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The Death Spiral to America Reimagined

Joseph Chalfant
Joseph Chalfant  |  March 21, 2026 10:15 PM

It is extraordinarily easy to call for the deportation of criminal illegal aliens. Even a large contingent of those on the Left would agree with you on that. The deportation of any and all illegal aliens is probably the most widely held view by voters on the Right. The real test comes when you are asked if you support fundamentally reshaping legal immigration.

Countless politicians, influencers, and talking heads in the conservative space will bend over backwards to regurgitate the “legal immigration is good, but illegal immigration is bad” platitude. It’s almost meaningless when you think about it. Laws and practices can be changed, and they have. What if an open border policy was legalized? Is our current immigration policy truly the ideal, or even preferable? And what if all immigration was made to be illegal, would it still be bad in their eyes?

Anyone pushing that argument has become blind to the obvious: demographics are fundamentally reshaping our country. The “America is just an idea” crowd would argue that it is a good thing, and that anyone can come to the United States and become an American. On paper, that might be true. The reality couldn’t be further from that, however.

The four Islamic terrorists who waged Jihad on innocent civilians all came to the country legally. Some even naturalized. Was that a good thing? Did they actually become an American? Or, can we accept that the American identity runs deeper than citizenship? That a shared history, culture, and heritage bind our people together. That common values must extend beyond the nebulous concepts of "prosperity" and “freedom” because they have fundamentally different definitions to a people unlike our own.

Americans reject false, foreign gods that we see monuments being erected for across the country. Americans reject and condemn those who would cheat our countrymen and the social systems we have created to provide for our poor and infirm.

The third-wordlists that have flooded into our country, whether it be legally or otherwise, do not see it the same way. They have abused the charity we have provided. They turn our streets into favelas and openly practice barbaric customs. Politicians with sympathetic backgrounds empower them, and masses of lethargic and uncaring people support them out of a misplaced love of "cuisine" and "culture."

Thankfully, questioning the status quo on immigration has seen a resurgence since the days of the great Pat Buchanan. Donald Trump was certainly the catalyst for the start of the new conversation. His effort to end birthright citizenship has largely been forgotten due to the on-going Supreme Court case, but would be the most important advancement on the immigration front in decades if he succeeds and if Congress had the boldness to codify it. Those are big ifs. 

Still, a new generation of advocates are battling the front as brave leaders like Rep. Andy Ogles (who I have come to write about quite a bit as of late) are picking up the mantle to discuss meaningful legislation to save our nation.

The hour may be late, but we still have a country that can be saved. Are we willing to empower the leaders with the boldness to do it?