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Hakeem Jeffries says border is secure under Trump, calls it 'good thing'

Jeffries credited Trump for border security while objecting to deportations of law-abiding immigrant families.

Hakeem Jeffries says border is secure under Trump, calls it 'good thing'
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This article1 analysis · Oct 12, 2026
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Hakeem Jeffries said President Trump deserves credit for a more secure border while criticizing the administration’s immigration enforcement tactics. The exchange highlights Jeffries’s effort to acknowledge the reported border improvements while opposing deportations of law-abiding residents and citizen children.

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House Minority Leader discussing Trump’s border record and immigration enforcement

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Donald Trump
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President whose border record Jeffries credited

ALSO MENTIONED  Abigail Jackson, White House spokeswoman responding to Jeffries’s comments

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Hakeem Jeffries Credits Trump for Securing the Border

Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump deserved credit for securing the border. Left-leaning outlets frame Jeffries’s praise as a failure of Democratic opposition and criticize him for it. Right-leaning outlets emphasize his acknowledgment of Trump’s border record, while some also note his objections to immigration enforcement and portray his credit as reluctant.

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