Trump’s Latest Immigration EO Will Save Taxpayers Untold Billions… And Change EVERYTHING

One of the dirty little secrets of Bidenflation and the stagnating economy was how closely it was connected to his broken immigration policy.

And with it came the giant sucking sound of the DC swamp critters taking a cut of their money from the taxpayer pockets. Above-market price for filling a whole hotel with illegals here, a preferred vendor providing meals, or translation services, or legal advice, etcetera etcetera.

And that’s just the political parasite class… we’ve not even gotten into the actual care and feeding of a few million of our new closest friends. (Some of them in prison orange.) Or the human cost to victims of crime, of children trafficked, of Americans young and old dead from fentanyl poisoning.

Even woke Canada has figured out that flooding the country with foreigners puts a strain on the economy. Demand pushes the cost of housing higher and all the infrastructure — from health care to education to policing and fire departments — suddenly have to do more work with less money.

Congress looked into that last year with a study: ‘The Cost Of Illegal Immigration To Taxpayers‘.

With our social services just a few years from insolvency, and profligate spending, even the basic breakeven payments on the National Debt now exceed our military budget.

Then along came Trump. Psychology teaches us that whenever you change incentive structures, behavior changes with it. The same is true of the social welfare state. When the freebies stop flowing everyone who was drinking at the trough has to go somewhere else to stuff their faces.

Trump didn’t have to change the law, all he had to do was tell his administration they need to obey the laws already on the books. (Which says something instructive about the past administrations, in particular, the lifelong politicians who know how everything’s run in that town.

Here’s what Trump said in his order:

Here is the text of the order:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. The plain text of Federal law, including the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193) (PRWORA), generally prohibits illegal aliens from obtaining most taxpayer-funded benefits. Title IV of the PRWORA states that it is national policy that “aliens within the Nation’s borders not depend on public resources to meet their needs,” and that “[i]t is a compelling government interest to remove the incentive for illegal immigration provided by the availability of public benefits.” But in the decades since the passage of the PRWORA, numerous administrations have acted to undermine the principles and limitations directed by the Congress through that law. Over the last 4 years, in particular, the prior administration repeatedly undercut the goals of that law, resulting in the improper expenditure of significant taxpayer resources.

My Administration will uphold the rule of law, defend against the waste of hard-earned taxpayer resources, and protect benefits for American citizens in need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.

Sec. 2. Preserving Federal Public Benefits. (a) To prevent taxpayer resources from acting as a magnet and fueling illegal immigration to the United States, and to ensure, to the maximum extent permitted by law, that no taxpayer-funded benefits go to unqualified aliens, the head of each executive department or agency (agency) shall:

(i) identify all federally funded programs administered by the agency that currently permit illegal aliens to obtain any cash or non-cash public benefit, and, consistent with applicable law, take all appropriate actions to align such programs with the purposes of this order and the requirements of applicable Federal law, including the PRWORA;

(ii) ensure, consistent with applicable law, that Federal payments to States and localities do not, by design or effect, facilitate the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration, or abet so-called “sanctuary” policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation; and

(iii) enhance eligibility verification systems, to the maximum extent possible, to ensure that taxpayer-funded benefits exclude any ineligible alien who entered the United States illegally or is otherwise unlawfully present in the United States.

(b) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Administrator of the United States DOGE Service, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, shall further:

(i) identify all other sources of Federal funding for illegal aliens; and

(ii) recommend additional agency actions to align Federal spending with the purposes of this order, and, where relevant, enhance eligibility verification systems.

(c) Agencies shall refer any improper receipt or use of Federal benefits to the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security for appropriate action.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 19, 2025.

Remember that scene in Batman Begins, when Bruce Wayne tells everyone the party is over and it’s time to get out?

Yeah. This order is a little like that. And when he turns off the spigot… how many of the same people who flooded social media to crow about the easy life they were enjoying at the taxpayer expense will realize the jig is up?

With the incentives reversed, how many will just pack their bags like anyone else at the end of an all-expenses-paid holiday… and head home?