How a Populist Approach to Immigrant Visas Will Help Protect Working Americans

Trump and Vance’s policy should reflect the awareness that America is a country, not merely an economy — a national family, not a corporation.

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Migrants bound for America on the Huixtla highway, Chiapas, Mexico, October 22, 2024. AP/Edgar H. Clemente, file

When considering immigration policy, we must first affirm that America is a country, not merely an economy. We are a national family, not a corporation. Vice President-elect Vance said it well when he stated at the 2024 Republican National Convention that “America is not just an idea. It is a group of people with a shared history and a common future. It is, in short, a nation.”

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