In the months since President Donald Trump sent “Border Czar” Tom Homan to de-escalate the situation in Minneapolis, some immigration hawks have feared that the administration is backing off its commitment to large-scale removal of illegal aliens.
Everyone remembers the “Mass Deportation Now!” signs at the 2024 Republican National Convention. But long-time GOP voters also remember decades of betrayals by their own leaders, who talked tough at election time but afterward served the interests of cheap-labor employers.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was notorious in this regard. He led major legislative efforts for amnesty and increased immigration during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. Yet amid a tough primary challenge in 2010, McCain ran the disingenuous “Complete the Dang Fence” ad.
Does the Trump administration’s turn away from ousted Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino’s enforcement approach mean that “Mass Deportation Now!” was just the 2024 version of “Complete the Dang Fence”?
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