Customs and Border Protection (CBP) senior adviser Ron Vitiello told Newsmax Friday that, under President Donald Trump, “the nonsense at the border is over.” He urged Congress to “solidify the gains” that have been made by passing a budget bill to fund the president’s border security priorities.

“This is an opportunity for the Congress to backstop the ideals of the president: securing the border; making the streets safe in America; giving the men and women of the front line the tools, the resources, the equipment that they need to continue to be successful,” Vitiello said on “Wake Up America.”

He outlined a number of things that CBP has done since Trump took office, including shutting down the CBP One app that helped migrants schedule asylum appointments; collaborating with the Defense, State and Justice departments to secure the border; and prosecuting and removing criminal migrants.

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