It's hard not to laugh when White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defends President Donald Trump's fanciful and counterproductive attempt to "close the border" by saying Trump's No. 1 concern is the safety and lives of Americans. Oh, really?
Let's start with the border. Threatening to "close the border," an impossibility, only prompts panic and an increase in border crossings. Cutting off aid to three Central American countries, as Trump plans to do, will make violence there worse and increase the flow of desperate people.
"Yes, illegal border crossings at the southwest border are on the rise, but they are still very low by historical standards, running at 44,000 per month over the past year (and 66,000 in February.