{"id":56048,"date":"2025-10-24T13:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/sanders-praises-trump-slams-biden-on-border-youve-got-to-have-borders-period\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:55:22","slug":"sanders-praises-trump-slams-biden-on-border-youve-got-to-have-borders-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/sanders-praises-trump-slams-biden-on-border-youve-got-to-have-borders-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders praises Trump, slams Biden on border: \u2018You\u2019ve got to have borders, period\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a> praised President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration policy during a recent appearance on The Tim Dillon Show, saying Trump “did a better job” securing the border than President Biden and urging Democrats to return to enforcement-focused policy.<\/p>\n

“So long as we have nation-states, you\u2019ve got to have borders,” Sanders said. “If you don\u2019t have any borders, then you don\u2019t have a nation.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added pointedly, “Trump did a better job. I don\u2019t like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border<\/a> and it ain\u2019t that hard to do. Biden didn\u2019t do it.”<\/p>\n

The remarks, aired in the podcast episode on Wednesday and now circulating widely on X and YouTube, mark one of the Vermont independent\u2019s sharpest breaks with his party.<\/p>\n

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“Biden didn\u2019t do it,” he added, faulting several administrations for failing to enforce the law.<\/p>\n

The clip drew immediate attention from across the political spectrum, with the Republican National Committee\u2019s research arm posting it within hours to X.<\/p>\n

Sanders, who ran for president twice on a populist economic platform, has previously broken with his party on immigration enforcement, warning during the 2020 campaign about the risks of “open borders” rhetoric. He said the U.S. has the “technology and manpower” to secure the border but that leaders of both parties have failed to do so.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not going to sit here and tell you that overall [Biden] did a good job \u2014 it was not,” Sanders said.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection logged 2.47 million migrant encounters in fiscal year 2023,<\/a> an all-time high, up from about 458,000 in Trump\u2019s final year.<\/p>\n

The senator made the remarks as he promoted his new book, “Fight Oligarchy,” and fielded Dillon\u2019s pointed questions about what the Democrat Party\u2019s platform should be.<\/p>\n

Sanders\u2019 tone marks a sharp shift from his 2020 campaign, when he dismissed talk of a “border crisis” and accused Trump<\/a> of “demonizing immigrants.”<\/p>\n

During a March 2020 Fox News town hall, Sanders said he “would not close the borders” even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, calling border shutdowns “xenophobic.”<\/p>\n

In January 2019, as Trump in his first term as president made a prime-time case that a border crisis required urgent action, Sanders downplayed the situation, saying at the time “we don\u2019t need to create artificial crises” at the border.<\/p>\n

Given that history, Sanders\u2019 new tone represents a striking reversal. By saying “it ain\u2019t that hard” to secure the border and urging Democrats to “have a border,” the Vermont independent is echoing long-standing conservative arguments.<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital has reached out to Sanders\u2019 office for additional comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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