In the 90s, everyone became very familiar with the term “wag the dog,” in the political context. It was a way of describing how, every time he got into trouble, Bill Clinton ordered a bombing campaign to distract everyone. And of course, the term has lived on. When the United States began bombing Iran a month ago, there were similar allegations — which, as I said at the time, never really made much sense — that Donald Trump had ordered the attack in order to distract everyone from the release of the Epstein Files. It was always a strange claim to make, because there’s nothing in the Epstein Files that actually implicates Trump. But even if the Trump administration isn’t “wagging the dog,” as the saying goes, it stands to reason that other politicians in Washington might try to take advantage of the conflict. When millions of Americans are waiting to see if the president of the United States is going to wipe out an entire civilization, it becomes a lot easier to slip some things past them. That’s one way to explain the new push by Florida Congresswoman and anchor baby María Salazar to pass the so-called “Dignidad Act,” which translates to “Dignity Act.” You see, the name is written in Spanish, just to underscore the point that your country doesn’t belong to you anymore. In particular, Salazar has now launched a nationwide tour to promote this legislation and to assemble what she calls a “Dignity Coalition.” Yesterday I briefly talked about the absurdity of this legislation and how it constitutes an egregious betrayal of American interests on multiple levels. It’s treasonous, actually. A majority of the American public voted for Donald Trump to carry out a lawful campaign of mass deportation. That’s because we recognized, as a country, that we’re transforming into the third world. Everything is becoming more expensive and dangerous, we’re being defrauded at a historic scale, and it’s difficult to find jobs and housing — all because we’ve imported tens of millions of people who have no right to live in this country. But instead of supporting the deportation of these criminals, Republicans like Salazar are attempting to grant mass amnesty. Salazar is also putting together splashy videos like this one to sell the idea. Watch: Have dignity and be proud of supporting a Bill that will support economic growth. 10 Million illegal immigrants deserve to work legally and without fear. Let’s make this happen together. pic.twitter.com/HgPpROreyC — DIGNITY (@dignityactus) November 24, 2025 Source: @dignityactus/X.com She says that the Dignidad Act is “what 10 million illegal immigrants deserve.” You won’t find a more remarkable sentence from a sitting member of Congress. At the precise moment when the SAVE Act is stalled out in the Senate, one of the most prominent Republicans in Congress is telling us that illegal aliens “deserve” an entirely new legal system, just to shield them from deportation. Well, no, actually, they don’t deserve that. 10 million illegal immigrants don’t “deserve” anything — except for immediate deportation. Keep in mind that in order for someone to “deserve” something, someone else has to owe that thing to them. The idea that American citizens owe something — anything at all — to foreigners, to citizens of other nations who are flouting our laws, is deranged in the extreme. And by the way, if these people really wanted “dignity,” or “dignidad,” they’d go back where they came from, instead of committing crimes for their own benefit. In the meantime, the government should try prioritizing the “dignity” of its own citizens. How many Americans have been killed by foreign truck drivers who can’t even read our street signs? How many Americans have seen their car insurance premiums skyrocket because half the people on the road are driving like they’re back home in Mumbai? How many Americans — including students on college campuses — no longer feel safe going out for a jog, or using public transit, because they might turn out to be the next Laken Riley? How many public schools are now delivering their daily announcements in Spanish over the PA system? How many Americans are going paycheck-to-paycheck just to afford their health insurance premiums, while illegal aliens in blue states receive Medicaid and food stamps — something we’re told is supposedly impossible? How many people are struggling to find work because every employer in their industry is looking to hire H-1B’s? How many Americans — the ones who are fortunate enough to have a job — are watching most of their paycheck disappear before they even receive it? How many of them are furious that 40 percent of their salary is earmarked for welfare payments, which go directly into the hands of foreign fraudsters who are running “at-home daycares,” “home hospice services,” and “autism treatment centers”? If you want some more “dignity” in this country, start doing something about those problems. Those are actual problems, and the people who elected you are the ones who are facing them. So just at the outset, without reading a word of this bill, it’s obviously junk. And every leader of the Republican Party — including Trump and Mike Johnson — should say so. But they aren’t doing that, at least not yet. Therefore, it’s important to drill down into the specifics of this legislation, as I alluded to yesterday. As bad as this