A recently deported British national is defending both his removal from the United States and President Donald Trumps hard-line approach to illegal immigration, arguing that strict enforcement is essential to preserving a lawful nation.
According to WND, the man, identified only as Ted, was brought to America as a child and later discovered he had no legal status. Rather than denounce the system that expelled him, he told the Telegraph that his own case underscores the need for firm borders and the rule of law that conservatives have long demanded.
Unlawful presence after learning that I was unlawfully present, right? Im not making excuses. I should have been deported, Ted said, describing the circumstances of his arrest. There is an illegal immigration crisis in America, and any president that wants a lawfully ordered nation has the right and the duty and the obligation to enforce deportation.
He reserved particular criticism for left-wing activists who have tried to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. You saw these leftist agitators that were impeding law enforcement. They were obstructing the enforcement of the law in attempts to detain and deport illegal immigrants, especially criminal illegal immigrants, Ted said, adding pointedly, He [President Trump] should have brought in the National Guard. He should have doubled down.
Now back in the United Kingdom, Ted said he was stunned by what he views as the rapid demographic transformation of his homeland. The demographics of England are a lot different than I was expecting, he said. As soon as I stepped off the trainit appeared that the minorities were a majority, and the ethnic English were a minority.
Ted stressed that his concerns are directed at policy, not at individual migrants trying to build a life. I would make a distinction between individual immigrants and immigration policy as a whole, he said. I think its not only counterproductive, but inconsiderate, rude, to go to any individual immigrant and say you dont belong here. Versus, the policy which allows masses to change the demographics of an already existing place.
Court records show Ted had a prior drunk driving conviction, a factor that likely strengthened the legal case for his removal and highlights how criminal conduct can tip the scales in immigration enforcement. His story, far from fitting the usual activist narrative, instead reinforces a conservative argument: that a sovereign nation has both the moral right and the obligation to control its borders, enforce its laws, and resist radical efforts to dismantle immigration enforcement altogether.
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