Trump Administration Touts Border Security Successes and Sanctuary City EO

Border Security Achievements Under Trump

• 🇺🇸 The Trump administration claims a historic effort to secure the southern border is delivering results, with border security being a central campaign promise.
• 📉 Illegal crossings at the southwest border have reportedly hit record lows, with a significant decrease in encounters in March 2025 compared to March 2024.
• 🚫 Policies like ending catch-and-release, deploying military and border patrol, and reestablishing the "Remain in Mexico" policy are credited with these results.
• 🚧 Construction of the border wall has restarted, with new miles of barrier in various stages of construction and planning.
• ⚖️ The Lake and Riley Act, requiring detention for illegal aliens arrested or charged with theft or violence, was the first legislation signed into law.

Executive Orders on Law and Order

• 📜 President Trump is set to sign two executive orders: one on law and order and another targeting sanctuary cities.
• 🏛️ The sanctuary cities EO directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to publish a list of jurisdictions that obstruct federal immigration laws.
• 🚨 The administration emphasizes that public officials must obey the law and not obstruct federal immigration officials, particularly when removing public safety and national security threats.

Contrasting Administrations

• ⚠️ The current administration criticizes the "open border policies" of the Biden administration, attributing millions of illegal alien entries and deaths from fentanyl to these policies.
• 📈 The Trump administration asserts it has achieved unprecedented success in border security, surpassing even Trump's first term.
• 🚫 The CBP1 app, which the Biden administration allegedly exploited to facilitate migration, has been ended.

Enforcement and Prosecution

• ⚖️ The administration is willing to prosecute public officials who impede or knowingly harbor illegal aliens, regardless of their position.
• 🚫 A Milwaukee County Circuit judge was arrested for allegedly obstructing ICE enforcement by showing an illegal alien the door to evade law enforcement.
• 🤝 The administration is working on trade deals and is committed to cutting good and fair trade deals for American workers.