Donald Trump has already made immigration the star issue on which his presidential bid will be based. The Senate is debating unusual legislation to limit asylum and the admission of foreigners that has proven to be the toughest in the last 100 years.

The White House has surrendered to the Republican blackmail that conditioned the financing of the war in Ukraine on tough immigration. Trump prefers that an alarming flood of the migratory river towards the U.S. accompany the opening of the polls; Ukraine retreats from Russia; and the Gaza war continues to rage under Netanyahu.