The United States is a country built on immigration and over the past 50 years, as the number of persons seeking entry to the United States have increased exponentially, existing mechanisms of legal entry have been overwhelmed and proven woefully inadequate. Read the full paper below.
STATE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ISN’T A POLICY PREFERENCE: It’s a Core Function of Sovereignty, Public Safety, and National Security
Protects Citizenship: Citizenship is the covenant that binds a political community, defining rights, duties, and the consent to self-government. Immigration enforcement maintains the legal boundary between members and non-members. When unlawful entry and presence are left unregulated at scale, that boundary erodes. Membership is no longer determined by law and allegiance, but by physical access...