Americans are finally hearing plain talk about one of the most important debates of our time: whether we will preserve the culture that made this country exceptional. On his Newsmax FRONTLINE program, Carl Higbie laid out why saving American culture matters as the Trump team moves to enforce our laws and secure the border.
This is not about intolerance; it is about identity, continuity, and the rule of law. When a nation loses its language, customs, and civic foundations, it ceases to be a unified nation and becomes instead a patchwork without a compass. Conservatives understand that culture is the soil in which liberty and prosperity grow, and we will not apologize for defending that soil.
The economic case for decisive enforcement is clear: illegal labor undercuts wages and steals jobs from hardworking Americans who play by the rules. As guests on Higbie’s show and other Newsmax segments have explained, when businesses can exploit illegal workers to underbid honest contractors, American families pay the price in lost jobs and stagnant wages. Enforcing worksite rules restores fairness and dignity to the American worker.
There is also a public-safety dimension that the mainstream media refuses to admit: border security and interior enforcement reduce crime, cartel activity, and deadly fentanyl flows that are devastating communities. The Trump team’s crackdown is already making neighborhoods safer and disrupting the trafficking networks that prey on our children and families. We should applaud enforcement that protects life and order rather than ceding our streets to lawlessness.
Meanwhile, the left’s reflexive open-borders posture is driven more by political calculation than compassion, and it threatens to dilute the very traditions that bind us. Conservatives must fight for the culture in every arena—schools, media, and public life—because elections alone cannot reverse a cultural collapse. The right must learn from the left’s long game and win back institutions that shape the next generation.
Practical, conservative reform can pair strong borders with a real pathway to integration that expects newcomers to respect our laws, learn English, and adopt American civic norms. Policies like the proposals debated in conservative circles that link enforcement with accountability and assimilation offer a humane, common-sense path forward. Voters who love this country should demand leaders who secure the border and insist on assimilation, not endless amnesty.
Carl Higbie is doing what patriots must do: name the problem and rally people to defend our heritage rather than surrender it to short-term politics or cheap virtue signaling. If we want our children to inherit the America our parents and grandparents built, we must elect and support leaders who will enforce the law, defend our culture, and stand unapologetically for the values that made this nation great. That is the fight ahead, and conservatives must lead it with courage and clarity.

