Key Takeaways

What the U.S. needs is a law to repel illegal crossers and triage asylum claims outside our borders through “safe third country” agreements.

Trusting Democrats to keep their side of an immigration bargain is like the world trusting Argentina not to default on its bonds.

Until Democratic politicians credibly commit to measures that will work, Republicans should steer clear of any deal.

If Sam Bankman-Fried offers a new cryptocurrency investment scheme, are you in? Not likely. I’d rather trust the ghost of Bernie Madoff with my money. Once bitten, twice shy.

That’s why conservatives don’t trust the immigration “compromise” proposals being discussed on Capitol Hill in the lame-duck session of Congress just weeks before control of the House switches (barely) into Republican hands.

This week, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal both praised one proposal by Sens. Tom Tillis, R-N.C., and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. Their “Bipartisan Border Solutions Act” would reportedly involve trading an amnesty for nearly 2 million adults brought here illegally as minors for (1) extending Title 42 for a year, (2) more border-processing centers, and (3) more enforcement, including deportation.

The Post’s editorial page is always hard to distinguish from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s briefing binder, but The Journal ought to know better than to tout these shabby wares.

Let’s take them one by one.

Title 42 is a health measure that was effective...

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