Resolving Border Crisis Requires Increasing Legal Migration - OpEd

[Judi Lynn]

April 19, 2024
By Benjamin Powell

Given former president Donald Trump’s rhetoric during the Republican primaries, we can expect immigration enforcement on our southern border to be a major focus of his presidential campaign.

However, any solution to our border difficulties must entail reforms that make legal immigration a more plausible option for would-be migrants.

In a Super Tuesday speech, Trump said that things are happening that “are unthinkable at the border. … There are millions of people invading our country. This is an invasion.”

Although his rhetoric is extreme, undocumented immigrants had a record 2.5 million encounters with border agents in 2023, causing difficulties for many communities.

Increased enforcement alone will not solve our problems because the root cause of undocumented immigration, in light of the massive economic opportunities for migrants, is a U.S. policy that essentially prohibits legal migration for most people.

More:
https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-resolving-border-crisis-requires-increasing-legal-migration-oped/