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Venezuela has quietly agreed to resume taking U.S. deportation flights after a short diplomatic standoff, a victory for an administration that has refused to let lawlessness and open borders become the new normal. The first flights arrived under terms negotiated by the White House, returning hundreds of Venezuelan nationals and undoing Maduro’s temporary decision to lock his doors when pressured.
President Trump’s blunt declaration that Venezuelan airspace should be treated as closed forced Caracas to reckon with the real costs of obstruction — and it worked, as tough posture and clear consequences brought Maduro back to the table. The media want to pretend this is reckless saber-rattling, but the hard truth is that strength and clarity in foreign policy protect American lives by cutting off narco-traffickers and human smugglers.
When asked about the prospect of strikes on land and other escalatory options, White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly made clear that the administration will not telegraph operational details but that “all options are on the table” to stop narco-terrorists who endanger our communities. That kind of tough talk—and the willingness to act when intelligence and law point to a threat—is exactly what Americans elected when they said enough is enough to the drug flood. Critics who demand the president show his hand are the same people who have spent years enabling chaos at the border.
At home the administration didn’t pause: the Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Catahoula Crunch in New Orleans to remove criminal illegal aliens sheltering in sanctuary jurisdictions and restore public safety for local families. This isn’t political theater; it’s enforcement of the law after years of local officials putting ideology over safety, and it follows proven surges that have pulled violent recidivists off the streets in other cities. Governors and law-abiding citizens who demand order should be applauding, not demonized for wanting communities that are safe to raise kids.
Conservatives should celebrate the practical results: deportations resumed, narco-traffickers are being hunted, and federal law enforcement is finally doing its job in cities that refuse to cooperate. For too long the left’s open-border experiments produced victims — American families and neighborhoods paying the price while elites lecture about compassion. Restoring sovereignty means deporting criminal aliens, shutting down smuggling routes, and pressuring hostile regimes that harbor criminals; this administration is doing all three.
Patriots who love this country know enforcement is not cruelty; it is protection. We must keep the pressure on Maduro and any regime that enables cartels, and we must back the men and women in uniform and in ICE who actually keep streets safe. If Democrats and the media want to howl about toughness, let them — we’ll keep delivering results that make America safer and stronger.
