The federal government is planning on going after illegal immigration the same way it went after the mob and terrorists: by hitting their wallet. The Daily Caller reports:
The White House is planning on targeting remittance payments made by illegal immigrants in the wake of an ongoing migrant flood at the U.S. southern border, a senior administration official told reporters Tuesday.
The plans to target remittance payments come amid a broader shakeup at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and future executive actions designed to curb illegal immigration. The situation at the southern border has escalated in recent weeks, with thousands of migrants arriving daily to claim asylum.
Officials say the illegal arrivals are spurred by loopholes in U.S. immigration law that allow family units claiming asylum to arrive illegally and still be released into the interior of the country with a work permit.
The migrants are then given a court date at some point in the future to adjudicate the asylum claim, with the vast majority failing to ultimately get a favorable asylum ruling. These migrants rarely show up for deportation, with the senior administration official calling the practice “backdoor illegal immigration.”
Remittances are used as a way to fund future illegal immigration. By seriously curbing them, this will severe a huge incentive for illegals to come to the United States in the first place, and circulate more money into the US economy.
The Democrats/Leftists/Liberals/Socialists don’t want to stop Illegal Immigration because it builds up the population in their districts which has a direct connection to funding from the Federal Government, that is why they are so against the US Census requiring a Citizenship question. They are only concerned about their power and don’t give a damn about the American People or the Illegal Aliens it is all about themselves. They keep talking about Immigration Reform, how about $Enforcing the Existing Laws, I would be willing to bet that the enforcement of the existing laws would cut the flow of Illegals by 75%. The Illegals know that the Democrats will continue to make it easy for them to get here and just as easy to stay here at the expense of the US Tax Payers.
Do it now. I a tired of illegals getting free medical, with one exception being for life threatening situation. We are after all humans, and a lot of us Christians, so we must have some compassion those type situations, But beyond that it has to stop. I know ow many fellow Americans who are suffering do to lack of medical attention. And no, this isn’t about free coverage for all. It’s about taking the money we are spending on the illegal aliens coming into this country. Not only the costs of finding them, getting them to court, paying for their legal expenses, transporting them to detention facilities, and having to feed and board them the whole time while the legal/justice system completely ignore the problems of fellow Americans. The whole system is a “scam” facilitate by the out of control legal system, both judges and attorneys. It is time for our country to be run like a business and not like a law firm that pads the wallets.
I HATE TO SAT OR EVEN THINK OF WAYS TO STOP ILLEGALS FROM ENTERING OUR COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD DEPLOY SOME TROOPS INSIDE OF MEXICO LIKE ABOUT TEN FEET TO PUSH THOSE ILLEGALS BACK AND IF MEXICO DOESN’T LIKE THIS IDEA THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN TROOPS OR POLICE AUTHORITY TO KEEP THE ILLEGALS FROM CROSSING THE MEXICAN BORDER INTO THE UNITED STATES SO WE WON’T HAVE TO KEEP THEM IN AMERICA BECAUSE THEY WERE APPREHENDED ON AMERICAN SOIL THE DEMORATS ARE THE BIGGEST SPONSORS OF THESE CARAVANS ALONG WITH GEORGE ZOROS. PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD DEMAND MEXICO TO STOP THE ILLEGALS FROM GETTING ANYWHERE CLOSE TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. I BELIEVE WE ALLOW ABOUT ONE MILLION ALIENS TO APPLY TO ENTER OUR COUNTRY EACH YEAR. WITH THESE CARAVANS WE WILL DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THAT NUMBER EASILY. LET THE DEMOCRATS TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL THE LIVES LOST DUE TO ILLEGALS KILLING AMERICANS THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT CRIMINAL WAYS. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE KILLINGS COULD HAVE BEEN NOT ONLY STOPPED BUT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED BECAUSE THESE ILLEGALS INVOLVED IN THESE KILLING SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED INTO OUR COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH. SO ALL THE DEMOCRATS THAT OPPOSE A BORDER WALL WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO WASH THE BLOOD OF THOSE KILLED BY ILLEGAL ALIENS. SO AT ELECTION TIME A VOTE FOR THEM MAY BE A DEATH SENTENCE FOR YOU AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Congress does not serve the people at all anymore…We have mass illegal immigration because Dems and Rino’s want it that way. Start by charging those responsible for treason!
