Myron Gaines, Trump Administration Immigration Policy Report Card
Former DHS special agent Myron Gaines evaluates the Trump administration's immigration enforcement strategies, specifically highlighting the effectiveness of expedited removals compared to the Biden administration's use of notices to appear. Gaines notes that interior enforcement has become significantly more robust under Trump, freeing up Border Patrol resources. He assigns the administration a B+ grade for immigration when compared to previous presidents, citing improved control over both illegal crossings and visa overstays.
myron gains· donald trump· laredo· department of homeland security· immigration policy
00:00 So I was-. You're an expert. Yeah, yeah, this is what I used to do. So I started my career in Laredo, Texas in 2014. Obviously, I came in under the Obama administration. And there was a border crisis when I came in. People were just coming, storming across the border. They knew they'd be able to get in, etc. Then when Trump came in, Trump really made it a bit easier to send aliens back because what we were doing was when they were getting caught, they were They're getting what's called an expedited removal or an ER. And when they get an ER, they have to get deported back within two weeks. And the good thing about that is they're not coming into the country. They're not really utilizing too many resources. They're not staying in custody too long. They're going right back over across the border.
00:38 So that made it a lot easier to send guys back and deport them. Because whenever you catch illegal aliens, you gotta figure out a way of how you're gonna, the disposition of how you're gonna deal with them immigration wise. So that's when Trump came in. Now, to put things in perspective, when Biden came in, These illegal aliens were getting what's called notice to appears or NTAs. Now when you get an NTA, what ends up happening is you get a notice to appear in front of an immigration judge. But the problem with that is that you might not see an immigration judge for years because-. Well, they have it for seven years? Yeah, yeah, it's nuts. So bottom line to dumb it down for people. Yeah. They dismantled it all. When you see your former colleagues
01:18 I'm not a brown-nose over federal police. I mean, well, they do bad stuff up against them, but this is heroic stuff we're seeing. I mean, these guys are like- It's great, and they haven't been able to, and I want to make this very clear, like, I can say definitely he's doing a good job because he's doing interior enforcement. Doing interior enforcement is significantly harder than just doing, well, he shot down a border, which is good, which freed up Border Patrol to go into these interior cities where they're doing this interior enforcement that you guys are seeing now. And I haven't seen a president do this And this has been a problem that we've been dealing with for a long time. It hasn't really happened for reals as it are. Yeah, yeah. So it's good that he's doing it and I can definitely say they're using all the law enforcement agencies to do it. Even agencies that don't even have title eight authority like ATF, they're out there helping. So it's good, man. This has been a can that we've been kicking down the road for a very long time. And it's good that they're finally- Well, if you can't control your border, you're not a country. Yeah, yeah. And he shut down the border. Now they're finally getting rid of
02:10 the illegal aliens that are in. And then hopefully we can deal with the visa problem as well because we got people coming in and overstaying their visas. As many people we've got coming in illegally, we got people coming in legally and then abusing the immigration system as well. So nine and a half months into the Trump administration, give your honest report card. For immigration? All of it, just- Okay, so for immigration, I'd give him a B. I'd give him a B. You know what? Here's the thing, let me compare it to other presidents. Compared to other presidents, I'd give him a B plus. Cuz I gotta compare him to others. Cuz what I would do, I gotta be realistic here that's different than what he's doing as a president. I'd give him a B plus compared to other presidents for sure.
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