Washington treats America’s immigration crisis as if new laws are required, even though the real problem has always been accountability. The truth is simple: we already have laws and a border. For decades, Washington refused to enforce them. President Trump is the first president in a generation to draw that line and enforce the law without blinking, restoring resolve to the Oval Office.

As the 2026 midterms approach, President Trump is in a position no modern president has held, a rare opportunity to permanently fix America’s decades-long immigration dysfunction. This moment did not arise from a policy workaround or legal maneuver. It is the direct result of the collapse of every escape hatch Congress relied on to avoid responsibility. The era of lawmakers outsourcing immigration reform to executive orders, activist courts, and bureaucratic non-enforcement is over.

The failure is clearest with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). After Congress refused to act, the Obama administration created the program by executive action in 2012, granting temporary deportation protection and work permits to certain individuals brought here as children. But DACA lacked congressional approval, permanent legal status, and meaningful enforcement mechanisms to ensure accountability. Democrats used it to justify broad non-enforcement. Republicans used it as an excuse to avoid legislating. Dreamers were left in........

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