As the Trump administration has moved at a breakneck pace during its first few months in office, its near-total shutdown of the southern border and an end to the wave after wave of illegal immigrants has rightly been a major focus.

But illegal immigration is not the only kind of immigration into the United States. Today, the U.S. admits more foreigners through its legal channels than ever before, and the percentage of the population that is foreign-born is higher now than ever. The principles of the nation’s founding have seemingly lost their place in the conversation of who is allowed to enter through our legal ports of entry and why.

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