This may have been Trump's most successful year yet for restricting immigration
by Molly O'Toole, Los Angeles Times
Dec 20, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - After countless promises and attempts to restrict immigration, 2019 may be remembered as the year in which President Donald Trump got closest to fulfilling his central campaign pledge.
As the numbers of migrants arriving at the U.S. southern border reached their highest levels in more than a decade, peaking this last spring before dropping precipitously, Trump and his officials targeted immigration, aiming to block asylum-seekers and refugees.
"Our country is full," Trump said in an April visit to Calexico, Calif. "Can't take you anymore, I'm
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