Border encounters drop sharply as Trump launches crackdown on illegal immigration

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. confederate border has seen a crisp driblet successful amerciable migrant encounters successful the archetypal days of the Trump administration, compared to the last fewer days of the Biden administration, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) root tells Fox News Digital.

The fig of Border Patrol encounters astatine the confederate borderline successful the archetypal 3 days of the Trump medication is 35% little than the last 3 days of the Biden administration, the root said. The numbers bash not see encounters astatine the bluish border, oregon encounters astatine ports of introduction by CBP's Office of Field Operations.

On Jan 17, determination were 1,288 encounters nationwide, past 1,266 connected Jan 18 and 1,354 connected Jan 19. That is 3,908 encounters successful total.

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President Donald Trump holds a papers connected the time helium issues enforcement orders and pardons for January 6 defendants successful the Oval Office astatine the White House, January 20, 2025. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Trump took bureau connected the 20th, erstwhile determination were 1,073 encounters. It past declined further to 736 encounters connected the 21st and again to 714 connected the 22nd – making up 2,523 encounters.

Numbers fluctuate sharply astatine the borderline connected a regular and play basis, but numbers person been comparatively debased since June, erstwhile President Biden signed an enforcement bid limiting asylum. That followed a historical migrant situation from 2021 that had shattered records repeatedly.

Migrants seeking asylum successful the United States who antecedently requested an assignment connected the CBP One Mobile application, are silhouetted arsenic they queue astatine El Chaparral borderline crossing toward the U.S. to be their appointment, successful Tijuana, Mexico January 18, 2025.  (REUTERS/Jorge Duenes)

President Donald Trump implemented further restrictions. On taking office, helium signed orders declaring a nationalist exigency astatine the border, deploying the subject to the borderline and ended the usage of the CBP One app to process migrants astatine ports of introduction via humanitarian parole.

His medication has besides launched a wide deportation operation, with ICE agents progressive successful aggregate cities and states crossed the United States.

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The Department of Homeland Security has besides issued memos rescinding limits placed connected ICE by the Biden administration, ordering a reappraisal of parole, and expanding the usage of expedited removal for recently-arrived amerciable immigrants.

Trump’s medication has besides moved to reconstruct borderline partition operation and reinstate the Remain-in-Mexico policy, which requires migrants to enactment successful Mexico for the duration of their asylum cases.

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Trump besides signed an enforcement bid ending birthright citizenship for amerciable immigrants -- a determination which rapidly sparked a suit from astir two twelve Democratic-led states.

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Although the information is preliminary, little numbers volition apt substance speculation astir a "Trump effect," successful which migrants are discouraged from making their mode to the borderline if they judge they are little apt to beryllium admitted, oregon much apt to beryllium deported if they are.