Less than a week ago, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser was pleading guilty to lying to the FBI and cooperating with Robert Mueller’s investigation, but things might be looking up for the president. Both houses of Congress have now passed a version of his signature tax reform plan (or the “massive tax cut,” as he would prefer we call it). On Wednesday, he followed through on his campaign promise to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, winning high praise from conservatives and even some bipartisan support.
But what might be Trump’s biggest victory of the week has received far less attention. The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that border-crossing arrests fell 25 percent this year to 310,000, a 46-year low. With interior enforcement and deportations up under the Trump administration, fewer people are attempting to cross the border illegally, officials said.
