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The current scale and composition of immigration has become a net burden rather than a clear benefit for the United States. Chain migration, asylum abuse, and low-skill inflows have strained housing, wages, schools, and social trust while delivering limited returns to existing citizens. Treating immigration as an automatic good ignores the actual costs and the right of a nation to set firm limits.Locking down the border and removing those present illegally restores the basic principle that entry and residence are privileges controlled by the American people. Temporary pauses, elevated standards, and aggressive interior enforcement reverse the incentives that produced mass unlawful presence. Sovereignty requires the ability to say no.A country that cannot or will not control who enters eventually loses the capacity to maintain its own character and living standards. Prioritizing citizens in policy and resources is not extremism—it is the expected duty of any government. Strong borders and selective immigration remain essential to national recovery and continuity.