With President Donald Trump’s second term about to cross the 100-day mark, the White House is pointing to precipitous drops in illegal border crossings and a spate of interior enforcement actions as evidence that Trump is keeping his promise to crack down on illegal immigration and reverse his predecessor’s policies while re-instituting harsh measures to deter asylum seekers and other refugees.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and White House “border czar” Tom Homan used an early morning briefing with reporters to take a victory lap over what Leavitt called “extraordinary” results in deterring migrants from crossing into the United States or remaining there using harsh and legally creative methods that are testing the bounds of presidential authority.
