The 19th-century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck is credited with saying, “Laws are like sausages. It’s best not to see them being made.” Often, seeing them enforced is even more unpleasant. Worse still is seeing them not enforced.

After four years of dangerous and costly unenforced borders and immigration laws under the Biden administration, American voters opted for a president who pledged to secure our borders and remove millions of people who are here illegally. A year and half into President Trump’s administration, that agenda remains popular. In theory.

The April Harvard-Harris poll finds that 55 percent of the American public supports “deporting all immigrants who are here illegally.” The actual process of doing that, however, is less popular. A Politico poll, also carried out in April, finds that 51 percent of Americans think that the administration’s “mass deportations campaign” has been “too aggressive.” In other words, Americans want illegal aliens to be deported, but they’d rather not see it being done. Unlike making sausages, however, law enforcement is generally carried out in public spaces, making it difficult for the public not to notice.

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