At Monday’s White House press briefing, Karoline Leavitt spoke about the Trump Administration’s efforts to secure the border.
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00:00for this briefing proves that. Today officially marks the 99th day of promises made and kept by
00:06President Trump. Our primary focus today is how President Trump has fulfilled one of his central
00:12campaign promises to the American people in record time, ending the massive illegal invasion
00:18and securing our nation's southern and northern borders. As we know, Joe Biden allowed millions
00:24of criminal illegal aliens to pour into our country over the past four years. And as we all
00:29know, a significant number of those aliens have been vicious gang members, murderers, rapists,
00:35and pedophiles. Innocent Americans like Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungere, Rachel Morin, and many others
00:41have been murdered because of Joe Biden's open border. President Trump made a promise to the
00:46American people, to all of you and your audiences, to end the carnage and keep our country safe.
00:52And he has overwhelmingly delivered on that promise. He immediately declared a national
00:57emergency on the southern border, deployed the U.S. military and border patrol to repel the invasion,
01:02and ended reckless catch and release policies. And as a result, between the inauguration and April 1st
01:09of this month, only nine illegal aliens were released into the United States of America.
01:14This is a staggering 99.99 percent decrease for more than the 184,000 illegal aliens who were released
01:23into the country under Joe Biden during that same period last year. You can't get much better at the
01:2999.99 percent decrease. Total attempted illegal crossings at the southwest border hit a record low
01:35in February, only to fall to another record low again last month in March. President Trump signed the
01:42Lake and Riley Act into law, requiring illegal aliens arrested or charged with theft or violence to be
01:47detained. And he reestablished the successful Remain in Mexico policy from his first term.
01:52The president has also restarted construction of his signature border wall. More than 85 miles have
01:58been built and are in various stages of construction and planning. He designated cartels as foreign terrorist
02:05organizations, invoked the Alien Enemies Act to apprehend, detain, and remove these massive threats who have flooded our country.
02:10And the Trump administration, as you heard from our border czar Tom Homan earlier today, is working literally 24-7
02:18around the clock to successfully arrest and deport illegal criminals and foreign terrorists from our communities, your communities.
02:26We're in the beginning stages of carrying out the largest deportation campaign in American history. And despite the legacy media's
02:33fear mongering and lies about this, we will continue with these successful operations because we know that's what the
02:39American people are expecting from this president. And that's why they overwhelmingly reelected him to this office.
02:44Over the past weekend, it was announced Operation Tidal Wave was a joint effort in ICE Miami and Florida law enforcement agencies.
02:51Nearly 800 illegal aliens were arrested during the first four days alone. I don't know if we have any Floridians in here, but you're welcome.
02:59Operation Tidal Wave is a preview of what is to come around the country. Large-scale operations employing our state and local law
03:06enforcement partners to get criminal aliens off our streets. And we will not apologize for this.
03:12This is the first of its kind multi-agency immigration enforcement operation coordinated by ICE with federal partners.
03:19And this multi-day operation has so far resulted in nearly 800 illegal aliens apprehended in four days, including MS-13, murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, and human rights abuses.
03:31So, safe to say, President Trump made a promise to all of you, your audiences, and the American public to secure our nation's borders.
03:38He has overwhelmingly delivered on that promise. And you will see the legacy media has nitpicked stories to try to drum up sympathy for people who broke our nation's laws.
03:46This White House has sympathy for American citizens, for law-abiding families who are doing what's right, who came here the right way.
03:55That includes legal immigrants who have come to this country, paid their dues, waited their turn, and are now being cheated and ripped off by, or were being cheated and ripped off by the previous administration.
04:05We are putting Americans first every day. And we applaud the ICE agents and Border Patrol agents who are on the ground doing this important work. That's just the border of...