Former President Donald J. Trump vows to “make America safe once again.”
That was the statement of Tuesday’s Republican National Convention as border security, drug trafficking, and crime became the overwhelming focus.
Cruz Comments
“We are facing an invasion on our southern border − not figuratively, a literal invasion,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday night.
“Look around you. This arena holds about 18,000 souls. Now imagine 639 arenas just like this filled to the brim.”
Central Issue
Americans are showing mounting concern around issues of immigration a Gallup Survey from February showed.
Without precedent for 10 years, Americans said immigration is the main issue confronting the country.
Public Response
A different review by the Pew Research Center showed that 80% of Americans criticized the government’s response to immigration.
The survey claimed they were doing a “bad job dealing with the large number of migrants at the border.”
“Largest Deportation Effort”
The Trump administration guaranteed “the largest deportation effort” in U.S. history if chosen for the presidency for another term.
During his administration, around 935,000 non-occupants were ousted.
Biden Comparison
Comparatively, there had been around 340,000 such extraditions under Biden through February, NBC News announced, citing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
U.S. Border Patrol encounters have expanded throughout the last ten years.
Illegal Entry
Before the Coronavirus pandemic, border encounters mostly included individuals captured while illicitly entering the nation.
This was indicated by USAFacts, a nonprofit that offers analysis of US government information.
Title 42
Under the Trump administration, the Border Patrol started deporting migrants without offering them the chance to apply for asylum.
This activity was completed under a public health provision called Title 42.
Policy Reversals
At the point when Biden took office, he promised to invert some of Trump’s severe migration policies.
This included dismissing unaccompanied minors who showed up at the U.S. line without a parent or guardian.
Border Figures
His organization briefly kept Title 42 until it terminated in May 2023.
Since assuming office, the number of individuals arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol under the Biden administration peaked at a record high.
Record Highs
Biden’s figures for immigration detention averaged 2 million individuals per year, the Washington Post reports.
Last year, the Biden administration announced that it allocates almost $25 billion for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Term Figures
According to a press release from the White House the Biden administration has deployed the “most agents ever – more than 23,000”
This was to “address the situation at the border, prevented record levels of illicit fentanyl from entering our country, and brought together world leaders on a framework to deal with changing migration patterns.”
Trump’s focus at the RNC will provide Biden with a metric for one of the campaign’s central talking points.
