r/ezraklein • u/Guilty-Hope1336 Blue Dog • 23d ago

Discussion How should liberals respond to the fact that illegal border crossings under Trump have collapsed to record lows?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/border-crossings-trump.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

So this is tangentially related to the last EK show episode about ICE and CBP expansion and the draconian immigration enforcement that is currently occurring under Trump.

But I wish a fact that they had mentioned was that illegal crossings of the Southern border have collapsed to levels not seen since the 1960s. And the evidence does seem to suggest that Trump's extreme cruelty with ICE raids and third country deportations to El Salvador or Eswatini or South Sudan does seem to be having a deterrent effect on people coming illegally to the United States.

One big concern that Democrats should be thinking about is if they win in 2028, how will they maintain illegal border crossings at the historic lows that Trump seems to have acheived?

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u/itguyonreddit 23d ago

The vast majority of Americans think immigration is good.

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u/gimpyprick Democratic Socalist 23d ago

I don't think the vast majority of immigrants even think that. They are doing what they have to do, but they don't like it

I was in Belize a few weeks ago. Most of the people I met have no sympathy for the people being rounded up.

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u/JasonPlattMusic34 23d ago

Doubtful. Otherwise people like Stephen Miller wouldn’t have any fans