John F. Kelly, the new Secretary of Homeland Security, officially launched Donald Trump’s immigration agenda with a pair of memos in February. These documents demonstrated that the Trump Administration is absolutely serious in halting illegal immigration. Contrary to the liberal hysteria sparked by these memos, they outline in measured tone the sensible steps to be taken to deport illegal aliens who are dangerous to our citizenry. The era of “big immigration” is officially over.
A six-page memo entitled “Enforcement of the Immigration Laws to Serve the National Interest” was followed by its thirteen-page counterpart, “Implementing the President’s Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements Policies.” Signed by Secretary Kelly, these formal documents lay the blueprint for rolling back the harmful immigration policies of the Obama Administration and firmly establishing much-needed national security for Americans.
The number of illegals deported by the Obama Administration in 2015 was the lowest amount in a decade, down more than 20% from the number of deportations a few years earlier. Obama cut back on deportations for political reasons, in order to appease the liberal base who view illegals as future Democratic voters. Trump’s new guidelines don’t change the law, but merely enforce immigration statutes that Obama refused to.
Secretary Kelly expands deportation to include illegal aliens who have been charged with the commission of a crime regardless of whether they’ve been convicted. If someone is in this country illegally, then that by itself is contrary to our laws, and our overburdened criminal justice system shouldn’t have to obtain a conviction against him before he’s sent back to where he came from.
Often, persons charged with crimes are out committing more crimes before they’re convicted, as convictions can take many months or years to obtain. Also, taxpayers should not have to fund criminal defense attorneys to represent illegal aliens in our court system.
We applaud these significant steps the Trump Administration is taking toward solving America’s immigration problem.
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