How Trump Got Control of the Border

And how Biden created a crisis by throwing it all away.

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Then-president Donald Trump talks with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott as he tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Luis, Ariz., June 23, 2020.

Carlos Barria/Reuters

In a few months, if it hasn’t already, President Trump’s legacy at the border is going to look much better even to skeptical observers.

As the Biden administration unwinds Trump policies, and a new migrant crisis builds, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Trump team arrived at an approach that, after fits and starts, worked.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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