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The American people watched in disgust as Fox News brought former ICE Director Jonathan Fahey and correspondent Danamarie McNicholl on to unpack the disaster at our borders and the fallout from the Biden years — and what they described was nothing short of an open-border catastrophe that invited millions to pour in without proper vetting. Those discussions came as President Trump moved to crack down on refugee flows from Afghanistan that were approved under the prior administration, a corrective action conservatives have been demanding for years.
Make no mistake: the raw government numbers are staggering. Federal data tracked as many as roughly 10 million “encounters” at the border during the Biden years, a figure Republicans rightly seized on to paint the scale of the crisis even while fact-checkers point out the technical difference between encounters and people who legally remain in the country. What matters to hardworking Americans is that millions of migrants were processed in ways that left our communities exposed and our law enforcement stretched thin.
Jonathan Fahey and others have warned about the glaring failures in vetting that followed the chaotic Afghan withdrawal, reminding us that tens of thousands of refugees were ushered into the country during that period and that national security was treated as an afterthought. Conservatives are not anti-compassion; we demand responsible compassion that protects Americans first and ensures those who come here are properly screened before being resettled in our towns. The tragic shooting near the White House and other violent incidents underscore how reckless policy invites unnecessary risk.
The Biden playbook was simple: loosen, release, and hope the American taxpayer would foot the bill and absorb the risks. Over the past several years millions were released into the interior with notices to appear, and millions more were encountered and expelled or otherwise processed — a bureaucratic mess that left local governments on the hook and citizens worried for their safety. These are not abstract policy debates; they are the front-page realities of crime, drug smuggling, and overwhelmed schools and hospitals.
President Trump’s moves to halt and reevaluate particular refugee flows are precisely the kind of tough, necessary steps a sober, serious administration takes when confronted with the consequences of soft border policy. Enforcing the law, pausing dangerous guest programs until proper vetting is assured, and restoring order at the ports are not cruelty — they are the duties of a government sworn to protect its citizens. Americans expect leaders who will put the safety of families ahead of political optics.
History and history in the making show that stricter enforcement works; when the will to secure the border returns, the flows drop, cartels lose leverage, and communities breathe easier. That is not a partisan talking point, it is basic cause and effect confirmed by multiple sources: when policy changes, so do migration patterns. Conservatives will keep fighting for policy that defends our nation, secures our borders, and makes no apologies for putting American lives and livelihoods first.
Washington’s swamp of excuses won’t wash away the facts: Republican lawmakers and patriotic officials repeatedly pointed to the ten-million scale of encounters to demand accountability from the Biden era, and the American people deserve answers and action — not spin. If we are to be the land of the free, we must also be the land of law and order; that starts with closing loopholes, reasserting sovereignty, and making sure no administration treats our borders as a political prop.
