by Brianna Lyman at the Federalist
In a time when political promises evaporate on contact with reality, sealing the border was the one that mattered the most — and Trump got it done within 100 days.
One hundred days into President Donald Trump’s second term and critics are scrambling for talking points, clinging to a set of biased polls in a desperate attempt to paint a picture of failure. But they’re missing the border wall for the trees. Even if every other agenda item were stalled, sidelined, or sacrificed (which isn’t the case), the fact remains that Trump shut down mass illegal immigration and sealed the border — and that alone makes these first one hundred days a generational victory.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that between January 20 and April 1, “only nine illegal aliens were released into the United States, a staggering 99.99% decrease from the more than 184,000 illegal aliens who were released into the country under Biden during the same period last year.”
Tom Homan said Monday that in the last 24 hours, there were 178 illegal entries into the United States. Notably, according to Homan, the United States averaged 15,000 illegal entries into the United States daily under President Joe Biden.
In fact, the border has been so effectively sealed that even seasoned reporters are struggling to find migrants to report on.
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