President Trump’s Thanksgiving-week declaration to “permanently pause migration from all Third World countries” was a long-overdue, muscular response to the chaos at our borders and the tragedy in Washington that left a National Guard soldier dead. The president made clear he will reverse the reckless admissions policies of the last administration and put American safety and sovereignty first — a position millions of patriotic Americans applaud.
The administration isn’t stopping at rhetoric: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has ordered a full-scale reexamination of green cards and immigration approvals from countries of concern, a sensible security step after the disturbing incidents that exposed failures in vetting. This is common-sense governance, not cruelty — any nation that refuses to secure its borders abdicates its primary duty to citizens.
On Friday’s Carl Higbie FRONTLINE, Newsmax’s Lidia Curanaj rightly blasted the predictable chorus of hand-wringers and moralizers who lecture Americans while our cities rot and our taxpayers bear the bill. Curanaj, who has been a strong, principled voice on Newsmax and has guest-hosted prominent programs, called out the hypocrisy of those who question a policy that puts Americans first and demanded to know whose side they are on.
Left-wing pundits, international bureaucrats and the usual coastal elites immediately squealed about human rights and “due process,” as if allowing open borders and mass, unvetted arrivals hasn’t produced crime, strained services, and cultural displacement across blue-run cities. Their sanctimony rings hollow to working-class families who watch their neighborhoods decline and wonder why their leaders put foreigners ahead of them.
Critics will try to weaponize courts and international opinion against any strong executive action, but the law has long given the president authority to suspend entry to protect national security — something every commander-in-chief must be able to do when the safety of Americans is at stake. Courts may wring hands, but the duty of government is to defend its people first; no one should pretend that moral grandstanding is a substitute for real policy that stops crime and restores order.
Lidia Curanaj’s rebuke of the naysayers wasn’t just cable television heat; it was the voice of a lot of Americans who are sick of the open-border experiment and the political class that enabled it. When anchorwomen, reporters, and everyday citizens join the call for decisive action, leaders in Washington should listen — not scold — because voters will not be fooled by crocodile-tear morality that values rhetoric over results.
If we want to save our country, restore hope for our children, and secure the American dream for future generations, we must support leaders and commentators who refuse to look away. Stand with common-sense enforcement, back officials who will audit and remove dangerous loopholes, and salute patriots like Lidia who tell the truth about what it takes to keep America safe.
