This executive order weaponizes national security rhetoric to justify extreme border militarization and open-ended detention measures, trampling human dignity and proven humanitarian principles in the process. By framing the arrival of asylum seekers as an “invasion,” it blindly funnels taxpayer funds toward walls and enforcement while rejecting more practical, rights-respecting immigration procedures. It abandons core constitutional values such as due process and fair treatment, pretending brute force alone solves complex global realities like poverty, violence, and climate-related displacement. The order’s sweeping criminalization of migration not only ignores evidence-based data on the relatively low crime rates among immigrant communities but also fractures the trust between government agencies and vulnerable populations—making both Americans and migrants less safe.
