Securing America's Borders and Putting Americans First

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001

Achieved negative net migration in 2025, reversing a 50-year trend and restoring U.S. control over immigration flows for the first time in a generation.

Misleading

002

Removed more than 2.6 million illegal aliens from the United States through deportations and voluntary self-departures.

Mostly False

003

Carried out over 650,000 arrests, detentions, and deportations of illegal aliens — including the worst of the worst criminal illegal alien killers, rapists, gang members, and repeat offenders.

Misleading

004

Deported more than 400,000 illegal aliens charged with or convicted of crimes.

Misleading

005

Induced two million self-deportations by ending Biden-era release incentives and restoring credible consequences.

Mostly False

006

Reduced illegal border crossings to their lowest level since the 1970s, completely eradicating the Biden-era invasion.

Half True

007

Cut fentanyl trafficking at the southern border by 56%.

Misleading

008

Permanently ended dangerous “catch-and-release” policies nationwide by detaining illegal aliens rather than releasing them into the interior — resulting in a 99.9% decrease in illegals being released into the country during the Biden era.

Mostly False

009

Maintained zero illegal alien releases into the country’s homeland for eight consecutive months, restoring deterrence at the border.

Mostly False

010

Declared a national border emergency on Day One, unlocking the authorities and resources needed to restore order — no new legislation required.

Mostly True

011

Deployed National Guard and active-duty military forces to the southern border to support enforcement and repel the invasion.

Mostly True

012

Immediately resumed construction of the border wall — with dozens of miles of new construction underway or already completed, including new border barrier projects underway in El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley — to safeguard the homeland against future invasion.

Misleading

013

Reinstated the successful Remain in Mexico policy, ensuring would-be illegal border crossers are not able to wait in the U.S. with little consequence as they await the resolution of their cases.

Misleading

014

Repurposed the failed Biden-era CBP One app from a mass-entry tool into a self-deportation facilitation mechanism.

Mostly False

015

Achieved a 99% year-over-year collapse of Darién Gap migration traffic, stemming the tide of illegal alien traffic directly at the source.

Mostly True but Misattributed

016

Revoked over 100,000 visas tied to fraud, criminal activity, or national security concerns.

Misleading

017

Revoked visas tied to pro-Hamas agitators on college campuses, restoring safety, free speech, and American values to universities across the nation.

Mostly False

018

Paused visa processing for 75 high-risk countries pending enhanced security vetting.

Misleading

019

Blocked more than 10,000 individuals with narcoterrorism or cartel ties from entering the country

Misleading

020

Conducted 206 million benefits-eligibility checks to ensure taxpayer-funded programs serve Americans and lawful residents only.

Misleading

021

Terminated federal benefits for at least 1.4 million illegal aliens improperly receiving public assistance.

False

022

Cut the number of new foreign students in the U.S. by 17%.

Mostly True but Misleading

023

Removed 275,000 illegal aliens from Social Security rolls, protecting program integrity.

Misleading

024

Expanded ICE enforcement capacity through aggressive hiring and redeployment, doubling the workforce and garnering over 220,000 new ICE officer applications — the largest recruitment pool in the agency’s history.

Mostly True but Misattributed

025

Expanded federal detention capacity nationwide — including opening the largest migrant detention facility in U.S. history — to ensure detained means detained, not released back into our communities.

Mostly True but Misleading

026

Enforced English-language proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers to protect roadway safety, taking more than 9,500 non-compliant foreign truck drivers out of service.

Mostly True but Misleading

027

Restored the Department of Homeland Security’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office to provide direct support to victims of illegal alien crime.

Mostly True but Misleading

028

Rescued 62,000 missing migrant children from trafficking, forced labor, and exploitation networks tied to illegal migration — most of whom were lost during the Biden Administration.

False

029

Drove the number of unaccompanied illegal immigrant children crossing into the country to a record low.

Mostly True but Misleading

030

Invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport brutal Tren de Aragua gang members.

Misleading

031

Revoked Temporary Protected Status for over 500,000 migrants — a decision upheld by the Supreme Court.

Misleading

032

Immediately suspended refugee resettlement and dramatically lowered the number of refugees allowed into the country — ensuring the U.S. does not become a safe haven to those who hate us.

Misleading

033

Terminated temporary protected status for a variety of dangerous third-world countries, including Somalia, Venezuela, and Haiti.

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034

Signed seven Safe Third Country agreements to facilitate and expedite deportations, defending the authority before the Supreme Court and winning.

Misleading

035

Secured El Salvador’s agreement to accept deportees of any nationality, including violent criminals.

Mostly True but Misleading

036

Added 85,000 new identities to the National Counterterrorism Center’s terrorist database.

Misleading

037

Launched the ICE “Worst of the Worst” database, publicly identifying criminal illegal aliens.

True

038

Began the process of auditing Somali immigration cases for systemic fraud and potential denaturalization amid Minnesota’s Somali Fraud Scandal.

Misleading

039

Terminated federal leftist NGO funding streams that facilitated or encouraged illegal migration.

Misleading

040

Established five national defense areas along the southern border to mitigate illicit drug and human smuggling activity and to minimize the environmental damage and erosion caused by cross-border foot traffic, litter, and vehicle traffic.

Mostly True but Misleading

041

Restricted the entry of nationals from 39 terror-prone countries.

Misleading

042

Targeted so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions giving safe harbor to criminal illegal aliens by cutting grant funding and other discretionary programming.

Misleading

043

Imposed a $100,000 payment to accompany or supplement H-1B petitions.

True

044

Filed multiple lawsuits against states and cities obstructing federal immigration law.

True

045

Conducted sustained interior enforcement operations in so-called “sanctuary” cities, removing thousands of criminal illegal aliens from our streets.

Misleading

046

Forced Canada and Mexico to take meaningful steps to address fentanyl trafficked into the U.S.

Misleading

047

Implemented an additional 10% tariff on imports from China in order to stem the flow of illegal aliens and fentanyl trafficked into our country.

True but Misleading

048

Imposed crippling sanctions on some of the world’s most deadly cartels.

Mostly True but Misleading

049

Signed the Laken Riley Act into law, a law that requires illegal aliens arrested or charged with theft or violence to be detained — honoring the memory of Laken Riley, a Georgia college student brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant released into the country.

True but Misleading

050

Directed the Department of Justice to pursue the death penalty in capital crimes committed by illegal immigrants.

True

051

Immediately signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.

False

052

Deported illegal immigrant killers, rapists, and drug dealers en masse — including scores of convicted killers, child molesters, child pornographers, gang members, terrorists, drug dealers, and other imminent threats to public safety.

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