The Trump Administration's Border Policies And The Potential Effects Of Tariffs

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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One of the two major issues President Trump ran his campaign on was a promise to secure the U.S. border from migrants--since the start of his second term, he has made that promise a significant part of his agenda. The Trump administration says it has paid off, significantly improving border issues that it says the Biden administration neglected. Some Americans wonder whether President Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico will have an effect on the border. Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) joins the Rundown to discuss border security and immigration issues along the U.S. southern border and Mexico. He explains why developing a partnership with Mexico could greatly benefit the U.S. and help confront major issues. The Congressman also addresses hidden costs that counties along the U.S. southern border face, including handling unidentified migrant bodies who died while crossing the border. It's been several weeks since an Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane collided in Washington, D.C., and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that significant changes are on the way. Despite numerous close calls and incidents, flying remains the safest mode of transportation in the United States by a wide margin. Former FAA Chief Operations Officer David Grizzle joined the discussion to explain why the industry is stretched thin and the need to implement significant changes. Plus, commentary from FOX News contributor and host of the Jason In The House podcast, Jason Chaffetz. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Will Kane. I'm Dana Perino. I'm Greg Gerard. And this is the Fox News rundown.
0:08.9	Monday, March 31st, 2025. I'm Grinnell Scott. A big part of the first 100 days of this second
0:18.1	Trump administration has been strengthening the border, and a congressman
0:22.4	whose constituency is dependent on that security says he's seen a noticeable improvement.
0:28.5	I noticed an amazing difference, and it's a complicated issue. It's a difficult issue. Certainly,
0:34.1	Biden administration didn't do the country any favors. You have to give President Trump
0:39.2	and the administration an A-plus on how they've handled border security. We speak with Texas
0:45.5	Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez about the border and other issues. I'm Chris Foster. America's
0:52.3	air traffic control system is old and there aren't enough people to run it.
0:55.5	The technology is so archaic. We're at a point now where our incredibly gifted controllers are no longer able to maintain it.
1:04.4	And I'm Jason Chaffetz. I've got the final word on the Fox News Rundown.
1:13.0	The first two months of this new Trump administration has had many so-called priorities.
1:19.5	None have perhaps been bigger than the effort to secure the nation's borders.
1:24.5	President Trump made his intentions clear in conversations with members of Congress.
1:29.9	Playing out exactly how we will eliminate these threats to protect our homeland and complete the
1:36.5	largest deportation operation in American history, larger even than current record holder.
1:42.9	President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a moderate man, but someone who
1:46.4	believe very strongly in borders. President Trump turned to his Homeland Security Secretary,
1:52.8	Christy Noem, and his borders are Tom Holman to be the faces of this effort.
1:58.7	Holman recently told Fox's Laura Ingram, border security and deportations
2:03.6	to the scale that we've seen is not a one-person job, but a total response.
2:09.6	We're all the arresting people every day. We're doing several operations across the country right
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