Many voters elected President Trump to end border chaos. Illegal immigration remains low, but voters’ opinions of his immigration policies as a whole have soured . The reason is that they view Trump’s actions away from the border as just more chaos. Americans aren’t against enforcement. But not like this .

So what’s the root problem — and what’s the real fix?

The public’s perception of chaos stems from the fact that Trump’s policies appear arbitrary. Under President Biden, no one knew why people were getting into the country. Now no one knows why people are getting thrown out. Under Biden, people came illegally or chaotically. Now people are being deported illegally or chaotically. The public cares about order in both directions.

America shouldn’t be doomed to oscillate between tw

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