Hundreds of migrants have started their trek from Mexico to the U.S. because they see the writing on the wall.
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they → start → wall
In a Sunday 60 Minutes interview with host Ross Douthat, President Donald Trump signaled that he’d be willing to make a deal with Congress on giving amnesty to illegal immigrants.
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he → signal → immigrants
He told Douthat that he deserves an “A+ for closing up the border,” but then claimed that the rest of his immigration policies hurt Republicans in the midterms.
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rest → tell → midterms
“For getting people out, I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out.
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I → get → ones
But I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that— that created one violation, or breaking of the law, and that was that they came into the country illegally,” Trump said.
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Trump → hurt → country
“When you go into a hotel and you say, ‘Let me see your pass,’ and you have a woman that’s worked there as a— you know, as a maid, as a cleaner, as a this, as a that, as a waitress, a lotta good things, great job, and all of a sudden, they’re being taken outta the country, it’s tough.
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it → go → country
It’s a tough thing,” Trump continued.
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Trump → ’ → ?
He then told Douthat that he would be willing to make a “deal” with Democrats that sounded an awful lot like granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
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that → tell → immigrants
“There’s also people that are more modified on that.
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that → ’ → that
But let the people that are here, and in some cases here for 10 and 15 years, work a deal for them, okay?”
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that → let → them
Trump added
In September 2024, Pew Research found that 61 percent of registered voters said immigration was “very important” to their vote.
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immigration → add → vote
There were high hopes going into 2025 that Trump and his administration understood the moment and were prepared to carry out the largest mass deportation mission in history.
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Trump → be → history
Instead, Americans got former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, with her pageant hair and makeup, running through U.S. streets in a bulletproof vest, nabbing random illegal immigrants off the street.
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Noem → get → street
The typical leftist response of protests and rioting predictably ensued, leading to American deaths and a whole host of bad publicity.
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response → ensue → publicity
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While this circus act was on display, Trump was signaling to the base that he was caving to special interests as early as June 2025.
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he → sign → June
“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace.
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jobs → state → them
In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs.
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Criminals → allow → jobs
We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA.
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We → protect → USA
Changes are coming!” Trump promised in a Truth Social post.
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Trump → come → post
Let’s be undeniably clear about this.
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’s → let → this
When he said “changes are coming” to protect farmers and hotel operators from losing “very good, long time workers,” he was responding to big-business complaints, not to the voters who just gave him a second term.
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who → say → term
Any amnesty, even a limited “deal,” would be a betrayal of the mandate Trump received in 2024 and the expectations of the voters who put him back in office.
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who → receive → office
Americans elected him in part to fix the illegal immigration crisis affecting their communities, which goes far beyond deporting the “bad ones.”
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which → elect → ones
They put him in power to reverse the open-border mayhem of the Biden years.
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They → put → years
The promise of his administration was always to prioritize the interests of American citizens over those of illegal immigrants and the businesses that profit from their cheap labor.
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that → prioritize → labor
Employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants should not have a seat at the table.
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who → hire → table
In fact, the Trump administration’s posture should be such that if you are one of these companies, you live in fear of the federal government.
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you → live → government
The 1986 amnesty push was sold as a one-time immigration solution, but here we are in 2026 having the same discussion.
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we → sell → discussion
Granting illegal immigrants legal status just because they managed to avoid detection for a decade does not erase their culpability in the American decline.
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they → grant → decline
All it will accomplish is creating an incentive for a new wave of people, like the horde populating Mexico’s border towns, to correctly conclude that if they can get in, eventually America’s political elites will reward them for their patience because there is zero expectation that they’ll be loyal to their fellow Americans over the chance to protect their portfolio.
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they → accomplish → portfolio
(ROOKE: Republicans In One State Suffer Bigger Bloodbath Than Rest Of Them)
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Republicans → suffer → Them
The only bright spot in this situation is that Democrats have created a monster in their all-out hatred of Trump, so much so that a deal with him, even on amnesty, is extremely unlikely.
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deal → create → amnesty
Even though Trump seems incredibly willing to use Americans’ birthright as a bargaining chip, Democrats cannot be seen making a deal with the man they painted as the devil incarnate.
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they → seem → devil
And while that political reality may buy us some time, it’s not a guarantee.
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it → buy → time
The fundamental problem is that too many in America’s political and business elite see protecting our country as negotiable.
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many → see → country
There is no reason to believe this would be any different.
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this → be → ?
Americans did not vote for amnesty in 2024 or a political system in which business interests override the law.
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interests → vote → law
The midterms did not expire the desire to have our country back.
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midterms → expire → country
So why is Trump signaling he’s thrown in the towel?
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he → signal → towel
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