bill obviously is, it’s actually about ten times worse than it appears. For one thing, Salazar herself has no idea what she’s doing. She has no way of ensuring that her law will only apply to 10 million people or 100 million people. She has no way of knowing whether these foreigners (and their children) are going to contribute to our economy or become permanent leeches. She’s making those claims, but in reality, she has absolutely no idea what’s going to happen if this bill ever becomes law. Let’s start with Section 2101, which implements the so-called “Dream Act.” This would award lawful status to any alien who was “18 years of age or younger on the date on which the alien entered the United States and has continuously resided in the United States since such entry.” Additionally, the alien must have been “continuously physically present in the United States since January 1, 2021,” and he must have obtained some kind of educational credential (or been in the process of obtaining one). He can’t be a national security threat either, nor can he be guilty of a crime involving moral turpitude, multiple criminal convictions with an aggregate sentence of five years or more, or drug trafficking and prostitution. Although there’s an asterisk on that: “For humanitarian purposes, family unity, or if otherwise in the public interest, the Secretary may waive … consideration of— (i) one misdemeanor offense if the alien has not been convicted of any offense in the 5-year period preceding the date on which the alien applies for the Dignity Program; or (ii) up to two misdemeanor offenses if the alien has not been convicted of any offense in the 10-year period preceding the date on which the alien applies for the Dignity Program.” So you can still commit crimes in this country, depending on what those crimes are. And despite those additional crimes — on top of illegal entry — you can qualify for the Dignidad Act. Again, no one voted for this. No one wants this. It’s overcomplicating something that is extremely straightforward: Illegal aliens are illegal aliens. If you came here illegally, then you have to go back to where you came from. Period, no further discussion. But even if, for some unknown reason, you’re tempted to entertain this provision — maybe you watch a lot of network television, or maybe you’re an affluent white liberal woman — then you should know that, in fact, there’s absolutely no way to verify any of this. We have absolutely no way of knowing when, exactly, an illegal alien entered this country. Every single one of them, under this bill, has an incentive to lie about their age and claim they entered the United States before they were 18. But we really have no way of knowing the truth, because they snuck into the country illegally.  Additionally, we have no way of verifying that these people “continuously” remained in the United States, without interruption, for five years. There are American citizens who have lived their entire lives in this country who would have a difficult time proving that they never left, even for a short period of time. (And it’s insane for Democrats, or anyone else, to suggest otherwise. These are the same people who claim it’s impossible for anyone to get an ID or a driver’s license in this country. But now they’re going to ask these people for definitive proof that they’ve never left the country in five years? How exactly is that going to work?) Historically, the federal government has made no real effort to verify the age of anyone crossing the border. And it often leads to catastrophe.  Here’s just one example from the Biden administration: Source: News4JAX The Local Station/YouTube.com As the New York Post reported A 24-year-old Honduran immigrant who’s charged with murder in the brutal stabbing death of a Florida man had crossed the US border illegally months earlier while posing as an unaccompanied minor, an investigation by The Post found. Medina Ulloa was busted Oct. 7 in Jacksonville when he was found covered in blood after allegedly killing Francisco Javier Cuellar, 46, a father of four who had taken in the immigrant who told authorities he was 17. Police said they followed a trail of blood back to the victim’s home and arrested Ulloa, placing him in a juvenile detention facility. It wasn’t until Oct. 13 that authorities learned his real identity — and his true age. So he enters this country claiming to be an “unaccompanied minor.” And because he made that claim, the Biden administration flew him to Florida, at taxpayer expense, where he murdered an American citizen and father of four. And even then — even after this brutal murder — it took the authorities another week to verify his actual age and name. With that in mind, how exactly is Salazar going to ensure that her bill only applies to people who arrived in this country before they were 18? It’s impossible to verify, on its face. These people don’t even have to lie about their current age, which is what Medina Ulloa did. They simply have to lie about the age when they arrived in the country. Last night — credit where it’s due — Laura Ingraham on Fox News did an excellent job making some of these points in an interview with Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of New York, who introduced the Dignidad Act with Salazar. And in response, Lawler lied about the bill. Watch: