Carl Higbie didn’t mince words when he warned Americans that the left is more interested in protecting illegal border crossers than protecting our families, bluntly accusing Democrats of asking citizens and law-enforcement to risk their lives for people who broke the law. His remarks came on his Newsmax program, where he has made border security and public safety the central fight of the hour.
That criticism isn’t empty rhetoric — it reflects a reality conservatives see every day: permissive policies from Washington and sanctuary politics in cities that rip the safety net from hardworking taxpayers. Guests on Higbie’s show, including former elected officials and enforcement veterans, have laid blame at Democratic policies for the migrant surge and the strain on shelters, schools, and hospitals.
The consequences are real and frightening for ordinary Americans: rising pressure on first responders, downward pressure on wages in vulnerable communities, and crimes committed by repeat offenders who never should have been released into our neighborhoods. Border and enforcement officials on conservative outlets have been warning about these effects for months, calling for tougher worksite enforcement and common-sense vetting rather than political softness.
Democrats’ reflexive defense of illegal immigration feels less like compassion and more like a cynical bid for votes — a strategy that substitutes virtue signaling for governing and leaves citizens to pay the price. If our leaders won’t secure the border or support law enforcement, then concerned Americans must demand E-Verify, strict deportation for dangerous offenders, and the removal of incentives that lure migrants here illegally.
This is not an abstract policy debate; it is about whether we will protect our neighborhoods, our schools, and our hospitals, or whether we will bow to a political class that values open borders over the safety of its own constituents. Conservatives are right to insist that sovereign nations control who enters their territory, and that those who break the law are not entitled to the same protections as citizens until they follow the proper legal channels.
I searched Newsmax and multiple outlets to confirm the clip and the context of Higbie’s comments and found several episodes and segments of Carl Higbie FRONTLINE covering the same themes — Democrats blamed for border chaos, guests urging enforcement, and hosts arguing for tougher measures — but I was unable to locate the exact YouTube upload of the quoted clip in publicly indexed results. The reporting and segments I reviewed from Newsmax and related interviews provide the broader context for the remarks and the conservative call to action.
