President Trump is Securing Our Homeland

Press Releases

TLDR

This press release implements aggressive measures to address illegal immigration and drug trafficking, with reported success in reducing border crossings and increasing deportations. However, concerns exist regarding humanitarian issues, constitutional challenges, international relations, economic impacts, data verification, and long-term effectiveness of these policies.

President Trump’s administration has implemented a series of aggressive measures to address illegal immigration and drug trafficking since taking office in January 2025.

While the administration reports significant success in reducing illegal immigration and drug trafficking, several aspects of these policies raise concerns:

  1. The rapid decrease in border crossings and increased deportations may lead to humanitarian issues for asylum seekers and vulnerable populations.

  2. Some measures, particularly ending birthright citizenship, are likely to face constitutional challenges.

  3. Aggressive policies and tariff threats could strain relationships with neighboring countries.

  4. Reduced immigration could affect certain sectors of the U.S. economy that rely on immigrant labor.

  5. The dramatic statistics presented should be independently verified to ensure accuracy.

  6. It remains to be seen if these measures will have lasting effects or if they will lead to new challenges in immigration patterns.

These policies represent a significant shift in U.S. immigration and border security approach, with both reported successes and potential areas of concern that will likely continue to be debated.

After four years of Biden’s open borders, President Donald J. Trump launched an unprecedented crackdown on the illegal immigrants and deadly drugs allowed to enter our country to remarkable success — and he didn’t need legislation to do it.

  • In February — President Trump’s first month in office — illegal border crossings fell to the lowest level ever recorded, down 94% from last February and down 96% from the all-time high of the Biden Administration.

    • ICE arrests of illegal immigrants have surged 627%.

    • Would-be illegal border crossers have “given up” and are returning to their own countries in a “reverse flow” across South America.

    • Mexican cartel operatives say they are “genuinely” fearful “for the first time in years” amid the Trump Administration’s crackdown.

    • Migrant shelters across the country — run by organizations that once facilitated the invasion of illegal immigrants — have been forced to shutter because they are no longer necessary.

  • Illegal immigrants removed from the country has topped 50,000 as the Trump Administration continues getting illegal immigrant killers, rapists, and drug dealers off our streets.

  • Mexico announced a deployment of 10,000 troops to the border to combat illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking, while Canada announced a flurry of measures to combat fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking following President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on the two countries.

    • President Trump secured the extradition of 29 Mexican drug cartel bosses to face charges for their crimes in the United States.

The crackdown began on Day One:

  • President Trump ended “catch-and-release,” reversing the dangerous Biden-era policy that released dangerous illegal aliens back into our communities.
  • President Trump shut down the “CBP One” app, which “paroled” more than one million illegal immigrants into the country.
  • President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, which requires illegal immigrants arrested or charged with theft or violence to be detained — honoring the legacy of Laken Riley, a Georgia college student brutally murdered by an illegal alien released into the country.
  • President Trump terminated all taxpayer-funded public benefits for illegal aliens.
  • President Trump re-established the successful “Remain in Mexico” policy.
  • President Trump restarted construction of the border wall.
  • The Trump Administration declared Tren de Aragua, MS-13, the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the United Cartels, the Gulf Cartel, the Northeast Cartel, and the Michoacán Family as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
  • U.S. drones have been deployed on missions to locate deadly fentanyl labs in Mexico.
  • President Trump revoked Temporary Protected Status for Haitians as part of his promise to rescind policies that were magnets for illegal immigration.
  • President Trump ordered an end to birthright citizenship.
  • President Trump suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.