General Kelly is doing a great job at the border. Numbers are way down. Many are not even trying to come in anymore.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2017

Trump tweet from last March. “Numbers are way down. Many are not even trying to come in anymore.”

Why is there suddenly an urgent need to deploy the National Guard. What went wrong that we are now in such imminent peril?https://t.co/FWFoLGLBmS

— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) April 4, 2018