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The newly appointed Border Security Commander, Martin Hewitt, has told us: “We will keep chipping away and undermining their business to the point where that is no longer viable and profitable.”

The UK's first border security commander has pledged to keep "chipping away" a people smugglers' business models until they are no longer profitable.

Meanwhile, the president-elect keeps chipping away at those narrow congressional majorities.

Donald Trump swept to victory on Tuesday by chipping away at groups of voters which Democrats once believed would help them win the White House for a generation.

“It’s still scary thinking about where things will go, but no matter what, he keeps chipping away at it. And the business keeps growing little by little.”