James Lankford has learned nothing on immigration

Published May 9, 2025 3:17pm ET



For some reason, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) did a little media tour this week trying to rehabilitate his image on immigration after President Donald Trump has conclusively shown that despite what Lankford said all last year, no new legislation was needed to secure the southern border, all we needed was a new president who had the courage to enforce existing immigration laws on the book.

As part of his little media campaign, Lankford sat for an interview with CBS News, during which he was asked if he thought we would be better off today if his border bill had passed or if we are better off now that it didn’t pass and we have a different president.

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