It is not every day we hear a longtime liberal like Senator Bernie Sanders speak plainly about the importance of border security. But that is exactly what happened during a recent interview on The Tim Dillon Show. In a surprising turn, Senator Sanders admitted what millions of Americans have known for years: President Donald Trump did a better job securing our nation’s borders than Joe Biden ever did.
Sanders, who has long stood with the far-left on many issues, spoke with a kind of clarity that is often missing from his party. “So long as we have nation-states, you’ve got to have borders,” he said. “If you don’t have any borders, then you don’t have a nation.” That is a truth our Founding Fathers understood clearly. Without borders, we have no country. We have only chaos.
To hear Senator Sanders—someone who twice ran for president as a progressive champion—say that “Trump did a better job” on immigration is no small matter. It shows that even leaders on the left are waking up to the disaster that open-border policies have caused. It also shows just how far President Biden and his allies strayed from common sense during their time in power.
Let us not forget the numbers. Under President Trump, border security was a top priority. In his final year in office, there were about 458,000 migrant encounters along the border. Fast forward to 2023, under Joe Biden, and that number soared to a record-breaking 2.47 million. That is not just a small increase. That is a national emergency.
Senator Sanders, to his credit, did not try to spin the facts. “I’m not going to sit here and tell you that overall [Biden] did a good job — it was not,” he admitted. That is a rare moment of honesty in Washington, and it tells us something important: even those who once mocked border enforcement are now seeing the damage caused by weak leadership and reckless policy.
For years, conservatives have warned that open borders would lead to crime, drugs, and strain on our communities. When President Trump called for a wall and stronger enforcement, the media and Democrats accused him of fear-mongering. But now, even Bernie Sanders admits we have the “technology and manpower” to secure the border—and that we should use it.
This is not about politics. It is about protecting the American people. It is about making sure our children grow up in a nation where laws are respected and borders are defended. A country that cannot control who enters is a country that cannot protect its citizens.
Senator Sanders once called border closures “xenophobic.” He now says securing the border “ain’t that hard to do.” That change in tone is not just striking—it is necessary. Our leaders must stop pretending that border enforcement is cruel or unfair. It is the duty of every nation to protect its people, and America is no exception.
President Trump understood that duty. He placed the safety of Americans above the opinions of global elites and media pundits. He acted with strength, not apology. And now, even some of his loudest critics are forced to admit that his approach worked.
We pray that more leaders will follow Senator Sanders’ lead in telling the truth, even when it goes against their party. The American people deserve honesty. They deserve safety. And they deserve a government that puts their needs first.
As we move forward, let us return to the values that made this country strong—law, order, and national pride. The border is not just a line on a map. It is the front line of our national defense. And it is time we treated it that way again.
