Trump hails 'major' immigration move after Biden admin 'destroys' US border
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, says President Donald Trump is starting from “square one” on the Kudlow border.
In his first week in office, President Donald Trump has launched a series of immigration crackdowns border security measures. The effort is one of many campaign promises Trump has tried to keep since taking office on Monday.
One Republican lawmaker applauded Trump for his immigration efforts, calling out former President Joe Biden for leaving the border “open” for years.
“Donald Trump has shown that he is ready to keep his campaign promises. The promises the American people trust him to keep and the promises that are long overdue,” said Senator Mike Lee of Utah. “Kudlow” Thursday.
“It also shows how inexcusable the inaction of the Biden administration is. They have repeatedly argued that we can't do this for this reason, for this reason, or for any other reason. This was a deliberate undermining of America's border security, a deliberate undermining of our national security. for.”
Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., joins “Evening Editing” to discuss the House's passage of the Laken Riley Act and how it could affect illegal immigration.
Since taking office, Trump has signed executive orders declaring a national emergency at the border, deploying the military and ending the use of CBP One to process migrants at ports of entry through humanitarian parole.
His administration also launched a massive deportation operation with ICE agents active in many cities and states across the country.
Department of Homeland Security also issued memos that repealed restrictions placed on ICE by the Biden administration, overhauling parole and expanding the use of expedited removal for newly arriving illegal immigrants.
Since Trump started a crackdown on illegal immigration, border clashes have decreased dramatically.
“Biden has caused so many problems for the American people with his open borders, resulting in death, destruction, suffering and theft, among other problems. So President Trump has every right to start where he started,” Lee said. deportation proceedings.
“Our hope and expectation is that in some cases, some of these people will have enough sense to realize that it might make sense for them to go on their own. For those who don't, they'll find out the hard way.”
Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Chris Olivarez discusses the border crisis during the Trump administration.
The Trump administration has also moved to resume construction of a border wall and reinstate the stay-in-Mexico policy, which requires migrants to remain in Mexico for the duration of their asylum claims.
Trump also signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants — which almost immediately led to a lawsuit. Two dozen states led by Democrats. A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked the president's first-born citizenship executive order, calling the move “clearly unconstitutional.”
“Now Donald Trump almost has to go back to the drawing board. Start from square one and he's already making significant progress. I applaud him for that,” Lee said.
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Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
