In an era of bipartisan dysfunction and border insecurity, there remains one principle that continues to command support from a silent majority of Americans: fairness. A new poll confirms what many in Washington would rather ignore. More than three-quarters of respondents believe it is unjust to allow illegal aliens to cut ahead of those waiting patiently to enter the United States legally. And more than half support the deportation of all illegal aliens, regardless of how they arrived or what they have done since. These are not the sentiments of xenophobes or radicals. They are the view of citizens who value law, order, and equity.

Yet once again, political elites – on both sides of the aisle – are floating the idea of amnesty for illegal aliens. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, Republican of Pennsylvania, told NewsNation he and others on his committee “have been working on a bipartisan bill regarding migrant farm workers, and they are likely to introduce the bill in September.” Some of Thompson’s colleagues aren’t waiting until then – last week, Congresswomen Maria Elvira Salazar, Republican of Florida, and Veronica Escobar, Democrat of Texas, teamed up to introduce the so-called “Dignity Act of 2025,” under which illegal aliens “who have been in the United States since before 2021 would be able to apply for up to seven years of legal status with work authorization,” according to NBC News.

This seems to happen on a regular basis. President George W. Bush pushed for amnesty in 2004, as he ran for reelection, and again in 2007. President Obama........

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