laws, Congress must start focusing on immigration enforcement in the interior of the country.
The term “border security” should not be used to refer only to a small strip of land along the U.S.-Mexico border. Border security includes enforcement of immigration laws throughout the United States, meaning arrests, detention and removal of illegal aliens by officers at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A robust commitment to interior enforcement buttresses the border by deterring illegal immigration — it’s an indispensable part of securing the nation.
Mass illegal immigration will continue if the Biden administration is allowed to continue gutting interior enforcement and sanctuary cities continue to offer handouts to anyone in the world who slips across the border or overstays a visa.
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