Trump: American Government’s First Duty Is Protecting Citizens, Not Illegal Aliens

In a line that instantly lit up the border debate, President Donald Trump declared that Washington’s top responsibility is to its own people not to those who enter the country illegally. “The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.” For Trump and his supporters, this is the issue in one sentence: the federal government should secure the border, protect American communities from crime and cartel activity, and stop putting the interests of people here illegally ahead of U.S. citizens who pay the bills.