Migrant border encounters under Trump continue to dwarf Biden's record highs

Illegal migrant borderline encounters person plummeted since President Donald Trump took bureau successful January and proceed to inclination astatine grounds lows compared to this clip past twelvemonth nether erstwhile President Joe Biden.

For instance, determination were conscionable 32 encounters successful El Paso, Texas, connected Thursday, compared to 1,134 encounters connected the aforesaid time successful 2024, according to Border Patrol sources. That equates to a 97% reduction.

In Tucson, Arizona, yesterday, determination were 59 apprehensions compared to 1,222 connected the aforesaid time past twelvemonth nether Biden, a 95% reduction, portion San Diego saw 36 apprehensions connected Thursday compared to 908 connected the aforesaid time successful 2024, a 96% decrease. 

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In total, determination were conscionable 254 apprehensions crossed the confederate borderline connected Thursday, compared to 4,229 connected the aforesaid time past year, a 94% reduction.

The figures travel aft Trump announced earlier this period that apprehensions fell to 8,326 successful the full period of February, his archetypal afloat period successful office, which helium said is simply a record-setting low. The fig marks a 96% driblet from the highs of the Biden medication successful December 2023.

Following the announcement, Trump defiantly declared that the borderline is present closed and that each of those borderline crossers would beryllium rapidly ejected oregon prosecuted for crimes against the United States.

Illegal migrant borderline encounters person plummeted since President Donald Trump, right, took bureau successful January and proceed to inclination astatine grounds lows compared to this clip past twelvemonth nether erstwhile President Joe Biden. (Getty Images)

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"This means that precise fewer radical came – The Invasion of our Country is OVER," Trump wrote. "Anyone who tries to illegally participate the U.S.A. volition look important transgression penalties and contiguous deportation."

Biden repeatedly had azygous days erstwhile apprehensions ranged from 8,000 to 10,000 migrants, with his highest azygous period being December 2023, erstwhile 249,785 Border Patrol apprehensions were recorded. 

Former President Joe Biden oversaw unprecedented levels of amerciable migration and migrants astatine the confederate border. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta and Fox News)

One azygous time of apprehensions nether Biden during the tallness of the borderline situation was repeatedly much than Trump's full archetypal period successful office.

The immense driblet came contempt Congress passing nary caller migration legislation.

Biden said during his word successful bureau that helium needed a caller measure to tackle the unprecedented influx of migrants pouring crossed the confederate border, but a measure ne'er crossed his desk. Trump’s 2nd term, overmuch similar his first, has consisted of enforcement orders, enforcing existent laws and hard-line messaging to clamp down connected amerciable crossings.

Trump has besides signed orders ending birthright citizenship, suspending exile admissions, ending the usage of an app astatine the confederate borderline to admit migrants via humanitarian parole and resuming borderline partition construction.

Trump’s hard-line attack to amerciable migration was a cardinal run committedness and his medication has besides been arresting and deporting transgression amerciable migrants crossed the state nether the enactment of borderline czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

A radical of much than 100 migrants attempted to participate the U.S. illegally by rushing done a borderline partition connected March 21, 2024. (James Breeden for New York Post / Mega)

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Elsewhere yesterday, Del Rio and the Rio Grande Valley saw 36 and 35 encounters respectively, compared to 207 and 372 respectively nether Biden past year, the sources said. 

There were 32 apprehensions successful Laredo yesterday, six successful Yuma, 3 successful Big Bend and 2 successful El Campo. 

On the aforesaid time past year, determination were 127 apprehensions successful Laredo, 269 successful Yuman, 41 successful El Campo and 19 successful Big Bend.

Fox News’ Bill Melugin, Michael Lee and Aleandra Koch contributed to this report