When Christians are under attack, Keith Ellison looks the other way

Published January 21, 2026 1:19pm ET



Aside from his pledge to undo the generational damage to the economy caused by former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, President Donald Trump earned the support of the electorate by promising to address the fact that the United States’s border had become more porous than a wafer-thin slice of Swiss cheese. This sparked housing crises, crime waves, and an all-out assault on the notion that sovereignty even exists in the Western world.

Unlike countless politicians that came before him, Trump has actually delivered on the border, proving that this was an entirely voluntary scandal of Biden and his handlers’ making. But when it comes to illegal immigration, there are so many more important battlefields beyond closure of the border, with deportations — by force, if necessary — being a crucial part of Trump’s duty to keep Americans safe.

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