Wall Street Journal editorial board member, Mary Kissel, appears in an opinion video followed by a thought-provoking article dealing with President Trump's immigration enforcement. The target audience of this informative article seems to be leaning to the left as President Trump's immigration enforcement is called "illegal", along with giving a consistent amount of criticism to Secretary John Kelly's proposal on illegal immigration. The article condemns the new administration's goal to amp up our border security and remove criminal illegal immigrants. Opposition to these ideas however, is understood. Hiring more border security will prove to be extremely costly and the deportation of certain illegal immigrants with minor criminal offenses, possibly dividing families, seems morally wrong.
Illegal immigration is not a simple matter, nor is there an easy way to go about fixing it. Regardless of where one falls on the political spectrum, a simple solution to restoring border security does not exist. Throughout the article, many good points and statistics are presented which only makes the situation harder. How will a mass deportation affect the our economy? Do we track down every last illegal immigrant and send them away, hurting families or friendships? Or do we continue to let just anyone enter into our country as they please without any consequence? Ronald Regan once stated, "A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation." One thing is certain, we need to gain control of our borders.
The author (along with many people), see President Trump's response to immigration as extreme. However, it is important to have a plan, set expectations high, and work our way down from there. The article praises President Trump for sparing some 750,000 "dreamers" (those who were brought to the United States illegally as children) from deportation and condemns him for wanting to deport criminals. The majority of Americans agree that illegal immigration is one of the most significant problems in the country, yet many frown upon the idea of mass deportation. Is President Trump going to round up and deport every last law abiding illegal immigrant? No, but action needs to be taken.
I encourage you to check out the article for yourself.
Trump's Deportation Surge
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