President Trump recently signed an executive order to pull the United States out of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). Affiliated with the United Nations’ Global Compact for Migration, GFMD was one among countless organizations devoted to promoting “the right to migration.” In a written statement, Trump’s spokesman Tommy Pigott explained, “For too long, international organizations have fueled an endless flow of mass migration and have sought to compel Americans to accept the same destructive agenda.”
In light of the current challenge facing the developed world, this was the right move to make. The reality of mass migration has been a disaster for the West and has done little to address the problems it purports to solve.
Although welcoming poor immigrants into the developed world might seem compassionate, recent history demonstrates how it results in rampant economic and sexual exploitation, spikes in crime and disorder, and the proliferation of unassimilated slums dependent on government assistance.
As for the supposed economic benefits of mass migration, these benefits almost exclusively apply to those least deserving: the farmer wanting indentured servants for picking his crops, the factory owner wanting compliant coolies toiling in a meat packing plant, the politician wanting uninformed mobs exchanging their votes for public benefits, the NGO director raising vast fortunes on an issue he will encourage, and an army of otherwise useless bureaucrats charged with processing all the related paperwork. Meanwhile, everyone outside this group of beneficiaries can expect to see the price of everything increase, their wages go down, and watch their quality of life deteriorate even as their taxes continue to rise to cover the cost of the new arrivals.
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