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Every day the Republican leadership debates how and when to continue the budget reconciliation process, another day the American people are forced to wait President Trump’s agenda hit high gear.
Americans need our leaders to act with the urgency this moment demands. The safety and security of Americans must come first.
The number one priority for Congress right now is to secure it Every illegal alien Whoever attacked our country is detained and deported or leaves quickly.
Congress must help the administration track, arrest, detain and deport all 20 million illegal aliens the American people elected Trump to cut. (Reuters)
Trump’s team, led by border czar Tom Homan, is ready to do its job. During Trump’s first term, ICE removed illegal aliens at a rate of 32% of all encounters, but that rate dropped to 3.5% under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamal Harris.
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Congress must now throw its full support behind the administration to track, arrest, detain and deport all 20 million illegal aliens that the American people elected Trump to evict.
Carrying out the largest deportation operation in American history will require Congress to take more action — and provide ice on a historic scale.
Implementing Trump’s plan will require ICE to have at least 100,000 detention beds, 12,000 more ICE agents, 4,000 more OPLA attorneys, 1,000 EOIR immigration judges, and 1,000 ICE mission support personnel to help expand air operations and manage higher levels of traffic in deportation facilities.
Democrats will try to make the price seem too high to pay, but over the past four years they have spent billions on NGOs to facilitate bringing millions of illegal aliens here. Repetition of non-governmental funds Enforcing immigration and cutting state and federal welfare subsidies for illegal aliens will save Americans even more money annually.
In addition, American sovereignty and every American life is priceless. If any representative disagrees, then Heritage Action will ensure that they explain why to their constituents.
In addition to funding ICE at historic levels, Congress also has a key role to play in pressuring illegal aliens to self-determination. A good place to start would be cracking down on employers who hire illegal aliens instead of paying Americans an honest wage.
They require businesses to use electronic verification system To confirm the eligibility of its employees will largely solve this problem, but if some illegal aliens have slipped through the cracks, Congress has even more tools at its disposal.
An unused tool is the ability of Congress to tax remittances, the money illegal aliens earn in America and then return to their country. According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, our country loses more than $150 billion a year in remittances—roughly equivalent to the annual output of the entire U.S. mining industry (excluding oil and gas).
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To disincentivize illegal aliens from staying here, Congress should pass legislation requiring money transfer services to require proof of legal status or face a 50% tax on any outgoing transfers. This tax revenue can then be reallocated towards deportation operations or completion of the border wall.
Another tool that would save Americans money and encourage illegal aliens to leave our country is Senator Mike LeeR-Utah, and Congressman Chip Roy, R-Texas, the America First Act, which would permanently bar aliens from accessing U.S. welfare benefits.
Last year, the Center for Immigration Studies estimated that illegal aliens received $42 billion in benefits paid for by American taxpayers in 2021 alone. Since then, the Biden administration has allowed millions more illegal aliens into our country, meaning that number has almost certainly increased.
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In July 2024, the Congressional Budget Office reported that the Biden administration’s failure to secure the border would increase the US debt by $300 billion over the next 10 years due to alien access to federal welfare programs.
And that doesn’t even account for the billions of taxpayer dollars that illegal immigrants who support the enormous burden placed on other state and local resources like public schools. With that in mind, Congress should also require school districts to collect enrollment data by immigration status and pass legislation requiring public schools Charge tuition for illegal alien children.
Finally, Congress should pass legislation requiring US banks to verify the legal status of applicants before issuing a home loan. No illegal alien should be able to live the American dream of home ownership when so many of our fellow citizens can hardly afford to pay the rent.
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If aliens can’t get a job, can’t pay their families back, can’t access welfare, can’t send their kids to school for free, and can’t buy a home, many of them will go out on their own. This will make Ice’s job easier and save Americans even more money.
Republicans in Congress liked to beat the drum for border security and mass deportation when they were raising money on the campaign trail. Now it’s time for the Americans to follow them and put them first.
