Immigration ‘Law and Order’ Starts at State Department

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Immigration ‘Law and Order’ Starts at State Department

 

Trump admin can crack down on illegal immigration and protect Americans by reforming visa programs

 

November 22, 2016

by Jessica M. Vaughan | 22 Nov 2016 at 5:35 AM

 

With respect to the new immigration policies that are inevitable under the Trump administration, most of the attention has been focused on changes at the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. But immigration security starts beyond our borders, and one critical agency, the State Department, has largely escaped accountability for policies and programs that over time have greatly eroded our security and the integrity of our immigration system by facilitating the entry of millions of foreigners who have settled here illegally — including some who want to attack us.

 

Team Trump will have a laundry list of urgent immigration-related tasks at Foggy Bottom, including action on visas and passports, not to mention refugees. The biggest challenge for the incoming appointed leadership will be overcoming the senior career managers’ obliviousness to the impact of key policies on American communities (as opposed to the travel industry or the clients of immigration lawyers) and their clear preference for facilitating travel over preventing unqualified or dangerous foreigners from entering