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HOSTETTLER: Congress Has Been On Recess, But The Trump Administration Has Been Busy

John Hostettler
HOSTETTLER: Congress Has Been On Recess, But The Trump Administration Has Been Busy
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What would your “What I Did on My Summer Vacation” essay look like? More to the point, what would Congress’ look like? While the House and the Senate adjourned for all of August (and had little to show for June and July), the White House was hard at work addressing the crisis at the border.

With three initiatives — the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP), the asylum cooperation agreement with Guatemala, and the interim final rule for migrants requesting asylum at the southern border — the Trump administration has sought to enforce existing law consistently and fairly and to regain control of our borders.

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