WEST WING READS 09/09/2019 BORDER CROSSINGS DOWN! (Much to Democrats' dismay!)

President Trump’s Plan to Stem Border Crossings Gets Results “President Donald Trump’s plan to force Mexico to stem the flow of migrants across the southwest border of the U.S. appears to be working,” Ted Hesson reports for Politico. “Border arrests, a metric for illegal crossings, plummeted to 51,000 in August, according to preliminary government figures obtained by POLITICO Wednesday, down more than 60 percent since a peak in May. And border watchers say it’s largely because of an agreement Trump struck with Mexico in June.” After President Trump put pressure on Mexico to take action earlier this year, “Mexican authorities, backed by the newly formed National Guard, are now cracking down on migrants traversing Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala, monitoring river crossings and stopping buses carrying migrants from Central America through Mexico.” Click here to read more.

“Anti-Trumpers agree: The president’s trade battle with China is hurting our economy and, in particular, America’s farmers”—but that narrative simply isn’t supported by the facts, Liz Peek writes in The Hill. “The Department of Agriculture recently forecast that net farm income will rise nearly 5 percent this year, to $88 billion . . . Farmers suffered a severe drop in total revenues during the Obama years, collapsing from $484 billion in 2013 to $412 billion in 2016.”

“A study purporting to show that hate crimes increased 226% in counties that hosted rallies for then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016 has been officially debunked,” Ashe Schow reports for The Daily Wire. “Simply applying the same formula as the original academics, two Ph.D. students from Harvard University found that ‘Clinton rallies contribute to an even greater increase in hate crimes incidents than Trump rallies.’”

“Ivanka Trump is scheduled to visit the Alabama Robotics Technology Park in Decatur, Ala. on Tuesday for a workforce development announcement,” Anna Claire Vollers reports for AL.com. “The Administration is committed to ensuring inclusive growth and opportunity in our booming economy by creating pathways for all Americans, regardless of age or background,” to acquire and keep high-paying jobs, Ms. Trump said.

“Combating drug addiction is a personal matter for several members of the Trump administration, said Jim Carroll, director of the U.S. Office of Drug Control Policy, in a Thursday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight,” Robert Kraychik writes. Under President Trump, “we are getting close to $40 billion that we are devoting back to communities to try to turn this crisis around, to try to save more lives,” Carroll said.