How about articulating a comprehensive case for Americanism first?

A new year brings new challenges. 2017 demonstrated some noted accomplishments, but there are still major ones to confront in 2018, including significant measures that the majority party ran on and were elected in 2016 to implement with immediacy upon winning both houses of Congress and the Presidency. Repealing and replacing Obamacare was one of them. And though there's been some unraveling with the repeal of the individual mandate at the end of the year, this socialized medical approach continues to remain enshrined in law and in the minds of Washington. Though I could go on about that (maybe for another post), there is another major measure that the focus has now turn towards, one which continues to affect America's citizenry in detrimental fashion regarding society, culture and sovereignty. Yep, we're talking immigration, primarily illegal, but in much of a sense, the overall concept and its exhorbitance at this critical point. And who better to lead this topic into a new year than a favorite professor of common sense, the Great One...

On Tuesday’s Mark Levin show, Do you realize over the last half-century, every significant change in immigration policy has taken place without the support or affirmation of the American citizenry? We’ve been deceived about this over and over and over again by Democrats and Republicans alike. Not only is every single big immigration policy pursued without the support of the American people, it occurs often under the cover of darkness. It is both Republicans and Democrats who have pursued open-borders policies over the years. The Democrats want to destroy America but the Republicans have no excuse. What we need from the President and conservatives in Congress is for them to articulate a conservative position on immigration before we lose this country. The Democrats have boxed us in but we don’t have to be, as enforcing immigration policy has nothing to do with race. It is regrettable that Republican leadership is not making the case for republicanism and national sovereignty. Enforcing our immigration laws is not an alt-right position but an American position. In addition, the wall was Trump’s top issue, yet he is wavering, which is very concerning. Two parties are united against the people today. We have been losing our country since the 1965 Hart-Celler act and the Supreme Court decision in 1982 that allowed children of illegal immigrants to come to attend public school.

"Who is it who are the real humanitarians? We are! We want people to know that in order to come here, they shouldn't try to sneak across the border where they might be killed or raped or something horrific may happen to them. We want them to know that there's an orderly process. You follow the orderly process, you may or may not get in. You do not have a right to come to America. You do not have a right to be legalized in America. You do not have a right to a citizen of America. You do not have a right to have welfare in America. It all began changing during the Great Society..."

"...and what I regret is that neither the White House nor the leadership in the Senate nor the leadership in the House, ALL of which we control, make the articulate, comprehensive case for Americanism, for republicanism (little 'r'), for national sovereignty."

Then security, then reform. Instead, we hear about a 'bill of love'?

President Trump says any DACA legislation “should be a bipartisan deal. This should be a bill of love.” pic.twitter.com/beNcsfYK1j

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 9, 2018

So, what does that mean? See here. Some good, some not so much (and some of the excerpts give one a good idea of what they really think of constitutional conservatives who desire a restoration of law and order first). But the conclusion:

The message is clear: Trump will be flexible on immigration reform, even potentially supporting a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants in the future. But if a deal on DACA is going to be made before the March deadline when protections for DACA recipients expire, border security measures and the wall must be included.

We'll see how this pans out, but honestly, I hold more hope in the States and its People than more of the same from Washington on the matter.

Related links: LEAKED MEMO: DREAMers Are ‘Critical’ To Dems ‘Future Electoral Success’
Former Dem Gov. Dick Lamm on How to Destroy America
Levin: Rogue lawmakers are fighting for amnesty ‘under the cover of darkness’
The big lie about ‘temporary’ protected status amnesty for Salvadorans
Malkin: Time’s up for ‘temporary’ alien protection
Border crossings double since spring. Elitist solution? Amnesty!

ADDENDUM: Remember when even Democrats got all of this?!

Related links: Daniel Horowitz exposes the chain migration bait-and-switch with Mark Levin
Report: Trump rejects Senate DACA deal