Exclusive: The number of migrants that arrive at the southern border Had dropped by more than 60% since President Donald Trump took office last week, new data obtained by Fox News Digital Shows.
There were 7,287 migrant meetings on the southern border in the first seven days (20-26 January) after the inauguration of Trump through both border patrol between access gates and by the Office of Field Operations (OFO) at ports of entry, with a daily average, With a daily average of 1,041 meetings per day.
That is comparable to 20,086 meetings in the seven days in the last days of the Biden administration (13-19 January) Prior to the inauguration of Trump, on average 2,869 meetings per day.
US Army Soldiers patrol the boundary between the US and Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on January 24, 2025. US President Donald Trump ordered 1500 more soldiers to the border with Mexico as part of a flood of steps to tackle immigration, said His spokeswoman on January 22. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty images)
That is equal to more than 63% decrease in the number of meetings on the southern border.
President Trump entered last week and immediately declared one national emergency On the southern border, and ordered the removal of migrants without the possibility of asylum.
He also closed the use of the BIDen era of the BP One app with which migrants can plan agreements when entering input, so that they can be admitted to the US through humanitarian release. The figures suggest that the movements have an impact on both the access gates and those who cross illegally.
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Fox News reported On Monday, fewer than 600 people were illegally crossed to the US on Sunday, and that none of the nine sectors received more than 200 illegal crossings. The Sector of Del Rio – which is the same sector that would maintain more than 4,000 intersections per day during the peak of the border crisis in December 2023 – only registered 60 crossings.
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Trump has sent the US Army to the border, ordered the continuation of the wall construction and has closed extra conditional programs, including the processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.
President-Elect Donald J. Trump and President Joe Biden attend the inauguration of Donald Trump when the 47th president of the United States takes place in the Capitol Rotunda of the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, Monday 20 January 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times/Pool via Getty Images)
Separately, his administration has launched a massive deportation program, so that the daily arrests of more than 1,000 are quickly sustained because raids take place in shrines, including Boston and New York City.
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DHS -Secretary Kristi Name Supervision of one of the raids on Tuesday in New York City and said that immigration and customs enforcement caught “garbage bags” – including an illegal immigrant with kidnapping, abuse and burglary.
Bill Melugin from Fox News has contributed to this report.
