{"id":2404796,"date":"2025-02-20T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-border-success-proves-gop-never-had-to-negotiate\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:14:08","slug":"trump-border-success-proves-gop-never-had-to-negotiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-border-success-proves-gop-never-had-to-negotiate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Border Success Proves GOP Never Had To Negotiate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-border-success-proves-gop-never-had-to-negotiate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">controversial \u2062border security bill backed<\/a> by several Republican senators,\u2063 including James Lankford, which the author claims \u200bundermined American sovereignty. Despite the initial concerns,data\u200d revealed a significant drop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP ...ators for Amnesty Deal\">illegal border crossings<\/a> during Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2062first\u2062 month back in office,which\u2062 the author argues demonstrates that such a compromise was unnecessary. The article notes that apprehensions dropped dramatically, indicating effective\u200c border security \u2064measures without concessions made in the aforementioned bill. The author\u2062 criticizes Lankford and his allies for supporting a proposal that could have allowed millions\u2062 of illegal immigrants into the country and\u200b provided to much leeway \u2064to the biden administration regarding border control. The \u2062piece concludes by stating that\u2063 Trump&#8217;s recent success at the border\u200c serves as evidence that the Republican\u200b leadership did not need to negotiate on \u2063sovereignty to achieve effective border \u200dmeasures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BuIJF6dxYwA\">  Senator James Lankford \/ YouTube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/20\/trumps-border-success-proves-republicans-never-had-to-negotiate-our-sovereignty\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump%E2%80%99s%20Border%20Success%20Proves%20Republicans%20Never%20Had%20To%20Negotiate%20Our%20Sovereignty&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/20\/trumps-border-success-proves-republicans-never-had-to-negotiate-our-sovereignty\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Trump%E2%80%99s%20Border%20Success%20Proves%20Republicans%20Never%20Had%20To%20Negotiate%20Our%20Sovereignty&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/20\/trumps-border-success-proves-republicans-never-had-to-negotiate-our-sovereignty\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/20\/trumps-border-success-proves-republicans-never-had-to-negotiate-our-sovereignty\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Trump%E2%80%99s%20Border%20Success%20Proves%20Republicans%20Never%20Had%20To%20Negotiate%20Our%20Sovereignty&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/20\/trumps-border-success-proves-republicans-never-had-to-negotiate-our-sovereignty\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>One year ago, a handful of so-called Republicans, led by Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, backed a border bill that would have sold out American sovereignty. But as it would turn out, Lankford and his accomplices never needed to compromise our borders to secure them &mdash; as evidenced by the plummeting illegal crossings seen during President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first month back in office.<\/p>\n<p>New data <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/apprehensions-southwestern-border-plummeted-january-cbp\/story?id=118908684#:~:text=From%20Jan.%2021%20through%20Jan.%2031%2C%20the%20number%20of%20U.S.%20Border%20Patrol%20apprehensions%20along%20the%20southwest%20border%20dropped%2085%25%20from%20the%20same%20period%20in%202024%2C%20according%20to%20data%20obtained%20by%20ABC%20News.%20In%20the%2011%20days%20after%20Jan.%2020%2C%20migrants%20apprehended%20at%20ports%20of%20entry%20declined%20by%2093%25.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shows<\/a> illegal migrant apprehensions dropped an average of 2,000 per day in the weeks before Trump&rsquo;s inauguration to just 786 following the inauguration. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1905899414\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;From Jan. 21 through Jan. 31, the number of U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border dropped 85% from the same period in 2024,&rdquo; ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/apprehensions-southwestern-border-plummeted-january-cbp\/story?id=118908684#:~:text=From%20Jan.%2021%20through%20Jan.%2031%2C%20the%20number%20of%20U.S.%20Border%20Patrol%20apprehensions%20along%20the%20southwest%20border%20dropped%2085%25%20from%20the%20same%20period%20in%202024%2C%20according%20to%20data%20obtained%20by%20ABC%20News.%20In%20the%2011%20days%20after%20Jan.%2020%2C%20migrants%20apprehended%20at%20ports%20of%20entry%20declined%20by%2093%25.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. &ldquo;In the 11 days after Jan. 20, migrants apprehended at ports of entry declined by 93%.