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The United States has Border Patrol, ports of entry, detention, removal procedures, and immigration enforcement. “Open border” is a political characterization rather than a literal legal condition.
VERIFY SOURCES →A major reduction in crossings is not the same thing as zero unlawful crossings. The page should keep those concepts separate.
VERIFY SOURCES →Biden terminated Trump’s southern-border emergency and changed funding and construction policy, but existing barriers were not removed wholesale.
SEE POLICY TIMELINE →Trump’s 2025 border emergency revoked Biden’s 2021 proclamation and directed additional physical-barrier activity consistent with federal law.
SEE POLICY TIMELINE →Border Patrol, inspections, detention, removals, and ports of entry continued operating throughout the administration.
VERIFY SOURCES →Gang-linked criminal activity and arrests were real. Broad claims that the entire city was “taken over” went beyond what local authorities established.
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In February 2026, the White House posted that the border was the “most secure in the history” of the nation.
In the September 2022 Meet the Press interview, Harris said “The border is secure,” while also saying the immigration system was broken.
This June 2026 post addresses a Colorado political claim that tens of thousands of Tren de Aragua members were in the state.
An official DHS post provides the administration's description of arrests and detention involving alleged Tren de Aragua members.
This clip presents Homan's assessment of the Trump administration's border and immigration-enforcement record.
Embedded reports let voters hear the claims directly instead of relying only on campaign summaries.
Compare the “gang takeover” claim with local reporting and law-enforcement context.
Use the report alongside the federal record to separate funding, waiver, and policy questions.
Internal free movement is not the same as having no external border system.
A simple voter timeline showing the major policy direction changes.
Border-wall construction and emergency authorities became central parts of federal border policy.
Biden terminated the southern-border emergency declared by Trump and redirected the policy approach to wall construction and funding.
The administration cited an acute and immediate need for barriers and roads in part of Starr County, Texas, using previously appropriated funds.
The proclamation revoked Biden’s 2021 action and directed additional physical barriers and enforcement activity.
Routine internal checks may be absent while external-border rules, databases, entry requirements, and temporary controls still exist.
Maritime and air entry dominate, supported by border force, customs, surveillance, interception, and immigration enforcement.
International entry is concentrated through airports and seaports with immigration inspection and document requirements.
Canada uses land ports, checkpoints, intelligence, border services, and immigration enforcement rather than one single type of barrier.
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