From Fox News: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that President Donald Trump deserves credit for solving the border crisis.
Jeffries spoke with the hosts of CNN’s “The Situation Room” about whether the president has fulfilled his campaign promises.
While Jeffries challenged Trump’s effectiveness on issues like the affordability crisis, “Situation Room” co-host Pamela Brown argued that the border crisis is one area where Trump has done well.
“So, even if you disagree with the way this immigration crackdown is happening, according to government data, U.S. Border Patrol has released zero undocumented migrants into the U.S. for six consecutive months, and daily average apprehensions at the southwest border are lower now than under Biden,” she said. “Are you willing to give President Trump any credit for that?”
Jeffries first touted that he believes in a safe, secure border, but insisted that America has a “broken immigration system.” He claimed that the American people disagree with the Trump administration’s actions to deport illegal aliens.
“Republicans promised that they were going to go after violent felons. We support that. They‘re not going after violent felons. They‘re breaking up families, law-abiding immigrant families, in some cases. Actually deporting citizen children of the United States of America,” Jeffries wildly claimed.
The Department of Homeland Security has already clarified that when illegal aliens are deported, many are making the natural and right decision to take their children who were born in America back to their home country with them.
Brown pushed back on Jeffries, asking again, “But in terms of securing the border, can you give President Trump any credit for securing the border? Because, as you know, that was a big issue under the Biden administration when you had record border crossings. And those border crossings have gone down dramatically. Can you give him credit for that?”
Jeffries then grudgingly conceded, with a defiant twist, saying, “The border is secure. That‘s a good thing. It‘s happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it. Of course, he‘ll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration or beyond, there’s a lot that is left to be desired.”
Earlier in the interview, Jeffries was asked to weigh in on the Trump administration’s steps to limit immigration from 19 terror countries following the deadly shooting on National Guard members by an Afghan refugee.
Jeffries completely dodged that question, and started ranting over benefits from the Affordable Care Act not being renewed for illegal aliens.
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