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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said former President Donald Trump will move quickly to tighten laws against illegal immigration if he wins the White House.
The No. 2 House Republican leader told Fox News Digital that he met with Trump earlier this year at Mar-a-Lago, where the two discussed priorities for the first 100 days of a new administration – provided the GOP sweeps Congress and the White House.
Among the priorities, in addition to economic and energy initiatives, is the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“President Trump can do a number of things on his own that he has talked about,” Scalise said Friday.
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House Majority Leader Scalise, top inset, spoke with Fox News Digital about what the first 100 days would look like with a GOP Congress and White House. (Getty Images)
He said Trump would likely reinstate his Migrant Protection Protocols, better known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forced asylum-seekers to wait on the Mexican side of the U.S. southwestern border while their cases were being adjudicated. Multiple human rights groups have criticized the policy as inhumane, and the Biden administration dropped it in 2021.
Scalise also expects Trump to cease all “catch-and-release” policies at the border.
“We know that it’s causing crime problems in every community, drug problems, the fentanyl that the drug cartels are bringing in,” Scalise said.
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A Republican-majority Congress would support Trump’s crackdown, he said, noting Capitol Hill’s role in funding federal projects and programs.
“Things like building more wall – that’s something we worked with President Trump to do. We built over 500 miles of wall. Joe Biden ended that on day one,” Scalise said.
“We also want to fund some more tools for our Border Patrol agents, things like drone…
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