Jeh Johnson: Trump 'scared off' illegal immigrants with 'rhetoric'

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Thursday credited President Trump with sharply reducing illegal immigration through the southwestern U.S. border just through the power of his tough talk against illegal migrants.

“Illegal migration on our southern border has gone down since this president has been in office, basically because, through his rhetoric, he scared off a lot of women and children in Central America who’d rather stay in their desperate circumstances, or just migrate to Mexico and stop there,” Johnson said.