President Trump is delivering on his promise to secure America's borders and stop rewarding illegal behavior, with his administration proposing sweeping new regulations that would make it much harder for illegal aliens to obtain work permits while claiming asylum.
The proposed rule represents a complete reversal of the Biden regime's disastrous open-border policies, which allowed millions of illegal immigrants to flood across our southern border and then handed them work permits before they even received proper immigration status. It was nothing short of a government-sponsored jobs program for people who broke our laws to get here.
Under Biden's reckless system, illegal aliens could simply claim asylum - regardless of the merit of their case - and quickly receive work authorization that allowed them to take jobs from hardworking Americans. This created a massive incentive for economic migrants to abuse our asylum system, knowing they could work legally in America for years while their bogus cases dragged through the courts.
America First Work Authorization
The Trump administration's new approach will prioritize American workers and legal immigrants who followed the rules. By tightening work permit eligibility, the administration is sending a clear message: if you want to work in America, come here legally.
This move is already triggering the usual hysteria from Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media, who somehow believe that people who entered our country illegally deserve the same work opportunities as American citizens and legal residents. They're wrong, and the American people know it.
The proposed regulations are part of Trump's broader strategy to end the incentives that fuel illegal immigration. When word spreads that America will no longer hand out work permits like candy to anyone who shows up at the border with an asylum claim, fewer people will attempt the dangerous journey that enriches cartels and endangers families.
Patriots across the country are celebrating this common-sense approach to immigration enforcement. After four years of Biden's border catastrophe, it's refreshing to have a president who puts American workers first and actually enforces our immigration laws.
How many more Biden-era disasters will Trump have to clean up before America is truly secure again?