Upon entering office, President Donald J. Trump declared an emergency at the border, sent
thousands of additional troops to the region, shut off the asylum system to illegal crossers and commenced a mass deportation effort all across the country.
Now, illegal crossings along the southern border reached another new low last month as President Trump makes good on his promise to stop the invasion and secure the homeland.
It’s called the “Trump Effect.”
Compared to the same month under Biden, that represents a 95% decrease from 2024 (137,473), a 96% decrease from 2023 (163,672), and a 97% decrease from 2022 (211,181).
The Los Angeles Times reports “migrant crossings have slowed to a near halt” along the California-Mexico border, where Border Patrol agents are making just “30 to 40 arrests per day … down from more than 1,200 per day during the height of migrant arrivals to the region in April.”
Illegal aliens are “scared there are consequences now,” one DHS source told the New York Post, adding “everyone who is caught is charged and does time.”
“Illegal entries into the United States are no longer a backdoor way to getting status,” said another source.
Most of the roughly 7,000 crossings took place in the San Diego and El Paso border sectors, sources told the New York Post.
Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has “maxed out” its detention space and is asking Congress to fund additional beds to support its mass deportation campaign that yielded 32,000 arrests in its first 50 days.
The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to deport Tren de Aragua gangbangers and members of MS-13, 17 of whom were handed over to El Salvador Sunday night, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X.
The latest removals come as the Trump administration continues to pursue a court battle to continue its effort to deport suspected gangbangers to El Salvador’s gang member mega prison.
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