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Donald Trump promised a crackdown on illegal migration, and he's already following through.

In his first few days, he's promising to send 10,000 military troops to the border unleash ICE agents to locate criminal illegal migrants across the U.S.

And promised to punish so-called sanctuary cities that resist his efforts.

How will all this play out politically in the days ahead?

Plus, President Trump is now a crypto billionaire.

After he floated a crypto token, dollar signed Trump before his inauguration,

and it has soared in value since, even as his administration, will have to regulate crypto

assets. Is he courting trouble down the road? Welcome to Potomac Watch, the daily podcast of

the Wall Street Journal opinion pages. I'm Paul Giego, the editor,

and I'm here with my colleagues, Manet Uquay-Bruhe and Alicia Finley. Welcome to you both. Let's start

with the border wars. So, Manet, big picture, what do you think of the president's early moves on

the border? Well, I think that he knows that issue was among the biggest that sent him back to

the White House. There's been a massive swing of public opinion in terms of people not only in

border states, but in cities across the country, feeling that way too many people were able to

enter illegally under President Biden. And so he wants to make a show of force coming out early.

So some of the things that he's done

are saying that there are going to be more agencies, not just immigration and customs enforcement

ICE, which is usually in charge of finding and deporting illegal migrants. Now he's saying that

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