That would be great and they deserve to be tried for treason. These rogue judges liberal hack many appointed by Obama have undermined Trump 30 times now. Why do the American people not rebel?? Too many damn illegals are already here and we don’t even know how many. Obama needs to be tried and convicted for treason. I hope Barr will start investigating the FISA report and the deal with Russia and the Uranium deal and the 150 million dollars donated to the Clinton foundation. Anybody with any brain can see thru that atrocity. I want our President to close that damn border and put our troops down their and shoot if they still don’t stay away. WE need to stop taking i n refugees and that rotten congress needs to change our immigration laws to favor the American people and not these rats that invade us.
I think that’s obvious
You wanna stop it, hit those hire or house them, start e-verification fines of 1000 for each, also those who use temp services the temp service 1 million fine and prison, those who skate the law using temps million dollar fine plus prison, it would all STOP TODAY, but we know that want happen, why $$$$$$$$$$$$$ they get to keep it the way it is.
you are right if they just followed some laws that are already present. but they don’t want this they want the illegals here for their votes. We need to not re-elect these politicians that do not follow our interests but other countries interests.
Then let’s do it and not wait around. Put ICE agents at Western Union offices, places that sell money orders, banks that don’t ask questions about where the money comes from.
Give a contract to the cartels to get these illegals turned around and headed back to their countries they came from.
Why hasn’t this been done years ago. We would not have any of the grave problems we have now. How about a 50% tax to start?
Peter, this is a possible solution that’s been talked about for YEARS! Yet, nothing appears to ever be done about it. This “tax” could fund the wall, in time, but NOTHING appears to ever get done in terms of implementing it…
Whoever started this invasion of human wave certainly has no love for America. Nothing short of a trader could even think of this. No country in my knowledge of history has ever experianced anything like this. I don’t even think Hitler was hated by as many people.
A start – but that is all. Andrew is right, illegals should not be allowed to wire money out of the country – I would say not at all. If we stop rewarding these illegal invaders in so many ways the flow will slow at least. ANYONE – public or private – found to be hiring an illegal needs to be fined huge amounts of money. Make it close to impossible for illegals to survive here.
Remittances are the new popular way to send money back to Mexico, but they are not the only way. Previously, the majority just sent cash by mail. If you stop remittances it will have some impact, but not enough to reduce illegal immigration significantly.
Stop all welfare for these people so they have to go home to their own country. They also know when they start out to get here that they might get separated from their kids or other family,this shouldn’t be a problem for us to work with. If they want to come in by breaking the law then whatever happens as punishment is on them. Our people don’t get as much consideration from those in Congress that are there for the American people not any from another country. If those in Congress won’t follow the law either then get rid of them too.
Agreed
They should have been doing this from the get go. Guess what??? They want to Western Union Money back home or wire money back to their home country. Tax it at 20% minimum. Anyone who wants to wire money will now have to show proof of legal residency. This can be done by US Passport or Greencard along with Drivers license. The person who does not have those and is an illegal will automatically have a minimum of 20% taken out of the total being sent that will be sent to the Department of Treasury.
I think charging for remittances is a good idea. So much money is being sent out of the country, and it continues to support this constant migration to the USA. It’s time to get tougher until we can get a Congress that will actually change the laws to discourage illegal immigration.
What Trump needs to do is fund local law enforcement to deal with illegals….then set up a caravan system to take them out of the country.
Deport, deport, deport and then deport some more.
Seize bank accounts, stop all public benefits, including free school. Make it worse for them to be in the U.S. than Mexico and they’ll go back. 70% are here for the freebies, not jobs. Make them hide from the Police and take their money and the problem will fade away.
It always work when you hit the pocket book!
How about Constitution? It worked for years until lame politicians (aka) attorneys put in man made laws using the courts. Call the Dems they tell you how it works.
Native 79 year old CALFORNIAN born during the Great Depression.
Of course the majority of ILLEGALS won’t show up for their court date, Nobody goes after them. If we had a few teams to start with who go after them with immediate deportation the result, we’d see more compliance!
Now we have the Socialist party obstructing the building of the wall. Just who is the enemy here?