...deals with an immigration mess of his own making." Note the stats on violent criminal and non criminal convictions of of those swept up in Trump's immigration crackdown.
From the Op/Ed: "Trump can claim success in tightening the border. Illegal crossings are at record lows. But his deportation policy is another matter. Over the past year, Trump’s enforcement has shifted from arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants with criminal records to rounding up immigrants with no criminal records. Promising to rid the country of the 'worst of the worst,' the administration has sought simply to meet unrealistic deportation targets.
To meet quotas established by Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, enforcement became random and often violent, sweeping up noncriminal undocumented immigrants. A Wall Street Journal editorial Monday, citing the Cato Institute, noted that since October, '73% taken into ICE custody had no criminal conviction and only 5% had a violent criminal conviction.'
That is a dramatic reversal compared with early in 2025. 'The Trump Administration’s rhetoric about deporting criminals doesn’t match its current much broader policy of mass deportation,' the Journal editorial said."