Mishpacha’s experts predict the year ahead
These days, any political party looking to guarantee a steady stream of votes should skip the spiels about the economy or security. In the current zeitgeist, the fashionable trend is to double down on tightening immigration controls.
What’s truly fascinating is this plank’s global applicability. Whether in the United States, the United Kingdom, or the European Union, the debate over borders has the far right in a lather and the center-left parties hushed. Without a doubt, handling the worldwide surge of illegal immigrants will be a linchpin of political campaigns in the year ahead.
Closing out 2023, the United States population shows an increase of 1.6 million people, of whom 1.1 million are immigrants. Throw in more than three million cases pending in the justice system, and it makes for a compelling campaign visual: the number of immigrants awaiting naturalization exceeds the number of US citizens in ten states, among them Kansas, Nebraska, and Mississippi.
This migration maelstrom isn’t just a rallying point for Republicans. Even high-ranking Democrats, such as Arizona governor Katie Hobbs and Pennsylvania’s Senator John Fetterman, are airing their grievances over the lackluster White House responses. The bottom line: If President Joe Biden wants to keep his job in 2024, he’d better whip up a credible solution to this time bomb.
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