President Donald Trump’s border crackdown is delivering results that make progressive open-border dreams look like a fevered fantasy.
Breitbart reported that illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have plummeted, thanks to policies that prioritize enforcement over excuses. The contrast with the Biden era’s chaos is stark and undeniable.
Trump’s stringent measures have slashed illegal border crossings to record lows, while Biden’s tenure saw an estimated two million undetected “got-aways” slip into the country. These got-aways, often with criminal records, dodge Border Patrol to avoid swift deportation. The shift from Biden’s lax approach to Trump’s iron grip is reshaping the border landscape.
Under Biden, the U.S. border became a revolving door for chaos, with record-high illegal immigration overwhelming agents.
Trump’s administration, by contrast, has dismantled the Catch and Release policy, ensuring migrants aren’t waved through with a court date years away. This policy pivot is a polite middle finger to the progressive notion that borders are mere suggestions.
In June, illegal alien got-aways dropped a jaw-dropping 90% compared to the same period under Biden’s watch.
This isn’t just a statistic—it’s a signal that enforcement works when leaders stop pandering. The left’s narrative of “humane” borders crumbles when results like these stack up.
Got-aways aren’t just numbers; they’re risks, often tied to criminal pasts that threaten communities. During Biden’s four years, two million of these undetected crossers roamed free, a legacy of neglect Trump is reversing. The data screams what common sense whispers: secure borders save lives.
One tragic case underscores the stakes of unchecked crossings: the murder of Rachel Morin in Harford County, Maryland. In August 2023, Morin, a jogger, was brutally raped and beaten to death on a nature trail. Her killer’s story exposes the deadly cost of Biden’s border failures.
Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal alien got-away from El Salvador, was Morin’s killer and a known MS-13 gang member.
Before the murder, he was accused of killing a woman in El Salvador, her body found days after they left a bar together. This wasn’t a one-off; it was a pattern enabled by porous borders.
In 2023, Border Patrol caught Martinez-Hernandez three times—twice in January in New Mexico and Texas, and once in February in New Mexico. Each time, he was sent back to Mexico, only to cross again undetected. The system under Biden was a sieve, and Martinez-Hernandez slipped through.
After his final return to Mexico, Martinez-Hernandez illegally re-entered, heading to California, where he allegedly assaulted a woman and her child.
His path of violence didn’t stop there. He traveled to Maryland, where he committed the gruesome murder of Rachel Morin, a crime prosecutors call Harford County’s worst.
Martinez-Hernandez was among millions who crossed undetected during Biden’s term, a direct result of policies that prioritized optics over security.
His journey from El Salvador to Maryland wasn’t just a failure of enforcement—it was a betrayal of public safety. Trump’s policies aim to ensure such tragedies become relics of a reckless past.
The Morin case isn’t just a headline; it’s a gut-punch reminder of what’s at stake. Rachel Morin’s mother, Patty Morin, found solace in Trump’s embrace at a campaign rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, on November 4, 2024. That moment, raw and human, cuts through the left’s sanctimonious border rhetoric.
Trump’s border strategy isn’t about cruelty—it’s about clarity. By slashing got-aways and ending Catch and Release, he’s restoring order where Biden sowed disorder.
The 90% drop in undetected crossings isn’t luck; it’s leadership that doesn’t bow to woke platitudes.
Critics of Trump’s policies cry “inhumane,” but what’s inhumane about preventing crimes like Morin’s murder? The progressive push for open borders ignores the body count—literal and figurative—left in its wake. Empathy for victims, not violators, should guide policy.
The contrast between Biden’s free-for-all and Trump’s lockdown is a case study in consequences. Two million got-aways under Biden didn’t just vanish—they brought risks, like Martinez-Hernandez, into American towns. Trump’s results prove that borders aren’t abstract; they’re barriers to harm.
