TRUMP EFFECT: Migrant Border Encounters Drop 38 Percent from Biden’s Last Full Month in Office

February 19, 2025 MeighTimbol News 0
BREITBART | Published February 19, 2025

The apprehension of migrants illegally crossing the border from Mexico along the U.S. southwest border fell by nearly 38 percent in January as Donald Trump was sworn in as president. President Trump took the oath of office on January 20.

During President Joe Biden’s last full month in office (December), Border Patrol agents encountered more than 47,000 migrants, according to the February Southwest Land Border Encounters report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In January, the number of migrant encounters fell to 29,116, representing a decrease of more than 38 percent.

During President Biden’s inaugural month, January 2021, agents apprehended more than 75,000 migrants. The numbers dramatically increased from that point, peaking at nearly 250,000 apprehensions in December 2023.

The San Diego Sector continues to be the busiest of the nine southwest border sectors, with just under 6,400 migrants apprehensioned, down by more than 74 percent from one year ago.

The Rio Grande Valley Sector in Texas moved into the second-place spot with the apprehension of nearly 6,000 migrants. This is down from more than 7,300 one year ago.

The El Paso, Tucson, and Del Rio Sectors rounded out the top five sectors with 4,871, 4,727, and 3,467 migrant encounters, respectively. The Tucson Sector documented the most significant decrease in migrant encounters in January, as the numbers fell by nearly 91 percent from last year’s 50,560 encounters.

Reports posted on X by Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez show that border encounters in February are averaging about 328 per day. If this number holds through the end of the month, migrant encounters for February could be as low as 9,200.

This would be a record low in CBP reports dating back to the last full year of the Clinton administration (FY2000). The previous low occurred during President Trump’s third full month in office (April 2017) when agents encountered 11,127 migrants.

 

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REUTERS | Published February 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. Border Patrol arrested 29,000 migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in January, the agency said on Tuesday, signaling that a drop in crossings over the past year could continue under President Donald Trump.
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The arrest tally in January was the lowest level since May 2020 and down from 47,000 in December, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures.
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Trump, a Republican, issued an array of executive orders after taking office on January 20 to crack down on illegal immigration, surging military troops to assist with border security and blocking migrants from claiming asylum. At the same time, he took steps to ramp up deportations of migrants already in the U.S.

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Former President Joe Biden, a Democrat, grappled with record numbers of migrants caught crossing the border, a trend that peaked at 250,000 arrests in December 2023.
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Biden in June 2024 restricted the ability of migrants crossing illegally to claim asylum and worked with Mexico and other nations to limit illegal immigration, leading to a dramatic drop in arrests. At the same time, Biden opened new legal entry programs that his administration said discouraged illegal crossings.

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Pete Flores, acting CBP commissioner, said in a statement that fewer crossings meant “more officers and agents are now able to conduct the enforcement duties that make our border more secure and our country safer.”
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The falloff in migrant arrests in January came even as Trump ended several of Biden’s legal entry programs. The programs included one that allowed migrants in Mexico to use an app known as CBP One to schedule an appointment to request legal entry.

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Trump’s sudden shutdown of the app-based program left migrants with scheduled appointments stranded in Mexico and unsure of next moves.

 

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SOURCE: www.reuters.com

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