Why all Americans owe the president a HUGE 'Thank You'.
Experts estimate that during the Biden administration, around 9 million migrants crossed illegally into the United States and remained in the country. As illegal border crossers, they are what immigration officials call “removable,” that is, subject to expulsion from the country on the grounds that they entered without authorization.
The wild influx during the Biden years strained communities nationwide, burdened government budgets, caused social disruption, led to an alarming number of violent crimes, and, in general, made a mockery of U.S. immigration law. Plus, the situation is difficult to reverse; it would be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to find each illegal border crosser and remove him or her from the United States.
But the administration of President Donald Trump has made extraordinary progress in addressing the problem. First, Border Patrol and other law enforcement officials have virtually stopped the flow of illegal crossers at the Mexico border. The best start is to stop making the problem worse.
Second, this month, the Department of Homeland Security announced the departure of more than 2.5 million migrants who were in the country illegally. “Since January 20, 2025, DHS enforcement operations have resulted in more than 605,000 deportations,” the Department said in a statement. “DHS has prioritized removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to return law and order to the United States. Additionally, thanks to the comprehensive efforts of DHS law enforcement, 1.9 million illegal aliens have voluntarily self-deported since January 2025.”
The first number — 605,000 deportations — has astonished some immigration enforcement veterans. In the past, the government’s deportations were in two categories. One was the number of illegal immigrants removed from the interior of the country, and the other was the number who were simply apprehended at the border and turned around back into Mexico. Obviously, the first category requires a lot more work for immigration enforcement.
Former immigration judge Andrew Arthur of the Center for Immigration Studies, which favors tighter immigration controls, noted that the high-water mark of removals from the interior of the country was 237,941 in 2008-2009. (Arthur attributed that number, at the very end of the George W. Bush administration, to an effort by Bush to increase interior removals, appearing tough on immigration, in hopes of persuading Congress to approve an amnesty deal.)
Now, Trump has virtually stopped the flow of illegal crossers at the border, so the administration’s number of deportations — 605,000 — is virtually all people removed from the interior. That is a huge number; Arthur called it “epic.”
Trump started with some advantages. First, due to the Biden administration’s lax enforcement, by the end of 2024, there were 1.44 million illegal immigrants who had received final removal orders from a judge. They had full due process and could be deported as soon as they were found. So that was a start. --->READ MORE HERE
Lowest border crossings, largest deportations in U.S. history
On the first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump issued multiple executive orders, followed by multiple policy changes, that in one year resulted in the “most secure border in U.S. history,” his administration claims.On his first day in office, Trump issued a series of border security orders “to protect America from invasion.” He declared an invasion at the southwest border, suspending entry. He did so after 55 Texas counties were the first and only ones to declare an invasion during the Biden administration, changing the national conversation, The Center Square exclusively reported.
Trump next reinstated the Remain in Mexico policy, directed the U.S. military to implement border security and deployed an initial 1,500 troops to the southwest border. By February, he’d declared a national emergency at the northern border, designated multiple cartels, gangs and transnational criminal organizations as foreign terrorist organizations, launched an initiative for foreign nationals to self-deport, register with the federal government and be fined for noncompliance, The Center Square reported.
By March, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to remove Venezuelan FTO-designated Tren de Aragua members from the country, began construction on the border wall along the southwest border and deployed more than 10,000 troops to the southwest border.
Within months, regional federal joint task forces were aggressively targeting MS-13 and TdA members, making major busts in Texas cities and in rural areas like Nebraska, where an alleged MS-13 assassin was arrested. Federal authorities also apprehended major cartel traffickers, including a baby organ harvester, and human smugglers coming from Canada. By December, U.S. attorneys had brought charges against hundreds of TdA members nationwide, including its top leaders, charging them with terrorism for the first time in U.S. history.
In his first 100 days in office, Trump’s National Counterterrorism Center had identified nearly 1,200 alleged terrorists illegally in the U.S., The Center Square reported. By October, it said it had prevented 6,525 known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) into the U.S. By December, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) had identified at least 18,00 KSTs released into the U.S. by the Biden administration, The Center Square reported.
By April, the Trump administration began targeting sanctuary cities whose Democratic leaders refused to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement; by May, hundreds of sanctuary jurisdictions had been identified in 35 states.
Simultaneously, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ramped up removal operations, targeting violent criminals, the previously deported and those with removal orders from a federal judge. Deportations totaled more than 600,000, The Center Square reported. The deportation efforts sparked massive, sometimes violent protests targeting ICE agents across the country. Critics said the Trump administration's deportation policies weren't just targeting violent criminals, but individuals who had been in the country for years, held jobs, and were contributing to their communities.
Trump terminated Biden administration parole programs, including many “Temporary Protective Status” programs and most country specific programs, like CHNV (Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela). Federal district judges’ attempts to halt new policies were largely overturned including by the U.S. Supreme Court, The Center Square reported. The Trump administration also implemented sweeping visa restrictions and reforms. --->READ MORE HERE
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