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The results weren&rsquo;t by chance. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/21\/trumps-executive-orders-on-immigration-prove-biden-could-have-secured-the-border-at-any-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed a series of executive orders<\/a> upon taking office that ordered construction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-cultural-change-coming-to-america\/\" title=\"Radical Cultural Change Coming to America?\">border wall<\/a> to resume, declared a national emergency at the southern border, reinstated his &ldquo;Remain in Mexico&rdquo; policy to deter illegal crossings, and authorized the National Guard to work with Customs and Border Patrol agents to secure the border &mdash; all things former President Joe Biden could have done but chose not to.<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s more, Biden&rsquo;s negligence was not an excuse for so-called Republicans to capitulate to the left&rsquo;s radical open-border demands &mdash; yet, that&rsquo;s exactly what a handful did.<\/p>\n<p>Lankford,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2024\/02\/07\/susan-collins-one-of-four-republicans-to-back-border-security-bill-after-trump-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">along with<\/a>&nbsp;Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Utah&rsquo;s Mitt Romney, and Maine&rsquo;s Susan Collins, backed a bill that could have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/06\/nothing-about-the-rigged-senate-border-bill-is-in-the-national-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allowed<\/a> nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/06\/senate-border-bill-is-nothing-but-a-democrat-propaganda-op\/\">2 million<\/a> illegal aliens into the U.S. over a year. They voted to hand the Department of Homeland Security emergency powers to close the border only on certain terms<strong>.<\/strong> The bill would have also given Biden the power to suspend border closure for 45 days per year if he decided it was in the &ldquo;national interest,&rdquo; as explained by my colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/06\/senate-border-bill-is-nothing-but-a-democrat-propaganda-op\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kylee Griswold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READNEXT:[READNEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/04\/to-win-republicans-have-to-be-smarter-and-tougher-than-sen-james-lankford\/\">To Win, Republicans Have To Be Smarter And Tougher Than Sen. James Lankford<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The propaganda press spun the bill as a &ldquo;bipartisan&rdquo; solution and used it to paint Republicans who opposed the open-border policy as uncaring about the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>This was made clear with headlines like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/republicans-border-deal-donald-trump_n_65b80899e4b0102bd2d5c0d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HuffPost&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;Republicans Who Screamed About A Crisis On The Border Now Oppose A Plan To Fix It.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/republicans-cast-doubt-on-bipartisan-border-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a> claimed &ldquo;Republicans Don&rsquo;t Want To Lose Their Favorite 2024 Talking Point,&rdquo; while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2024-01-20\/house-gop-threats-to-kill-immigration-deal-show-they-re-not-serious-about-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> argued, &ldquo;House Republicans Don&rsquo;t Want To Fix the Border.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As Griswold noted, the Republican-led House had passed an actual border bill just the year prior &ldquo;that would have restarted Trump-era border wall construction, required aliens to remain in Mexico while waiting out their usually fraudulent asylum claims, restricted asylum eligibility to legal ports of entry, enacted harsher punishments for overstaying expired visas, kept Title 42-esque &lsquo;expulsion authority&rsquo; in place, and supplied border authorities with additional grant funding.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats didn&rsquo;t care about taking action to secure the border until they realized it would hurt their re-election chances. But just because Democrats didn&rsquo;t care about protecting our sovereignty doesn&rsquo;t mean Republicans should have capitulated to their far-leftist agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Lankford&rsquo;s bill was nothing but a surrender to far-left open border policies, and Trump&rsquo;s recent success at the southern border proves none of the concessions were ever needed to have a secure border. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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James Lankford, supported a border bill that compromised American sovereignty. 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