President Trump launched a robust immigration crackdown during his first week in office, implementing a series of border security measures. Republican lawmakers applaud the efforts, criticizing his predecessor's handling of the border.
President Donald Trump initiated a rigorous immigration crackdown during his first week in office, implementing a series of border security measures. These efforts represent a fulfillment of numerous campaign promises Trump pledged to uphold upon assuming office on Monday. A Republican lawmaker commended Trump's immigration actions, criticizing former President Joe Biden for allegedly leaving the border 'wide open' for years.
'Donald Trump has shown that he's willing to deliver on campaign promises. Promises the American people have been relying on him to deliver and promises that really are long overdue,' Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, stated on 'Kudlow' Thursday. 'This also shows just how inexcusable the Biden administration's inaction was. They claimed over and over again, we can't do it for this reason, that reason or any other reason. This was a willful subversion of America's border security, an intentional weakening of our national security.' Upon assuming office, Trump signed directives declaring a national emergency at the border, deploying military personnel, and terminating the utilization of the CBP One app for processing migrants at ports of entry through humanitarian parole. His administration has also launched a comprehensive deportation operation, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents actively conducting operations in various cities and states across the nation. The Department of Homeland Security has issued memos rescinding restrictions imposed on ICE by the Biden administration, directing a review of parole procedures, and expanding the use of expedited removal for recently-arrived undocumented immigrants. 'Biden created so many problems with his open borders, problems that have resulted in death, destruction, suffering and theft, among other problems for the American people. So President Trump's right to start where he started,' Lee remarked when questioned about the deportation initiatives. 'Our hope and expectation is that in some cases, some of these folks will have enough presence of mind to realize it might make sense for them to leave on their own. For those that don't, they will find out the hard way.' Trump's administration has also taken steps to reinstate border wall construction and reimplement the Remain-in-Mexico policy, which mandates migrants to remain in Mexico throughout the duration of their asylum proceedings. Trump also signed an executive order revoking birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants — a move that swiftly triggered a lawsuit from nearly two dozen Democratic-led states. A federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked the president's birthright citizenship order on Thursday, characterizing the action as 'blatantly unconstitutional.' 'Now that Donald Trump is having to go back almost to the drawing board, as it were. Start from square one and he's already making significant progress. I applaud him for that,' Lee stated.
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