The “principled” objections from Murkowski, Thune, Paul, and Tillis align tightly with home‑state patronage networks and Beltway power dynamics.

This essay lays out not just the mechanisms of betrayal, but the path of restoration. It proposes a lawful, humane, and constitutional method to regularize honest laborers without amnesty, without citizenship, and without compromise to our sovereignty. More importantly, it names the saboteurs and outlines how they can be held accountable. The time has come to stop pretending this is accidental. The invasion can be halted. The system can be restored. If we still believe in ou

John Thune is not just a beneficiary of SLF; he is now a junior franchise-holder. His own allied Super PAC New Heights Action and its dark-money sister nonprofit raised $9 million last cycle—seeded by $1 million from Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and six-figure checks from Golub Capital. Much of that cash was steered into SLF-favored state PACs, proving Thune can “play ball” with the big club.