Alabama doesn't share a border with Mexico. But the border crisis has turned every state into a border state, and Alabama is paying a steep price for President Biden's open borders policies.
One of Biden's first actions as President was to reverse the successful border policies of President Trump, and the result has been a disaster. The border patrol caught 1.6 million illegal immigrants last year. That's more than the population of Alabama’s 20 largest cities combined. And many more made it through without getting caught. This chaos leads to danger from drugs, gangs, and terrorists, turning this into a national security crisis.
As the next U.S. Senator for Alabama, I will fight for America First policies that put American workers first. I will fight to end President Biden's self-created border crisis by securing full funding to finish the wall, entirely reinstating both the Remain in Mexico program and public charge rule, re-establishing the 'safe third country' agreements for aliens claiming asylum, and immediately ending DHS's dangerous catch and release policies.
While absolutely critical, fixing our crisis of illegal immigration is only half the problem. For decades, American workers have seen stagnant wage growth. Under President Biden, wages are growing at a rate lower than inflation, which is crushing hardworking Alabamians and retirees.
It's no coincidence that this decline in wages coincided with the passage of Senator Ted Kennedy's 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act. Before this bill passed, America accepted about 300,000 immigrants each year. This legislation removed common-sense numerical caps and created a chain-migration system, leading to more than one million immigrants entering America every single year. This has driven down the wages of Alabamians, especially those without college degrees.
America’s immigration policies have been good for foreigners who want to come to America. But they have been bad for American workers. That needs to change.
Any candidate can pretend to be America First to win a campaign. I'm committed to a specific plan to reform our immigration system to put American workers first.
On my first day as United States Senator for Alabama, I will:
- Introduce my own four-step immigration plan for protecting American workers:
·Reduce overall legal immigration to a sensible level and transition to a new system that prioritizes skills and merit over family-ties.
·Overhaul guestworker programs that depress wages and rob American workers of job opportunities.
·Permanently address the deeply flawed and corrupt EB-5 investor visa program, which allows shady foreign investors like Russian oligarchs to obtain green cards.
·Require all employers to use E-Verify – this would not only protect American workers, but also deter illegal immigration more than any other enforcement program or policy change.
- Sponsor Senator Tom Cotton's RAISE Act (S. 1103)
This legislation, which was unveiled with the support of President Trump, would:
- Reduce the number of immigrants allowed into America by 50%
- End our chain migration system
- Create a merit-based points immigration system, like Canada and Australia, so America is accepting immigrants who will raise our average wage base, not reduce it
- Eliminate the diversity visa lottery
- Introduce companion legislation to the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2021 (H.R. 140) and companion legislation to the American Tech Workforce Act (H.R. 6206)
These pieces of legislation would:
- Clarify that birthright citizenship applies to persons born to citizens or those lawfully present in the United States
·Stop Big Tech’s exploitation of the United States’ immigration system.
Katie Britt is a Christian conservative Republican candidate to serve as the next U.S. Senator for Alabama. An Enterprise native, Katie resides in Montgomery with her husband, Wesley, and their two children, Bennett and Ridgeway.
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