Carl Higbie — the former Navy SEAL turned conservative firebrand who now hosts a prime-time program on Newsmax — laid out a blunt case on why Americans must fight to save our culture as the nation grapples with an invasion at the border. He frames the argument not as a partisan temper tantrum but as a plea to preserve the institutions, traditions, and civic virtues that built this country and keep communities stable.
Higbie and his guests have pointed to the Trump team’s vigorous enforcement actions as proof that a country that enforces its laws can restore order and protect its identity; conservative leaders on his show even touted dramatic drops in illegal crossings after the administration moved to act. That enforcement isn’t just about numbers on a chart — it’s about the dignity of neighborhoods, the safety of schools, and the sovereign right to decide who becomes American.
The cultural argument dovetails with the economic one: border chaos floods the labor market with undocumented workers willing to undercut American wages, which devastates blue-collar families who play by the rules. Border experts on Higbie’s program have repeatedly warned that illegal labor drives down pay and displaces citizen workers, making enforcement a jobs issue as much as a law-and-order issue.
None of this sits well with the coastal elites and clerical pundits who lecture from gilded perches while demanding open borders; Higbie has ripped into that hypocrisy on air, telling critics to focus on fixing their own institutions before dictating national policy. Conservatives should welcome scrutiny and debate, but spare us sanctimony from people who profit from the very status quo they pretend to pity.
If we’re serious about saving our culture, the next step is accountability and action: hold the bureaucrats who failed to secure the border responsible, expand worksite enforcement, and restore common-sense measures like E-Verify so law-abiding Americans stop competing with illegal labor. Higbie and his guests have repeatedly pressed for prosecutions, firings, and a no-nonsense approach to the deep-state foot-draggers who enabled the crisis — and conservatives should back a president willing to do the hard work.
This is a fight for the soul of the nation, and it will take more than slogans — it will take organized, relentless conservatism that rebuilds institutions, insists on assimilation, protects workers, and reclaims public life from the left’s cultural rot. Hardworking Americans know what’s at stake: a country where liberty, faith, and family are honored rather than erased. Stand with those who would enforce the law and save what’s left of our American culture.
