America’s problems with illegal immigration have dramatically worsened over the last four years, there are increasing calls for a mass deportation program as a needed remedy. Despite heavy criticism from the same people who have either caused or defended our current status quo, mass deportation is exactly what our current predicament requires.
If mass deportation sounds like an extreme measure, it is necessary because we are facing an extreme and unprecedented crisis. Thanks to the Biden administration’s surrender of our southern border and refusal to enforce our immigration laws, more than 10 million people have illegally entered the country since 2021. Since that time, we have seen our cities overwhelmed, treasuries pillaged and innocent people killed by those who should never have been allowed to be here. The usual blue-ribbon studies and long-winded Senate debates on the topic won’t do. Something actually needs to be done, and done on a scale to match the problem.
One can already hear the push back from the anti-borders lobby, which includes activists, immigration lawyers, sanctuary mayors and radical members of Congress. They will describe frightening scenarios of jack-booted federal immigration agents ripping migrant children from their mothers and loading them on to cattle cars headed for Mexico. In addition to being patently absurd, this is more self-serving hysteria meant to distract people from the depth of the problem.
Before implementing a deportation program, the federal government must get serious about securing our borders. The flooding bathroom cannot be fixed until the water has been turned off. At that point, America’s leaders need to address the most severe issues first, and they involve illegal aliens who commit violent crimes.
Since the largest magnet causing foreign nationals to cross our borders illegally is the promise of employment, much can be done to reduce that magnet’s power. A good start would be for the federal government to make E-Verify mandatory for all employers. The employee verification system would be able to identify those here illegally, and another step would be to crack down harshly on employers hiring illegals. With such a system in place, many migrants would self-deport and those outside the border might reconsider making the trek to America only to find no job prospects.
Despite efforts to paint mass deportation as a draconian move, a recent poll found that 54% of Americans are in favor of such a program. That support for mass deportation comes not from xenophobia, but from citizens weary of seeing their country deteriorate while politicians ignore their pleas for order. It’s past time our leaders listened to Americans for a change and acted in their interests.