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Megyn Kelly’s recent interview with Matt Walsh lays bare a debate too many elites pretend doesn’t exist: why do so many Americans accept a mass influx of immigrants from failing, third-world states? Walsh and Kelly connect the dots between permissive immigration policies and the political shifts we’re seeing in our biggest cities, making the argument that this isn’t an abstract moral test but a practical crisis of governance and culture.
Walsh has argued bluntly that the federal government should use the power it has to halt migration from third-world countries until America can catch up with the consequences we’re already feeling on the ground. That position exploded into public debate this summer after he and others called for much stricter, selective legal immigration to protect public services, civic cohesion, and the rule of law.
The political consequences are obvious: voters are reacting to the strain. The rise of radical progressives like Zohran Mamdani in New York — now the Democratic nominee for mayor after a stunning ranked-choice victory — is the sort of leftward lurch that follows when cities are destabilized and voters look for dramatic answers. Conservatives should not shrug at this; it’s a preview of what unfettered demographic change can produce at the ballot box.
Minneapolis is another flashpoint people keep pointing to, and the concern isn’t some manufactured fear but the political reality of rising immigrant political power that can reshape local governance. Somali-American communities have built real and effective civic infrastructure in Minnesota, electing leaders and turning out voters in ways that change local politics — a success story to some, and a warning to others about rapid, uneven cultural change.
This isn’t merely cultural hand-wringing; it’s about capacity. The legal system, schools, hospitals, and housing markets buckle when flows are poorly managed, and examples of fraud, overstays, and pressure on services are being documented and debated publicly. If conservatives want to win both the argument and the next election, they must make the case that sovereignty, assimilation, and selective immigration are not xenophobic notions but common-sense policies that protect taxpayers and the American way of life.
Americans who love their country shouldn’t be ashamed to demand a sensible immigration pause and a return to merit-based, assimilation-first policies. The Megyn Kelly conversation with Walsh is a reminder that this debate is moving out of the shadows and into mainstream politics, and conservatives would be foolish to cede the issue to the open-borders left. The next step is simple: translate that energy into local and national policy fights that secure our borders, prioritize citizens, and insist newcomers adopt American values.
