Illegal Immigration Is a Law Enforcement Problem

Border security and enforcement of the immigration laws are the closely related issues that propelled Donald Trump back into the White House in January 2025, just as they had, against all odds, eight years earlier.

Now, masked and camouflaged feds are skulking away from the debacle that has been his administration’s Minneapolis surge: a deployment of 3,000 Border Patrol (BP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that has left two Americans dead. Kristi Noem, Trump’s daft Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, has been consigned to the back office. Trump’s approval ratings reflect a free fall in public sentiment: What began, after four years of the Biden border collapse, as a 60/40 endorsement of the president’s brass-knuckles approach has become a 40/60 rebuke.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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Border security and enforcement of the immigration laws are the closely related issues that propelled Donald Trump back into the White House in January 2025, just as they had, against all odds, eight years earlier.

Now, masked and camouflaged feds are skulking away from the debacle that has been his administration’s Minneapolis surge: a deployment of 3,000 Border Patrol (BP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that has left two Americans dead. Kristi Noem, Trump’s daft Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, has been consigned to the back office. Trump’s approval ratings reflect a free fall in public sentiment: What began, after four years of the Biden border collapse, as a 60/40 endorsement of the president’s brass-knuckles approach has become a 40/60 rebuke.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.