The Trump effect on the border

 

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Bill Melugin
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NEW: Per sources, Border Patrol recorded just 582 illegal crossings at the southern border yesterday, with not a single one of the nine sectors hitting 200. I’ve never seen anything this low in all of my border coverage. The numbers were already flat/low in Biden’s final week, bouncing between 1,200-1,400 illegal crossings daily, but the numbers have been falling off a cliff since Trump took office. Last three days January 24 - 665 January 25 - 731 January 26 - 582 To put this into perspective, at the height of the border crisis in December 2023, Border Patrol hit a record high 11,000+ illegal crossings across the border in a single day, with the Del Rio sector alone getting 4,000+. I’m told there were 582 illegal crossings across the southern border yesterday, with only 60 happening in the Del Rio sector. And there are no longer 1,500+ migrants being released at ports of entry via the CBP One cell phone app every single day, as Trump immediately terminated the program. It’s still very early - we’ll see if these incredibly low numbers hold, especially heading into spring.
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There are still too many coming in but this is a good start. If the illegals were taken into custody for illegally entering the country it would probably reduce the numbers even more.  

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