U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is praising efforts by President Donald Trump to secure the southern border.
In a statement Wednesday, Capito said Trump's policies and the ability of the Republican-controlled House and Senate to back him up has resulted in a "real tightening" of the border and a reduction in number of migrants who are crossing the southern border illegally.
“He declared a national border emergency," Capito said. "He has resumed construction of the border wall. He has deported, as we see, numbers of illegal immigrants, particularly those who have criminal records. And he has entered into negotiation with tariffs in Canada, in Mexico, which has resulted very successfully on both of those countries, our friends and our neighbors enlisting in his cause and our cause to make our border safe, not just from illegal immigrants coming in, but also from the flow of fentanyl that's killing Americans at a rapid pace.”