Noah Rothman: You Do Have to Give Trump Credit for the Border Because Border Traffic Is Down

‘We have a president who is using rhetorical tools to instill some sort of fear in those who would otherwise make a perilous journey across the border’

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ROTHMAN: "Well, I think you do have to give him some credit for the border because border traffic is down, and I think it has quite a lot to do with the fact that we have a president who is using rhetorical tools to instill some sort of fear in those who would otherwise make a perilous journey across the border. We don’t have a lot of legislation to point to say border security is up as a result of congressional action. They appropriated very little for what is supposed to be the border wall. It’s just going to really go to reinforce the existing infrastructure. So all we have to say is, why is border traffic down? It's because the President has been a little harsher when it comes to enumerating what the penalties will be for individuals who make those trips, and impressing on ICE and other law enforcement agencies to enforce the law." 

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