Rand Paul: We Believe Current Law ‘Gives the President the Latitude to Stop the Migrant Invasion’; Polls Show Rising Expectations on Trump for a Pro-American Migration Policy

By admin On Jan 22, 2025

Exclusive — Rand Paul: We Believe Current Law ‘Gives the President the Latitude to Stop the Migrant Invasion’:

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) believes the current law gives the President of the United States the latitude to stop the migrant invasion, he told Breitbart News Daily on Wednesday.

Paul, chair of the Homeland Security Committee, laid out one of the first hearings they plan to hold, called Remain in Mexico.

“And we will talk about what we believe the current immigration law — without any laws being passed — gives the President: the latitude to stop the migrant invasion,” he explained.

“Basically, the law says that the President may admit migrants for political asylum. It does not say the president shall. We think that the President, on day one, can simply say, if you are crossing illegally, you’re not even eligible for the whole program,” he said, laying out an “appalling” scenario of border agents cutting the razor wire and illegals coming into the country very easily.

“And then it’s a years-long process. So we ship them to New York, we put them up in hotels, and there’s this whole appeals process on asylum,” he said.

“We believe that the law currently allows the President simply not to admit them into the country. Don’t bring them through the barbed wire. Put them right back on the other side of the fence. Put them right back on the other side of the river, and don’t even start a clock on any kind of process of asylum. Simply say that if you come in illegally, you’re ineligible for any kind of process,” he said, explaining that alone will “short circuit this whole millions of people that are being admitted into the country.” —>LISTEN and READ MORE HERE

Polls Show Rising Expectations on Trump for a Pro-American Migration Policy:

Multiple polls show rising voter expectations for a pro-American migration policy even as President-elect Donald Trump is suddenly zig-zagging on the issue of white-collar migration.

“Forty-seven percent of the public name migration as a priority for the government to work on … up from 35 percent who said the same in December 2023,” the Associated Press reported on January 7.

The report added:

The issue of immigration has risen in salience across the board — among Democrats and Republicans, men and women, and adults both young and old … About 7 in 10 Republicans say immigration or a U.S.-Mexico border wall should be a top focus, up from 45% just two years ago.

The desired focus on immigration has jumped among independents, from 20 percent in December 2022 to 41. percent in December 2024, the AP reported.

Among Democrats, the demand for fixes has risen from 16 percent in December 2022 to 30 percent in December 2024,

Similarly, Gallup reported on January 2:

Expectations are highest that Trump will control illegal immigration, which 68% of U.S. adults predict he’ll do. Smaller majorities believe he will reduce unemployment, keep the country safe from terrorism, improve the economy, keep the country out of war, cut people’s taxes or reduce the crime rate.

Just 28 percent say Trump will not be able to control illegal migration, said Gallup, which added “belief that he will control illegal immigration has increased nine points since 2016.”

A January 5-8 survey by YouGov showed a 34 percent plurality believes legal migration makes the nation “worse off,” and a 41 percent plurality favor cuts or ending legal migration. Just 17 percent favor additional legal migration.