Border security is temporary, amnesty is permanent

Published July 21, 2025 12:01am ET



President Donald Trump has accomplished something that every elected Democrat and some Republicans, such as Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), said was impossible. He has secured the southern border against illegal immigration without needing Congress to pass a new law. 

Now, unfortunately, some Republicans are trying to undo his success. Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL), a former Univision journalist, has introduced legislation she calls the Dignity Act, which would make Trump’s deportation efforts more difficult and would grant amnesty to millions of migrants who entered the country illegally. She wants, oddly, to create new pathways for future Democratic presidents to flood the country with foreigners whom Americans do not want in the country.

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