“Alonso said he arrived Jan. 15 in California after crossing over from Tijuana, Mexico, and turned himself over to Customs and Border Protection agents, hoping he could apply for asylum and begin working in the U.S. while his case was decided. He was quickly detained.”—The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 29.
Every so often, a parable explains a complex situation in a few words.
The story above explains in a nutshell what changed on Monday, Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump took control of U.S. border and immigration matters.
Former President Joe Biden pretended that mass illegal migration was due to forces beyond his control. But in the last year of his term, fearing the issue was hurting his election chances, he sent senior officials to persuade Mexico to slow down the flow. Proving he had the power to act all along, encounters of illegal aliens at the border went…
