00:00The number of foreign-born people in America fell by one and a half million in the first six months of 2025.
00:07Meanwhile, ICE is on track to deport just 400,000 illegal immigrants for the whole year.
00:13A lot more illegal migrants are self-deporting than being expelled,
00:18which is surely how most Americans want things to go.
00:21And it's a lot more practical than any kind of mass roundups.
00:24The Trump administration is increasing deportations.
00:28This year's 400,000 indicates robust efforts.
00:32But Team Trump's rhetoric matters plenty, too.
00:35Sending a message to strongly override the
00:37everybody-come-on-in signals of the prior four years.
00:41See the Fed's plans to review the status of 55 million visa holders as yet another signal.
00:47A warning that those who've been abusing their visas,
00:50it's time to acquire permanent legal status if you mean to stay permanently.
00:54Or make plans to leave.
00:56In other words, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
00:59Prodding and persuasion were always going to be crucial in undoing the Biden mess.
01:04ICE, despite a big expansion of its budget, and the firm support of the president,
01:09can't detain and deport that many people.
01:12It would require mass roundups that aren't remotely politically practical.
01:17Voters want all the worst illegal immigrants sent home, but will balk at ham-handed enforcement.
01:22So seriously reducing the illegal population is going to involve a lot of self-deportation.
01:29Doing it on your own also preserves the chance to return legally.
01:33President Trump won re-election by promising to get everything back under control.
01:38By stopping new illegal migration cold,
01:41he's proved that Democrats were simply lying when they said it couldn't be done without passing new laws.
01:46Now he needs to show that greatly reducing the illegal population doesn't require police state tactics and other savage cruelty.
01:55Well, of course, lefties who oppose policing of all kinds will keep screaming about even reasonable immigration enforcement.
02:02But that just exposes their extremism to the broader public.
02:05High-profile but deft toughness is delivering exactly what the public wants.
02:10Expect Team Trump to stick to what's already working.
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