Trump's Border Blitz PROVES Immigration Was Used to Punish Americans | 1⧸30⧸25
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Summary
Trump has launched his second presidential term with a flood-the-zone strategy designed to overwhelm the left before it can mount a response. The real estate mogul, aware of how a hostile media and entrenched Washington bureaucracy hindered his first term, is using the overwhelming mandate he received from voters to build early momentum. Among Trump s many promises, none mattered more to his supporters than swift and substantive action on immigration.
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Donald Trump has launched his second presidential term
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with a flood-the-zone strategy designed to overwhelm the left
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The real estate mogul, aware of how a hostile media
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and entrenched Washington bureaucracy hindered his first term,
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is using the overwhelming mandate he received from voters
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Among Trump's many promises, none mattered more to his supporters
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than swift and substantive action on immigration.
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His first-week strategy shows that he took that commitment seriously.
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In just seven days, Immigration and Custom Enforcement conducted nationwide raids,
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Authorities prioritized the most dangerous offenders,
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ensuring gang members, drug traffickers, and child predators were swiftly removed.
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The speed of these removals raises one clear question.
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Was the Biden administration allowing violent illegal aliens to terrorize American citizens on purpose?
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both ICE and the Drug Enforcement Agency launched coordinated raids in major cities,
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including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Miami, and Atlanta.
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Agents entered immigration law offices and targeted sanctuary cities like San Francisco.
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Homan has made it clear that he will not hesitate to raid schools, churches, and hospitals
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if they are found harboring illegal immigrants who pose a threat to public safety.
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if you're in the country illegally, you're on the table.
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Some of Trump's critics on the right argue that despite the thousands of arrests in his first week,
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the pace of deportation remains too slow to remove the estimated 20 to 30 million illegal immigrants
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However, this critique overlooks several key factors.
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First, this is only Trump's first week in office,
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and many of his key personnel are still awaiting Senate confirmation.
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Mass deportations require extensive logistical coordination,
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which can't be fully implemented until the executive branch is firmly under his control.
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Given that reality, the scale of his administration's initial enforcement efforts is already remarkable.
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Another flawed assumption is that all illegal immigrants should be rounded up and simultaneously deported.
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Trump's team recognizes that foreign governments will resist accepting thousands,
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if not millions, of their least desirable citizens.
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Mexican President Claudia Schimbom has already voiced opposition to the more than 4,000 deportations
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro initially refused to accept deportees until Trump threatened tariffs and visa restrictions.
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Petro quickly relented, even offering his presidential jet for deportation flights.
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Rushing to detain millions of illegal immigrants without securing cooperation from their home countries
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It would have forced the administration to hold them in detention facilities,
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giving the left time to obstruct the process and fueling media narratives about concentration camps or kids in cages.
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By targeting and deporting the most dangerous offenders first,
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Trump immediately improved public safety while also testing the resolve of foreign leaders.
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Homan and his team can now accelerate efforts to remove millions more.
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The final flawed assumption in the deportation math is that the administration must physically remove
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Illegal immigration is largely incentivized by the government,
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corporations, and progressive NGOs that profit from it.
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Many migrants spend their life savings to make the trip,
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while women and children are often suffering sexual abuse.
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Most illegal immigrants come because they expect an easy entry,
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government benefits, and protection from deportation.
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If the Trump administration continues ramping up deportations,
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while cracking down on illegal employment and welfare,
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As opportunities disappear and their friends and family are sent home,
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staying in the United States will become less appealing.
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Trump's aggressive start also exposes the corruption of previous administrations.
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Without passing a single new law or securing additional funding,
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he's already deported over a thousand of the most dangerous criminals.
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The ease with which these violent offenders were removed
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suggests that the Biden administration allowed them to stay on purpose.
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Democrats enabled mass illegal immigration for political gain.
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They knew that drug dealers, murderers, and sex offenders were here,
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Progressives effectively weaponized these criminals,
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using them as instruments of a narco-tyranny against the American people.
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Both Republican and Democratic administrations let immigration reach a crisis level.
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Past presidents had the authority to act, but lacked the will.
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Democrats facilitated what amounted to a foreign invasion,
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with Joe Biden lying repeatedly about how he just didn't have the power necessary to shut down the border,
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Republicans, on the other hand, were at best total cowards
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And at worst, and I want to be clear, this is the far more likely scenario,
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the Republicans were complicit with the invasion,
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using it to line the pockets of their donor class
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while throwing up some kind of performative opposition,
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Trump demonstrated how easily foreign governments could be forced to comply,
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and how swiftly the worst offenders could be expelled.
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Much work remains, and scaling up full mass deportations presents logistical challenges,
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Trump deserves a lot of credit for his bold start,
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and must stay committed to his promise of removing most, if not all, illegal immigrants from this country.
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While Democrats are in retreat for now, they won't stay that way forever.
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Trump's enormous win and his aggressive strategy early on has put them on the back foot,
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but these people are ultimately committed to the destruction of the United States.
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Eventually, they will wake up, and they will find their voices again.
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The Trump administration should accelerate deportations before progressives can regroup and mount a resistance,
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and they should codify these changes as much as possible into legislation
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to make it difficult for the next Democratic president to undo everything that Trump has done.
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