Liberty Expose: The Two Step Solution To Fixing Chicago's Immigration Crisis

Chicago Tribune

States across the nation have been suffering from an influx of illegal migration for the past several years. So much so that they have become overrun and are unable to deal with the struggles that come from housing and caring for tens of thousands of people. Chicago, in particular, has been one of the states dealing with this crisis.

While much of the blame falls upon the federal government for incentivizing illegal immigration, The city of Chicago and the state of Illinois can in fact do something to help their situation and will lessen, if not eliminate, this burden. The most important thing they can do is eliminate their status as a sanctuary city. This term refers to states and cities that have passed legislation that bars federal officers from incriminating illegal immigrants, allowing them to live there without fear of deportation.

Step One:

For a long time, the states bordering Mexico have been dealing with an immigration crisis. Based on the policies of liberal mayors, governors, congressmen, and the president, they have allowed the border to be open to anyone. Never before have these states had to deal with the consequences of their bad policies until now. Therefore, the response of the states is to begin shipping them by bus and by plane into the “sanctuary cities."

Chicago became a sanctuary city in March of 1985. The mayor at the time, Harold Washington, issued an executive order that made it so you could not investigate the residential residences of any person living within the city limits. This was later enacted into law by the next mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley. This started with a period of 38 years and five separate mayors identifying the city of Chicago as a sanctuary city. These laws make it impossible for the cities to do anything other than house tens of thousands of illegal immigrants. Pulling resources away from lawful members of the community and straining their various law-enforcement agencies. The first step is to remove any laws or regulations that identify Chicago as a sanctuary city. While left-leaning government officials would never want to, cities that are experiencing massive immigration have to face the reality that they are not equipped to handle this quantity of people.

This proposal will not only be effective in Chicago but in all cities that are struggling with mass immigration. Los Angeles, Washington, and New York—or just a few areas designated as sanctuary cities—are all finally experiencing the brunt of the policies they’ve been promoting for so long.

Step Two:

The other half of this equation is based on the terrible rhetoric coming from the White House. Under Joe Biden’s presidency, there have been an estimated 3.8 million illegal immigrants entering the United States. Joe Biden's soft-handedness towards illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers has been a far cry from the previous administration's stance on undocumented people entering the United States. Without even lifting a pen, Joe Biden has encouraged people to flood our southern border with a promise of zero repercussions.

The Biden administration has also made a nasty habit of letting undocumented people into the country without any incentive for them to follow the rule of law or a way to follow up with them in court. His plan to give out smartphones with pre-downloaded reminder apps to people entering the country has been a disaster. Having handed out approximately 300,000 smartphones and costs $360,000 a day, These actions have been labeled a disaster and break all logic and common sense.

Overall, it is the federal government's responsibility to handle foreign issues, and illegal immigration has been one that the Biden administration has purposefully ignored. Forcing each individual state and city to fend for themselves. This leads to the other action that local communities can take, which is to pressure the federal government into realizing that having wide open borders is unsustainable for any country.

Why It Matter:

Republicans are often accused of intolerance and being unsympathetic because they stand for a closed and secure border. However, there are legitimate concerns when a country decides to import millions of people into the country.

One of the first major problems is the breakdown of the social contract. Large percentages of illegal immigrants entering the United States do not hold the same fundamental principles as those who want to find America. Granted, most Americans have lost these values as well. However, cultural differences do create breakdowns of what is supposed to be an agreement on the relationship between the people and the government, the social standard, law, and justice.

The second major problem is the tax burden associated with the removal of resources. In 2014, it was published that California is spending around $25 billion in welfare programs on illegal aliens each and every year. The City Council recently voted for additional funds of $51 million in aid for allied aliens. This is after spending almost half a billion since this crisis occurred. Of course, this spending will have to be subsidized by the residents of Chicago. Mayor Johnson is looking to pass a real estate transfer tax, which is an additional tax placed upon any transaction of residential property. The idea is that this will be used to help fund their radical spending policy. In actuality, it will only hurt the potential economic growth of the city.

Mass immigration is not inherently bad, but when it reaches unsustainable levels, the structure of our civilization begins to crumple.

The federal government has an obligation to handle the immigration crisis through policy and strong rhetoric that illegal passage into the United States will not be tolerated. On the local level, cities should be looking to remove their sanctuary status if they are not making it very clear to me, the residents of their communities, that they care far more about the plight of those entering the country illegally than that of your own.