House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said over the weekend that the millions of migrants looking to illegally come to the U.S. should reconsider because the wide-open border is closing down.

Johnson made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” while discussing changes that are coming once President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican House and Senate takeover starting in January.

He said that the American people “demanded” that the border be secured “right out of the gates” after the U.S. has been overwhelmed with millions of illegal aliens that have entered over the last four years.

Johnson said that Trump “will use his executive authorities beginning on day one” to address the crisis that the Democrats caused.

Johnson said that Trump will focus on first removing the “dangerous persons that we know are here.”

“There are criminals, known criminals,” he said. “There are known terrorists in the country. There are some who have been apprehended, apprehended for committing violent crimes after they have come across the border illegally.”

He said that Trump wanted to “engage in the largest mass deportation effort probably in history, because that is what is called for.”

“We need to send a message to people around the world that the open door is now being closed and that we are going to restore law and order,” he added. “And I think that’s what the American people are very hopeful and expecting that we will deliver upon. And we will. And President Trump’s committed to it. He’s the leader to do it.”

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to immigrants looking to illegally migrate to the U.S. following years of millions doing so under Biden-Harris: “The open door is now being closed” pic.twitter.com/z6UfP2G9ef

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 17, 2024