Promise Made, Promise Kept: Trump Administration Had Full Year of Zero Border Releases
While campaigning in 2024, President Donald Trump pledged to fix the nation’s broken immigration system, a system exacerbated by the rogue incompetence of the Biden administration. Now, after 18 months into his second term, Trump has maintained his excellence in border security and upheld his campaign promise regarding illegal immigration, as the Trump administration has achieved a year of zero releases at the U.S.-Mexico border.
TL;DR
- The Trump administration has maintained a year of zero releases at the U.S.-Mexico border.
- This is presented as a fulfillment of President Trump's campaign promise to fix the immigration system.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated that "catch and release" policies are over.
- CBP Commissioner Rodney S. Scott contrasted this with the Biden administration's April 2024 releases.
- The article attributes the success to Trump's leadership and enforcement of immigration laws, claiming it makes the country safer.
- The success is linked to preventing the release of potentially dangerous illegal immigrants, some of whom are accused of violent crimes.