Both major political parties have used America’s border as a political football designed to protect the interests of big-monied donors.
The failure to secure our border is intentional, stemming from a deep desire among various industries to attain cheap labor at the expense of U.S. national security, safe communities, American wages, and a sensible immigration system that serves the interests of citizens.
A secure border must be followed by a reformed immigration system that preserves tight labor markets for low-skilled workers and ensures that limited high-skilled visas fill real needs in our economy, not the wants of big tech companies or agricultural conglomerates.
Primer: The Citizenship Act of 2026 and Ending Birthright Citizenship
The left has normalized large-scale unlawful migration; now the Court has detached citizenship from the concept of political allegiance. Without the Citizenship Act of 2026, membership in our constitutional community may remain a function of geography rather than law, consent, and reciprocal obligation.
The Article I Path to Ending Birthright-Citizenship Abuse
Congress should go on offense and respond immediately by amending 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a) to codify what the Fourteenth Amendment already requires: citizenship at birth belongs only to persons born in the United States while subject to the nation’s complete political jurisdiction.
When State Resistance Meets the Constitution: Supremacy, Executive Power, and the Architecture of Executing Federal Law
The Constitution permits states to decline compelled participation and commandeering in federal enforcement, but it does not permit states to impede, burden, or control the operations of federal law or federal officers.