Voters Sent a Message on Prices. They Did Not Vote to Reopen the Border.

The White House and DHS say immigration enforcement will not slow down after Tuesday's defeat. That is the right call — as long as the focus stays on criminals, employers who break the law and the kitchen-table issues that actually cost Republicans the House.

By Clara Hughes

The ballots were barely counted before the usual chorus began: Republicans lost, so President Trump must abandon the border. The administration's answer came Sunday, and it was blunt. "This administration will not slow down its efforts to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens who terrorize our communities," the White House said in a statement to the BBC. Spokeswoman Lauren Bis added: "There has never been a President stronger on immigration enforcement than President Trump." The Department of Homeland Security said the same thing in plainer English. "ICE is NOT backing away or slowing down," a DHS spokesperson told CBS News. Good. A party that loses an election should learn the right lessons, not the ones its opponents hand it. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: what the exit polls actually say about immigration, why the administration's own post-mortem points to prices