The Ruling Class Prioritizes Foreigners
At home and abroad, the America First movement advocates for OUR citizens
From the increasingly violent ICE protests -- to the latest migrant mega-scams -- to the billions borrowed and sent to Ukraine…one undeniable theme emerges: the Establishment prioritizes foreigners over Americans—both at home and across the globe.
Since President Trump’s magnificent election triumph, this harsh reality becomes even more evident. In a frenzied response to the America First mandate of November 2024, Leftists and globalists accelerate their shameful tactics. Though radicals like Zohran Mamdani and oligarchs like Larry Fink would never admit it, an unholy alliance exists between the extreme political Left and the titans of multinational corporations.
This unlikely convergence shares a common agenda: advancing the interests of foreigners over the prerogatives of American citizens. Whether it’s the haggard radicals at a Seattle protest or the manicured executives in Wall Street boardrooms, both factions work relentlessly to erode American sovereignty and prosperity.
Plenty of Establishment Republicans join in, too. For instance, the number three leader in the House GOP, Tom Emmer, who now pretends to be outraged about the Somali scandal. But in fact, for years as a Minnesota representative, Emmer has been a fervent advocate of mass migration from Somalia into his state.
And it’s not just neglect—it’s intentional stress. We are witnessing a strategy of controlled destruction, whereby American systems—immigration, welfare, law enforcement, even national identity—are deliberately overwhelmed. The goal? Chaos and disillusionment.
Andrew Breitbart saw this coming. In his book, Righteous Indignation, he traced how the Left, rooted in cultural Marxism, deliberately infiltrates and strains American institutions. He exposed strategies like the Cloward-Piven plan, which sought to overwhelm the welfare system to trigger federal control. In his words: “They don’t want to fix the system—they want to break it and rebuild it in their image.”
For the Left, flooding the U.S. with Third World migrants attempts to erase the dominant, patriotic culture they loathe. Obsessed with identity and race, they celebrate the dilution of heritage America and demonize those who resist.
For the elites, the invasion provides a steady stream of cheap labor that suppresses wages and fattens profits. These same elites also champion foreign interventions—profitable for the insider class but destructive for everyday Americans. No scheme serves their interests better than war. Hence, distant regional conflicts like Ukraine suddenly become “central” to American national life.
Meanwhile, American citizens are left to suffer. Inflation under Biden has crippled working families, who now rely on personal debt just to survive—while unwelcome and unvetted migrants from Somalia and elsewhere bring tribal scams to our cities.
In places like Minneapolis, Minnesota, Columbus, Ohio, and Lewiston, Maine these migrants found political cover and a platform for fraud. Enabled by politicians like Governor Tim Walz and Somali native Representative Ilhan Omar, they’ve executed scams of shocking scale—a “Grand Theft Somalia.”
At the same time, far-left street militants use violence to thwart federal law enforcement’s efforts to secure the border. The Trump–Vance administration delivers on its promise to reverse the open-borders madness of the Biden years. The radicals, however, will not allow the will of the people to prevail. Instead of persuasion, they resort to street force -- from attempting to run over ICE officers to inciting new riots in Minneapolis.
Why? Because to them, it’s always about the foreigners.
And if you object to this all-time record number of migrants—legal or illegal—you’re branded a “racist” by the ruling class, and expelled from polite society. So be it. We’re not here to win cocktail party invitations or to get invited onto The View -- we’re patriots working to save our country.
Similarly, we will not longer be robbed by foreigners whose schemes operate beyond our shores. So, the gravy train to Ukraine must stop. The people of the United States are waking up to a harsh truth about the centuries-old ethnic conflict in the Black Sea: this is not our fight, and corrupt President Volodymyr Zelensky sure as hell is not our fighter.
Young Americans, especially, cut through the lies. In a recent sweeping study I published on Gen Z voters aged 18–25, these patriots expressed deep skepticism toward American institutions—and a particular disdain for the DC foreign policy establishment. Overwhelmingly, they support an America First doctrine of realism and restraint.
When asked about America’s blank-check commitment to Ukraine, a supermajority of young voters said the U.S. should disengage if ongoing peace talks fail. Only 23% believe we should continue supporting Zelensky’s regional war.
So, as we begin this new year, let us welcome 2026 with clarity. This pattern is unmistakable: the Left and their ruling class partners prioritize foreigners, as an ideological north star. But our movement exists to protect and advance the interests of American citizens—first, always, and only.
We will secure our borders, prosecute foreign scam artists, and end the charity pipeline to foreign tyrants posing as allies. America is our country. We’re taking it back.
Steve Cortes is president of the League of American Workers and advisor to Catholic Vote.
He directs political campaigns on media, polling, and Hispanic outreach, including Trump 2016/2020 and Vance 2022 US Senate.
He is a former broadcaster for Fox News and CNN.