Rich Lowry
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I'll go home on my own. And the biggest thing we need, which is I've been shocked for 10 years that Donald Trump doesn't talk about this. He's very ambiguous on this issue. You need a so-called e-verify system. That's a foolproof system where you just can't hire people who are illegal aliens. That drives up all the jobs.
I'll go home on my own. And the biggest thing we need, which is I've been shocked for 10 years that Donald Trump doesn't talk about this. He's very ambiguous on this issue. You need a so-called e-verify system. That's a foolproof system where you just can't hire people who are illegal aliens. That drives up all the jobs.
And then you might have millions of people saying, we don't want to be here anymore. So we're just not going to be able to cherry pick our way through 18 million people and work through this process and really move the numbers. You need those kind of things to make a big difference in my mind.
And then you might have millions of people saying, we don't want to be here anymore. So we're just not going to be able to cherry pick our way through 18 million people and work through this process and really move the numbers. You need those kind of things to make a big difference in my mind.
And then you might have millions of people saying, we don't want to be here anymore. So we're just not going to be able to cherry pick our way through 18 million people and work through this process and really move the numbers. You need those kind of things to make a big difference in my mind.
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Yeah, of course. I think this, Megan, though, it does go to a contradiction. On the one hand, illegal immigrants, they should be detained until their proceedings are fully worked out and they're removed. That's what the law says, and we've just never done it. No one's done it. Abrego Garcia was released during the first Trump administration. He should have been held.
Yeah, of course. I think this, Megan, though, it does go to a contradiction. On the one hand, illegal immigrants, they should be detained until their proceedings are fully worked out and they're removed. That's what the law says, and we've just never done it. No one's done it. Abrego Garcia was released during the first Trump administration. He should have been held.
Yeah, of course. I think this, Megan, though, it does go to a contradiction. On the one hand, illegal immigrants, they should be detained until their proceedings are fully worked out and they're removed. That's what the law says, and we've just never done it. No one's done it. Abrego Garcia was released during the first Trump administration. He should have been held.
They all should be held, but we need more detention space to do that. But if the argument is, well, this in El Salvador is just basically detention space like in America – Then you're going to get the courts will saying, well, OK, you effectively have control over over all these prisoners. So if we're telling you to bring them back, it's not a foreign policy issue. It's just a U.S.
They all should be held, but we need more detention space to do that. But if the argument is, well, this in El Salvador is just basically detention space like in America – Then you're going to get the courts will saying, well, OK, you effectively have control over over all these prisoners. So if we're telling you to bring them back, it's not a foreign policy issue. It's just a U.S.
They all should be held, but we need more detention space to do that. But if the argument is, well, this in El Salvador is just basically detention space like in America – Then you're going to get the courts will saying, well, OK, you effectively have control over over all these prisoners. So if we're telling you to bring them back, it's not a foreign policy issue. It's just a U.S.
detention space like any other just happens to be overseas. So, again, I just don't I don't I. So they're straining at every possible – looking for every possible avenue they can to hopscotch procedural obstacles to get the numbers of deportations up, right? Because we had 10 million come in or whatever it was the last four years, and they got to go, and they should go.
detention space like any other just happens to be overseas. So, again, I just don't I don't I. So they're straining at every possible – looking for every possible avenue they can to hopscotch procedural obstacles to get the numbers of deportations up, right? Because we had 10 million come in or whatever it was the last four years, and they got to go, and they should go.
detention space like any other just happens to be overseas. So, again, I just don't I don't I. So they're straining at every possible – looking for every possible avenue they can to hopscotch procedural obstacles to get the numbers of deportations up, right? Because we had 10 million come in or whatever it was the last four years, and they got to go, and they should go.
I just don't think they're going to prevail on this one.
I just don't think they're going to prevail on this one.
I just don't think they're going to prevail on this one.