{"id":13401,"date":"2016-11-15T16:15:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T21:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13401"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:08:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:08:06","slug":"could-donald-trumps-immigration-policies-start-working-before-he-takes-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/11\/15\/could-donald-trumps-immigration-policies-start-working-before-he-takes-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Donald Trump\u2019s Immigration Policies Start Working Before He Takes Office?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Donald Trump\u2019s proposed immigration policies could realistically start seeing results before his inauguration. The president-elect\u2019s platform for reforming the nation\u2019s broken immigration policies includes three important points<\/a>, among others: end dangerous catch-and-release policies; stop illegal sanctuary cities; and reverse the trend of allowing more and more benefits to illegal aliens. If these policies are enforced, many would-be migrants will think twice about coming to the U.S. illegally because the benefits may no longer outweigh the cost.<\/p>\n These policies have obviously not been enacted yet, and presidential administrations are notorious about straying from what they promised on the campaign trail. However, illegal aliens and their proponents are taking the president-elect at his word<\/a>. \u201cNow that Donald Trump has been elected president, I don\u2019t feel safe,\u201d said Claudia Qui\u00f1onez, an illegal alien residing in Maryland. \u201cI can be deported.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a>This type of reaction is similar to what occurred before former president Bill Clinton passed his (ultimately watered down) immigration reforms in 1996. He gave impassioned speeches<\/a> about fixing a broken system. \u201cThe jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants,\u201d he said. \u201cThe public services [illegal aliens]use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That\u2019s why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n