The current news cycle would have one believe that President Trump's immigration success is mostly due to ICE activity in major metropolitan areas. In truth, ICE deportations have accounted for only a relatively small part of the reduction in illegal immigration on Trump's watch. The real key to his success has been securing the border - and the key to that has been enforcing existing immigration laws. But Trump's considerable success to date does not mean that the immigration problem is "solved," as the damage done by President Biden and others will take years to undo.
