Off and on. If you mean CBP picks you up crossing the border, processes you and releases you into the United States, I don't think anyone wants to debate the merits of such policies again and how many years they persisted.
I'm pretty sure by how these threads are going the Trump detractors will never concede that his border policies are working even if he is successful in substantially reducing the number of migrants.
So let's figure out what he's doing / not doing.
1. He hasn't nullified the UN refugee agreement because only Congress can do that and he hasn't got the votes. So he's made an illegal EO preventing the asylum claimants physically attending at a processing office at the border and filling in the papers and filing a claim. The EO is clearly illegal and will be struck down. And back to where we were before.
2. He hasn't raided any farms or processing plants in any red state. So the illegals who provide the bulk of farm labour remain as before.
3. He has upped the tempo of raids in blue states slightly. And done a mass of PR. This is going to merely dent the underlying problem.
4. He has made a clearly illegal EO "abolishing birth right citizenship", which has already been stayed by a judge.
It's all bullshit.
The Project 2025 people - like Stephen Miller - who are working on his plans aren't bright enough to get the job done. He needs talented lawyers to draft viable EO's and congressional votes on most of what he wishes to do.
His talents - or more accurately, the talents of the vicious ideologues who staff his new White House - are not equal to accomplishing a fraction of what his backers wish him to do. It's pathetic.
And even more pathetic is the way you cling to your belief that he's "winning". We both know you're not a bright guy, Earp. But you continue to fall short.
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