On Friday's “NewsNation Now” broadcast, John Sandweg, who served as acting ICE director under President Obama, said the decline in border encounters is due to 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris' While it may be considered an accomplishment, “that's a difficult question for the vice president,” he said. The President wants answers as to why they waited so long. ”
“I think these numbers at the border are definitely something for the Harris campaign to celebrate and take credit for,” Sandweg said. “But as you say, poll after poll shows that the U.S. And I think that shows that we have more confidence in President Trump regarding this. And that's the fact that, while we're seeing great progress now, it took a while for the new asylum rules to be put in place. Why did we wait so long for new asylum rules? Connell, let me just say this: These numbers at the border are a result of increased enforcement in Mexico and other things that people are not aware of in the first place. They say it's a byproduct of a variety of factors, many of which are the result of the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to force Mexico to enforce its laws and prevent people from entering our country in the first place. That's a byproduct of the effort. So, listen, that doesn't diminish the fact that it's a difficult question for the vice president to answer, why did they wait so long?”
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