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America’s Survival Hinges On Trump Standing Firm On Mass Deportations

Trump has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to deliver on a mandate that will determine whether America exists at all. He should take the chance that was given to him.

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President Barack Obama told Americans in a 2014 national address that his administration would focus deportation efforts on “actual threats to our security. Felons, not families. Criminals, not children. Gang members, not a mother who’s working hard to provide for her kids. … If you’re a criminal, you’ll be deported.” A White House fact sheet issued that same day reinforced that message, saying enforcement would prioritize “people who threaten national security and public safety.”

Seven years later, the Biden administration would issue similar guidance. Immigration enforcement priorities would focus on “noncitizens who are a threat to our national security, public safety, and border security.” The administration also made clear that simply being in the country illegally “should not alone be the basis of an enforcement action against them.”

Democrat administrations communicated that deporting the worst offenders was acceptable — but otherwise the American people would need to tolerate and normalize the presence of millions of people in the country illegally. The backlash to that approach would ultimately help catapult President Donald Trump back to the White House in 2024.

After the Biden administration flooded the country with millions of illegal aliens in four short years, overwhelming schools, hospitals, and hotels, and putting a strain on national cohesion, Trump promised to be the president to right that wrong. The promise resonated. A Pew Research poll from September of 2024 found that for 82 percent of Trump supporters, immigration was a leading issue. The poll also found that the number of voters who viewed immigration as a “very important” issue increased by nearly 10 percent between 2020 and 2024.........

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