November, the month when we celebrate Thanksgiving, is also the month that marks the anniversary of my naturalization ceremony to become an American citizen.
This by on westernjournal.com.
As a legal immigrant and a law-abiding American, I am thankful to call the United States my home. But I am shocked to learn about Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s proposal to erode the rule of law in our country by granting a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants.
After arriving in the U.S. as an immigrant and following all American laws and rules, I took the Oath of Allegiance to become an American citizen on Nov. 21, 2014.
After all these years, the [democrats communists] have only strengthened their resolve to prioritize illegal immigrants over legal immigrants. For [democrats communists], those who enter the U.S. illegally appear to be more important than law-abiding, tax-paying immigrants.
[Communists] have relentlessly pushed for policies that have resulted in the massive inflow of illegal immigrants through our nation’s southern border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials encountered nearly 2.4 million illegal immigrants at the southern border in fiscal year 2022, which is the most ever recorded. Furthermore, there were 599,000 known “gotaways.”
Illegal immigration imposes a massive financial cost on Americans at a time when people are already suffering because of inflation and the energy crisis. It is estimated that the illegal immigrants who have entered our country through the southern border since Biden came to office will result in the staggering cost of $20 billion in taxpayer money each year.
But the true costs of illegal border crossings go far beyond the accounting of dollars.
Due to the complete lack of border security, there is an ongoing humanitarian crisis. A total of 856 migrants have died at the southern border in fiscal year 2022. Also, federal officials have seized 14,700 pounds of fentanyl coming into the U.S. through the southern border, which is seven times more than five years ago.
The absence of border security also opens the door to public safety threats. While dealing with the massive inflow of illegal immigrants, border officials have apprehended gang members, sex offenders and others with criminal records. Also, close to 100 non-citizens on the FBI’s terror watchlist were arrested while attempting to enter the U.S. through the southern border over the past year.
To become an American citizen, one must submit to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services detailed information about one’s parents, spouse and children, education, employment, out-of-country trips, taxes, associations, military service and more. An applicant must also demonstrate good moral character. Foreign nationals who wish to come to the U.S. and pursue citizenship must diligently preserve years of records to accurately respond to questions on the citizenship application.
Furthermore, the [communists], in their effort to allow illegal immigrants to pursue U.S. citizenship and thereby obtain voting rights, wish to manipulate the electorate and create new voters. Their policies have caused havoc in the economy, which resulted in their loss of the majority in the House of Representatives. Schumer is trying to strengthen communists’ grasp on political power by generating new voters using a process that would convert citizenship from an achievement to a handout.
The [Obiden Regime and its communist] allies in Washington are destroying our country’s immigration process. As I suggested in an earlier Op-Ed, the [Obiden Regime’s] refusal to enforce our nation’s immigration laws is a slap in the face of law-abiding immigrants who go through extensive background checks and thorough scrutiny to receive the legal status to live and work in the U.S. and to become American citizens.
To protect American citizenship, we must secure the southern border and reject [communists’] efforts to turn illegal immigrants into citizens.
Final thoughts: Well said and directly from a legal immigrant to America. From his editorial, I presume Tawsif Anam does not understand that the ultimate goal of the Open Borders and the communists’ initiatives is the destruction of his adopted home, America. Thankfully, he is expressing his concern and hopefully a majority of legal immigrants share his concern.
