As Americans celebrate our nation's 250th year of independence, U.S. citizens are commemorating this historic birthday by reigniting a patriotic consciousness while reflecting on how best to preserve our nation's unique identity.
Despite facing opposition from the overwhelming majority of Democratic Party officials, Americans remain largely unified on the need to deport illegal criminal immigrants.
While the national uproar involving the tsunami of foreigners who unlawfully entered our shores under the previous Biden administration is long overdue, the crisis of illegal immigrants should not distract from the deeper and immediate need to reform America's failed legal immigration system.
The recent election of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani encapsulates the deleterious consequences of what occurs when alien cultures are permitted to settle in America and assist Democrats in using our nation as a tool in their globalist experiment.
A Ugandan-born Muslim who became a U.S. citizen through naturalization less than 10 years ago, Mamdani received support from a robust 62% of foreign-born voters, according to Patriot Polling.
His address earlier this month to hundreds of interfaith leaders underscores why the most effective tool for anchoring our nation to its distinct heritage is to implement a sustained, fixed, and "restrictionist" approach that permanently lowers legal immigration levels.
Speaking from the podium that morning on Feb. 6, mere miles from where Islamists carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in American history nearly 25 years ago, Mamdani invoked Islamic scripture and spoke about the lessons New Yorkers should draw from the Prophet Muhammad in welcoming migrants to America and defending New York's status as a sanctuary state.
With easy fluency, Mamdani reverted to speaking in Arabic when referencing Quranic verses, affirming that his "own faith, Islam," is "a religion built upon a narrative of migration."
His subsequent decision to skip that day's installation of Archbishop Ronald Hicks reflected the depth of disaffection the new Mayor harbors toward the city's Catholic residents.
Mamdani's choice to shun the proceedings also departs from the long-held tradition of every New York City mayor since "at least 1939" attending the historic ceremony.
To their great credit, the Trump administration is attempting to correct the legal immigration course by announcing in December that the government would restrict and limit entry from dozens of "Third World" countries to protect the national security of the United States.
While Democrats continue their push for open borders, conservatives must cohere around an immigration "restrictionist" agenda.
As the Biden administration plowed ahead with its maddening push for multiculturalism, millions of foreigners found legal pathways to flood America.
International student enrollment reached record highs during the previous president’s tenure, with some universities boasting an international population of almost 40% at the height of the pro-Hamas encampments.
The sheer volume and swiftness with which liberal elites imported foreigners by loosening standards overwhelmed our nation's schools and streets, and provided the Democratic Party with a dependable cohort of voters.
For years, patriotic Americans were forced to swallow multicultural messaging by enlightened elites.
Coming from countries that had little in common with America's enterprising ethos, some of our nation's newest citizens showed little grace for the gift of citizenship and settled in communities that today bear little resemblance to their adopted home.
In some areas, such as Minnesota, a troubling number of arrivals took advantage of American generosity to defraud the very people who showed them compassion.
Absent any serious vetting process, many "Third World" immigrants still refuse to integrate into our national fabric, with Americans shouldering the cost of accommodating the religious and cultural leanings of fresh arrivals.
This inversion of priorities is most pronounced in our nation's education system, as American students continue to lose instructional days as more schools shutter for the Lunar New Year and the Muslim Holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
Democrats created the conditions under which the mayor of America's most important city can pay homage in his victory speech to a region's diversity by revering the "Yemeni Bodega" owner, and "Mexican Abuela," while omitting any mention of America.
A CNN Exit poll reported that Mamdani won "by a margin of more than 70 points" among voters who had lived in the city for less than 10 years.
Legal immigrants who refuse to abide by American norms and propagandize against the West are no longer just numbers.
They're now mayors, representatives, and voters who weaponized the gift of citizenship against the very country giving them refuge.
Mamdani serves as the steward of a city symbolic of the American dream.
His election is a lesson in the political consequences associated with an overwhelmed legal immigration system.
Mamdani and his supporters depict the cumulative impact of Democrats spending years paving the way for foreign cultures to influence and dominate U.S. electoral outcomes.
It's up to the rest of America to approach immigration through an "Americans First" lens and advocate for stringent, merit-based entry standards that reward those who want to immigrate and meaningfully contribute to our country.
Irit Tratt is a writer and former Co-Chair of the Trump47 National Women’s Leadership Coalition. Read more Irit Tratt Insider articles — Click Here Now.
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