Opening the Floodgates to Illegal Immigration

An analysis from the distinguished jurist Judge John H. Wilson, (ret.)

The Biden Administration has wasted no time in declaring our borders open to illegal aliens. One of the 46^th president’s first acts was an Executive Order “on the Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities.” This Order specifically revokes President Trump’s 2017 Executive Order 13768, which states that “Sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States willfully violate Federal law in an attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States. These jurisdictions have caused immeasurable harm to the American people and to the very fabric of our Republic.” Gone now is Executive Order 13768’s directive to “(e)nsure(d) that jurisdictions that fail to comply with applicable Federal law do not receive Federal funds.”

As reported in the Texas Tribune, based upon this “Revision of Priorities” Order, “(t)he Department of Homeland Security announced two significant immigration policy changes…a 100-day pause on deportations for some undocumented immigrants (and) asylum seekers who attempt to enter the United States will no longer be part of a controversial policy enacted under former President Donald Trump that has forced tens of thousands to wait in Mexico for American court hearings.”

Further, by Proclamation, Biden has declared “the Termination of Emergency with Respect to the Southern Border of the United States and Redirection of Funds Diverted to Border Wall Construction.” In the words of this Proclamation, “building a massive wall that spans the entire southern border is not a serious policy solution. It is a waste of money that diverts attention from genuine threats to our homeland security…I have determined that the declaration of a national emergency at our southern border in Proclamation 9844 of February 15, 2019…was unwarranted. It shall be the policy of my Administration that no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall.”

In response to these changes, a large caravan of Hondurans attempted to push their way through Guatemala on their way to Mexico, and eventually, the Southern US border. As one member of the caravan stated, “Now that the new president (Biden) is here we are waiting for the answer, all of us immigrants who are here from Honduras…We are looking to see what the new president says to move forward.” However, as reported by AP, the “once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed its way into Guatemala last week had dissipated by Tuesday in the face of Guatemalan security forces. Small groups pressed on toward the Mexican border, while others accepted rides from authorities back to Honduras.”

Nevertheless, how long will the Mexicans and Guatemalans hold back Hondurans from traveling through their countries? Those applying for asylum no longer need to wait in Mexico for their application to be heard, those in the United States illegally won’t be deported, and sanctuary cities will not lose federal funding for harboring illegal aliens. Sounds like the “coyotes” and other people smugglers are back in business.

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Maybe you think these changes are the worst we can expect from the Biden Administration on the issue of illegal immigration. If so, you’d be wrong. A more significant change, with far-reaching effects has also been instituted by President Biden.

As described by James DeLong in the Federalist, “(t)he Enumeration Clause, as modified by the 14th Amendment, says representatives are apportioned among the states ‘according to their respective numbers,’ as determined by ‘counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.’ The clause goes on to require a decennial enumeration—we know this as the census.”

Zachary Mueller of America’s Voice describes the importance of the census; “The number of U.S. House seats was capped at 435 total seats in 1929, and each House district contains roughly the same number of people, which means that states can lose or gain House seats depending on how their population has changed since the last census. Currently, each House member represents about 747,000 people as there (are) about 327 million people in the U.S. The upcoming 2020 census will determine which states will lose seats and which will gain seats.”

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Quick Analysis

Russia Expanding Aggression

President Putin is using more than one pathway to enter Europe and undermine the West. While most of the world watches the conflict he initiated in Ukraine, the Russian government is actively pursuing a second front in a little noticed campaign in Cyprus. Although the corrupt Cypriot government ended its issuance of “golden passports” in 2020, Russian intelligence is functioning quietly there to transform this EU country into a Russian beachhead of illicit economic activity aimed at penetrating the capitalist West, according to Paul Goble of the Jamestown Foundation. Cyprus is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nor does it receive as much attention as those countries who are member states. That adds to its allure as a prime location for Russia to attempt to gain a European foothold. Last week a NATO report, cited in the European Daily Monitor, noted that Russian intelligence agents have been plotting to destroy European infrastructure across the continent to disrupt states supporting Ukraine. It further suggests that Putin’s immediate goal is to lay the framework for a future move against the security organization’s members. Hungary, in particular, is another country garnering Moscow’s attention as it opposes the Western response to Russian aggression. Russia is focusing its intelligence efforts on other European, non-NATO member countries in addition to Cyprus, including Austria, Malta, and Ireland. The NATO report suggests that Moscow has had success in disseminating the Russian political narrative in these states to advance its campaign against the West. The island of Cyprus is proving to be a good target for Moscow as it is an ethnically divided island that is part of the EU since 2004. Northern Cyprus, officially called the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a de facto state that is only recognized by Turkey. The division precludes it from joining NATO. As Goble suggests, “it offers Russia troubled waters in which to fish.” Over the last 20 years, he points out, Cyprus’ challenges have opened it to a massive influx of Russian citizens, who now comprise approximately 10 percent of the island state’s population. Over 2,900 residents are Russians who entered until the “golden passport” program that allowed wealthy or well-connected Russians to move to Cyprus. It also provided them with documentation to travel freely throughout Europe! Although less visible on the world’s radar than the war in Ukraine, Moscow is also being helped by Cyprus’ banks opposition to seizing Russian assets and its support in evading Western sanctions. Russia has placed tens of billions of US Dollars there for money laundering. It has been more than two years since a single Russian “diplomat” has been deported and, in fact, the Embassy has grown to over 300 staffers on this tiny island state of only 1.2 million people. The Russian embassy in Nicosia has advanced communications antennae on its roof and opened a consulate on the northern end of the island. Moscow’s Ambassador, Mura Zyazikov, is a lieutenant general in the FSB with no diplomatic experience. The FSB, SVR (Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service), and GRU are actively using the island as a base of operations against NATO Member states, Israel, and other Western allies. Moscow backs pro-Russian political parties who in turn influence Cypriot decisions on education, language, and other issues. “Dmitry Khmelnitsky of the Dossier Center says that its findings should be of concern not only to Cyprus but to the West as a whole. Those who ignore what Moscow is doing because Cyprus does not follow the EU sanctions regime are missing something critical,” says Goble. “Cyprus does not seek to get rid of Russian agents and does not interfere with their work,” Khmelnitsky concludes, “despite the fact that what the Kremlin is doing is so clearly visible.” This has an impact not only on the small island but on the EU, NATO, and the West in general. Earlier this year the Moscow Times reported that when the FBI became more interested in Russian business and oligarchs in Cyprus, at least 10 of the major Russian businesses operating there left. Despite the government of Cyprus’ vow to implement plans for new sanctions against Russia, it continues to ignore Putin’s atrocities in Ukraine and to shield the wealth of the 50,000 wealthy Russian citizens and oligarchs residing there. Daria Novak served in the U.S. State Dept. Illustration: Pixabay