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‘Astonishingly successful': Trump brings down border crossings to ‘darn well near zero'

‘Astonishingly successful': Trump brings down border crossings to ‘darn well near zero'

Sky News AU2 days ago
Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer commends Donald Trump's successful execution of his mass deportation promise.
'Florida is leading the way as far as red states in the United States go,' Mr Hammer told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
'To help this administration execute its number one priority, which is to effectively do the largest mass-deportation operation in American history.
'By the way, they've been astonishingly successful, the metrics are in, border crossings are essentially down to darn well near zero.'
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