The War over Enforcement

Trump’s policy is good so far, but the real battle is in the workplace

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President Trump’s executive orders on immigration enforcement had barely been signed when the Left identified its first “victim,” a Mexican woman living illegally in Arizona named Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos. She had been routinely checking in with ICE over the years in scheduled meetings that she always walked away from without consequence. Then, in early February, ICE detained her at one of these sessions and deported her back to Mexico.

There is no doubt that Garcia de Rayos is a far cry from one of Donald Trump’s “bad hombres.” She came here at age 14. She lived in the United States for about 20 years and has two U.S.-born children. When her husband, also an illegal immigrant, said in interviews that she didn’t constitute a threat to anyone, he was undoubtedly correct.

Mark Krikorian

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Mark Krikorian

Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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