To be fair to Brandon, Trump had not solved the border problem. He had just greatly reduced the number of border crossings with his tariff threat to Mexico. It was certainly a much smaller problem than with the Brandon surge.
Now, if Trump had sufficient support in Congress, he may well have solved it. That would include the wall, kicking all illegals in Mexico until hearings when necessary, and interior enforcement. Congress opposed increasing the ICE budget for fear Trump would increase interior enforcement. Without interior enforcement there is always the golden prize hanging out in front of illegals.
Ohā¦and there was always the plus that Trump actually wanted to enforce our laws and Brandon does not.
Remember the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007? G.W. Bush had a lot of input and wanted to get it done. Because it had a pretty high level of bi-partisan support I thought it might happen.
But it didnāt take long to realize that a whole bunch of folks in Congress treated it like a hot potato.
And since then anytime talk crops up on the hill about immigration reform it doesnāt last long.