Miller says problems caused by immigrants go back generations

Mainstream coverage often treats Stephen Miller’s argument as if it’s mainly about today’s immigrants, and therefore easy to dismiss as alarmism. That framing misses what he is pointing to: a long-running policy failure where leaders waved people through and then acted surprised when communities felt the strain.

The conservative concern is not nostalgia or scapegoating. It’s public trust. When government loses track of who enters, overstays, or ignores court orders, it creates an unfair system for legal immigrants and citizens alike. That is a rule of law issue, not a cultural one.

If problems “go back generations,” that reflects decades of refusal to enforce existing statutes and secure the border consistently. A country that cannot manage entry cannot plan for schools, hospitals, or housing, and that becomes a fairness and institutional stability problem. The principle at stake is simple: a sovereign nation controls its borders, or it stops being one in practice.