Before 1965, American immigrants came here mostly from countries that shared western civilization’s values. In 1965, Senator Ted Kennedy played a pivotal role in the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which significantly reformed U.S. immigration policy by eliminating national origin quotas. This legislation led to a dramatic increase in immigrants from Asia, Africa, and Southern and Eastern Europe, reshaping the demographic landscape of the United States. This was the first of many assaults on the western Judeo-Christian culture that united Americans.
On Friday, PJ Media posted an article that illustrates the problem of allowing people who came (or were brought) here illegally who have not become citizens remain in the country.
The article reports:
Just as predicted, the man caught taking a sledgehammer to the Iwo Jima Memorial statue outside the Marine basic at Quantico, Va., is an illegal alien.
Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin shared the update about the Wednesday monument attack late on the evening of October 22. I reported yesterday that Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano was quite possibly an illegal alien, and had more than one criminal charge already on his record. Virginia is not only a sanctuary state for illegal aliens, but under Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D), it has released numerous incredibly dangerous killers or sexual criminals.
Once you break the law, you need to be deported. If you don’t want to go back to your home country, we can gladly send you somewhere else.
The article notes:
…Melugin explained, “Per federal sources, Soriano illegally crossed into the U.S. in December 1999. He was granted DACA by the Obama administration in 2014 and had it extended for years, most recently by the Biden admin in 2024, but he lost his DACA status in August of this year when it wasn’t renewed by the Trump administration.”
I understand the plight of the DACA people. Many of them don’t even speak the language of the country they were brought here from. However, they need to be required to take a citizenship test and go through the process of immigration. I realize that is an expensive and lengthy process, so we probably need to find a way to help them overcome the hurdles. That being said, it needs to cost them something so that they will appreciate the country they live in.