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The Truth with Lisa Boothe

The Truth with Lisa Boothe: Assessing Trump’s Policies and the Future of U.S. Borders with Mark Krikorian

The Truth with Lisa Boothe

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lisa interviews Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, about U.S. immigration policy. They discuss the effectiveness of Trump-era enforcement measures, the concept of self-deportation, and the economic impact of illegal immigration.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:05.0

Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we cut through the noise to try to get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.

0:12.4

So today we're tackling the immigration firestorm head on.

0:17.5

Did you know that there's an estimated 15.4 million illegal aliens in the United States?

0:24.4

So what do we do about them?

0:26.6

President Trump's been pushing for self-deportation and it's working.

0:29.9

He's been cracking down on sanctuary cities, and the stakes really couldn't be higher.

0:35.4

So today we're going to have Mark Krikorian on the show.

0:37.8

He's the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies to unpack the latest moves

0:42.9

from workplace raids to travel bans and so much more. So get ready to dive into the truth

0:48.9

and to get some answers on what we're supposed to do, about 15.4 million illegal aliens.

0:55.8

Stay tuned for Mark Krikorian.

1:01.2

Well, Mark, it's great to have you on this show again.

1:04.1

Obviously, since the last time I've had you on, everything's changed.

1:07.1

President Trump won re-election, and basically the border has been shut down.

1:12.9

If you kind of had to assess sort of like what grade would you give the president so far in his immigration efforts?

1:19.6

How is the Trump administration doing so far?

1:21.6

I give the president an a minus on immigration and the minus is only really because there's there

1:30.0

are things that they need to get moving on like new personnel that have been

1:34.6

slow to you know get appointed or confirmed by the Senate but what they've done

1:39.3

so far is outstanding the first job of course is they have to shut the border

1:43.3

down and that happened

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