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By Jim Sonneville| The Hawk Eye

Most Iowans are focused on the presidential election but the outcome of our U.S. Senate race may prove even more influential.

Joe Biden has a commanding lead in most nationwide polling. If those polls are correct, and Biden triumphs on Nov. 3rd, his administration will push for the largest amnesty and the biggest expansion of legal immigration -in U.S. history. And if his party controls the Senate, his push will likely prove successful.

Iowans who want to block those policies can do so by sending Sen. Joni Ernst back to Washington for a second term and keeping the Senate under GOP control.

The Biden/Harris ticket is shaping up to be the most open-borders, pro-mass-migration ticket in modern American history. Not only would a Biden administration be bad news for Hawkeye State workers, it could mean higher taxes and more strain on local hospitals and schools. If left unchecked by the Senate, Biden's stances on immigration would threaten Iowans' way of life.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support no-questions-asked amnesty for all 11 million illegal aliens in the United States. According to his campaign website, Biden plans to create "a faster-track to a green card" and increase the number of temporary visas available to foreigners. The Democratic ticket also favors allowing as many as 125,000 refugees into America annually, up from 18,000 this year.

Those policies would be disastrous for Iowa.

Despite recovering a bit from its pandemic-battered highs, the state's unemployment rate still clocked in at 6% in August. Ernie Goss, a respected Creighton University economist, believes that number doesn't account for a large portion of out-of-work Iowans. He estimates about 9% of state residents are unemployed. If Biden has his way, those unemployed Iowans will have to compete for jobs with a huge influx of immigrants.

Mass migration also harms Iowans in other ways too. An Iowa State University study at the turn of the century concluded immigration was exacerbating the state's housing shortage. The National Conference of State Legislators found providing a K-12 public education for one illegal immigrant costs more than the typical family of illegal workers pays in state taxes for more than 50 years. Providing health care for illegal immigrants costs American taxpayers $17 billion per year.

Fortunately, a harmful expansion of immigration isn't inevitable. A Republican Senate could effectively block Biden's agenda, just as the Republican-controlled House blocked Democrats' attempts at amnesty in the early 2010s. If Iowans value their jobs, their schools, and their health care, they'll send Joni Ernst back to Washington.

Jim Sonneville is a citizen activist who previously served as the County Chair of Des Moines County for the Ted Cruz for President Campaign. He lives in Burlington.

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