Donald Trump will prioritize the fundamental protection of the United States. In his years as president between 2016 and 2020, Trump limited illegal border crossings to 3,834,933 compared to Biden’s 9,905,422, according to the Federation For American Immigration Reform. Following his inauguration on January 20th, 2025, Trump has pledged to start mass deportations of the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants who live in this country.
Illegal immigrants are a threat to this country due to the drugs they bring in. The number of immigrants coming over with fentanyl has drastically increased, with 57,700 pounds of fentanyl seized at the border during Biden’s presidency compared to the 4,122 pounds seized during Trump’s presidency, according to the National Immigration Forum.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers successfully hinder the flow of fentanyl into this country, but they cannot stop all of it. People are not deliberately taking fentanyl; it is being laced into other drugs. During Trump’s first presidency, 173,330 people lost their lives to fentanyl overdoses. The number of deaths from fentanyl overdoses skyrocketed to 321,702 during Biden’s presidency, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The statistics don’t lie; the increase in illegal border crossings directly increases the number of fentanyl overdoses in this country. To stop the problem, you must go to the root cause of it, and securing our border will ensure this drug taking the lives of thousands of Americans every year will be off our streets.
Although many immigrants come here to escape poverty and abuse to live the American Dream, it is clear the prominence of fentanyl at our border is increasing, and the answer is not to take a “humane” approach to border security. We need to build a wall and hire 10,000 more patrol agents at our border, just like Trump pledges to do. The lives of Americans are at risk.
Donald Trump will significantly decrease illegal immigration. Therefore, he will decrease the amount of fentanyl flooding in. Trump is a man of the people, and his top priority is ensuring the safety and livelihood of all Americans through his protection of this amazing country.