The Trump administration almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory last week on immigration. Just as self-deportation is gaining steam, the White House briefly gave in to corporate pressure and announced that whole sections of the economy would be exempt from immigration enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cancelled that order Monday, but the incident is an important reminder that eternal vigilance is the price of immigration control.
Any successful strategy to cut the illegal population significantly will have to combine two things: ICE arresting and removing illegal aliens, and other illegal aliens leaving on their own. During the Eisenhower administration’s deportation push, it’s estimated that for every illegal alien apprehended and removed by Border Patrol, 10 others left on their own. That 10-to-one ratio is
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