US political commentator Ryan Girdusky has praised Donald Trump's immigration policies, saying the new President "fills us with hope" as he implements sweeping changes.
"If you make it inconvenient for people to be here, they will leave. If they have no promise of Asylum or amnesty or work permits or welfare they will leave," Girdusky said.
The comments come as Trump begins to make what Girdusky called "real fundamentally long-standing change in the United States" just days into his presidency.
President Trump signed an executive order targeting illegal immigration through America's southern border, the White House announced earlier this week.
Ryan Girdusky said that Trump is looking to make fundamental changes to immigration
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The measure specifically aims to prevent the "physical entry of aliens engaged in an invasion of the United States" according to the White House press release.
Girdusky told GBN America: "If you make it inconvenient for people to be here they will leave, and if they have no promise of Asylum, amnesty, work permits or welfare they will leave.
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"I think that Trump has nothing to lose at this point and there are a number of people around him who have made this their goal in life, to make a real fundamentally long-standing change in the United States. It's only been a day or two so we'll see how it goes."
He added: "He does give us hope there's no question about it, I mean there's no previous Republican president who would have picked a JD Vance as vice president. It just wouldn't have happened.
"George W Bush didn't even consider doing all this that Trump is doing right now it's remarkably different, we can go all the way back to Reagan but that's talking 40-something years ago. It was a different country.
"It's a different place you're talking about, a different planet even. So I think that Trump represents a change.
Donald Trump plans to crack down on illegal immigration REUTERS"What happens both underneath Trump as far as lower level Republicans go or post-Trump after he retires, because he can only run for one last term, is a different question.
"I think a lot of Republicans realise his popularity but who knows how they actually feel.
"Some will also believe in this fundamental transformation, I'm sure many do not and they're just grunting and bearing because they realize how popular a President he is among the people."
The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Department of State have been directed to take immediate action under the order.
He said that the president "fills us with hope"
ReutersWhile specific details of the measures were not outlined in the press release, the order signals an intensification of federal border control efforts.
The move underscores what the Trump administration has described as a crisis at the border.
"Within moments of my inauguration, we will begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history," Trump had declared earlier in January 2024.
