Posted on 08/03/2020 4:47:08 PM PDT by BeauBo
'The U.S.-Mexico border is more closed off than perhaps any time in U.S. history'
The Trump administration has enacted the most sweeping immigration reforms of any U.S. presidency... according to a report released Friday by the Migration Policy Institute.
The report, “Dismantling and Reconstructing the U.S. Immigration System — A Catalog of Changes under the Trump Presidency,” found immigration to be President Donald Trump’s No. 1 goal during his first term and that he was able more than any predecessor before him to enact change by issuing over 400 executive actions, taking advantage of existing laws and shutting down the Southwest border to all asylum-seekers under the guise of COVID-19.
“The administration of President Donald J. Trump has dramatically transformed the U.S. immigration system, in bold-brush, sweeping ways but also in small technical details across the immigration portfolio. After pledging to take one of the most activist agendas on immigration in modern times, the administration has delivered on nearly everything the president promised on the campaign trail, almost exclusively via executive fiat...
The 115-page report found that during Trump’s time in office, his administration has successfully been able to limit entry into the United States, especially arrivals from the Mexico border, by implementing policies such as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, which forces migrants to remain in Mexico during their U.S. immigration hearings, and third-country agreements that the Department of Homeland Security reached with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, which require migrants to claim asylum in the countries they pass first after leaving their homelands.
“Together, the policy regime blocked asylum access or eligibility for the vast majority of asylum seekers,” the report found...
The president has been successful certainly in sealing off the southern border from arrivals,” Pierce said.
(Excerpt) Read more at borderreport.com ...
"The report found the administration has successfully limited U.S. immigration through: travel bans; reduced visa processing; enhanced border security; interior enforcement; tougher immigration courts rules and regulations; and repeated efforts to stop programs like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals."
if Trump announced a full immigration moratorium for his 2nd term, this election would be over.
Trump and all real Americans were betrayed by RINOs, so he didn’t repeal Obamacare.
Trump and all real Americans were betrayed by deep state coup plotters, so he didn’t Lock Her Up.
Trump did manage a large tax cut.
Trump has made a very large number of great judicial appointments.
Trump did manage to build a substantial part of the wall so far, plus fix some of the worst holes in our immigration and border security system.
Overall, I’d call that a great batting average.
“Overall, I’d call that a great batting average.”
Yesiree Bob.
For 30 years there was a bipartisan agreement for open borders and little to no enforcement.
We had to elect an outsider who would side with the citizens and the rule of law because Bush League Republicans would not.
They made sure we could only vote for their amnesty candidates.
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