Trump border policy a success

 Wall Street Journal:

Border Crossings Grind to Halt as Trump’s Tough Policies Take Hold

Illegal crossings at southern border are at lowest levels in decades, as a trend that began before the election has continued under new administration

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“The door is closed,” said Yorman Briceño, a Venezuelan migrant staying at a church-run shelter in Ciudad Juárez, just across from the border from El Paso, Texas.

He had been waiting about six months for his Jan. 23 appointment to request asylum in the U.S. under a Biden-era program, until it was scrapped by President Trump on Jan. 20. Now, after watching how others have been rounded up in immigration sweeps and extradited by the U.S. to a notorious prison in El Salvador, he said he wasn’t even sure he wanted to go anymore.

“There’s no more hope for entering legally as long as Donald Trump is there, and anyone telling you otherwise is lying,” said Briceño.
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As I recall, back in the 1980s, I was working a case in El Paso, and the local I was working with took me to Juarez for dinner at a nice restaurant.  That was well before Biden opened the borders.  Back then, there was cross-border traffic mostly related to business and not the influx of illegals we saw under Biden. There were not many Venezuelans making that trek back then.  It looks like Trump has been successful at getting control of the border.