American Thinker –
By Rich Logis
In the epoch of COVID-19, many have willingly abdicated personal sovereignty and liberty to the State. Many more, however, have led the continuing renaissance of constitutional nationalism that was ushered in with the election of Donald Trump.
It’s high time to apply nationalism to the issue that will most singularly determine whether we nationalists keep our republic: immigration.
The United States is overpopulated (or, if you prefer, has enough people here), and it’s time to seal the borders until further notice. No, I’m not talking just The Wall at our southern border or our temporary groundings of flights or refugees and asylum-seekers — no more new bodies who are coming to live in the U.S. indefinitely until further notice.
To truly put America first, we need a moratorium on legal immigration for the next five to ten years. Our national system imports one foreign national every minute of every day, 24/7, totaling 459,000 new arrivals in Fiscal Year 2019 (572,000 more obtained lawful permanent residency — green cards — in F.Y. 2019).
Because of COVID-19, our unemployment rate is nearly 15 percent — the highest in almost nine decades, since the Great Depression. Our jobless population totals over 21 million Americans.
Please spare me the narrative that at least some of the tens of millions out of work couldn’t, with some training, fill at least some of the jobs of the 190,098 H-1B visa lottery recipients in FY 2019. Even if you disagree with a full pause, shouldn’t we at least somewhat reduce the number of recipients, to make it even slightly easier for unemployed Americans and recent college graduates to work at the companies addicted to foreign labor (I’m looking at you, Democrat-run Big Tech)? The balance of imported immigrants receive J-1 Visas (foreign exchange visitors) and H-2B visas for non-agricultural, blue-collar jobs.
There are also currently 13 million green card–holders nationwide.
Trump may restrict immigration visas for the next few months, but more (meaning longer) is needed. The 2018 Trump v. Hawaii U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirmed a president’s broad constitutional powers to limit — or altogether cease — legal immigration. Trump would be on strong legal footing if a moratorium were challenged in the courts.
The Bodies Politic
Need convincing beyond the economic benefits? How about a moratorium for public health?
Unwittingly or not, The New York Times’ recent report, entitled “The Coronavirus Is Deadliest Where Democrats Live,” concurs with me. more
Illegal aliens will be scooting off to Mexico or whereever when the bullets start flying.
“Time to Pause Immigration for a While”
Yeah, about 100 years.
“Illegal aliens will be scooting off to Mexico ……. ”
Some of them will, the more peaceful ones.
Don’t expect the ones that are the major problem now to leave, their own bullets will be flying more then than they are now and the rest of us will be ducking them, along with those of the police that will be on their side, at least as much as they are ducking ours.
I said 65 years ago, and stand by byword! IKE WAS RIGHT! BUSH CLAN ARE/WERE WRONG!