Recognizing that Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and "imminent danger" posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels who have seized control of our southern border.
The Supreme Court, through a unanimous decision, has curbed the parameters of Temporary Protected Status, ruling that its temporary protection from deportation does not guarantee a shot at a more permanent stay.
The Biden administration's responses have more so encouraged the surge than quelled it. Reversing the surge requires closing the border to most, non-essential traffic during of the COVID-19 pandemic; Title 42, restarting the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP, or "Remain In Mexico" program), which requires asylum seekers to remain in Mexico until their case can be heard by an immigration judge; and other actions.
When Covid-19 hit New Zealand, that country's government took decisive action to seal its borders. The New Zealand government is now taking a course to ensure that its immigration policy operates for the benefit of its citizens.
Can we have a good-faith debate about limits while the government runs a de facto open borders policy? Enforcement at the border has been essentially abandoned under the Biden Administration and this sea change has been given little notice by the D.C. media corps.
The Chamber of Commerce has started a lobbying campaign to massively increase legal immigration into the United States, specifically a momentous increase in foreign visa workers to further stagnate and even lower prevailing wages in the American job market.
The Department of Homeland Security has officially terminated the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as "Remain In Mexico," initiated under President Donald Trump. The Remain In Mexico policy enabled immigration agencies like ICE and Border Patrol to keep illegal aliens in Mexico while waiting for their immigration court date in the U.S.
To require advance consultation with State and local officials and monthly reports to Congress regarding the resettlement, transportation, and relocation of aliens in the United States.
