Illegal U.S. border crossings drop 35% in Trump's first days in office
In the United States, the number of crossings of the southern border by illegal migrants in the first days of the administration of President Donald Trump has sharply decreased. About it on January 23 reports Fox News with reference to interlocutors in the Department of Homeland Security.
It is noted that the number of illegal border crossings with Mexico in the first three days of the Trump administration is 35% lower than in the last three days of the Biden administration.
From Jan. 17 through Jan. 19, 3,908 cases were detected. On Sunday, Jan. 19, 1,354 migrants entered the U.S. illegally and were apprehended.
From Jan. 20 to Jan. 22, 2025, the number of illegal crossings was 2,523. Meanwhile, 1,073 people entered the U.S. illegally on Jan. 20, 736 on Jan. 21, and 714 on the 22nd.
On the same day, Fox News said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended more than 460 illegal immigrants in the first days of Donald Trump's presidency, including those with convictions for sexual and domestic violence, as well as drug and weapons offenses.
The day before, Trump restricted the right of illegal migrants who entered the U.S. through the southern border. The US President authorized and directed the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the State Department to take all necessary measures to immediately repel the invasion, repatriation and removal of illegal immigrants through the southern border of the country.
On the same day, the media learned of U.S. plans to send thousands of military personnel to protect the border with Mexico. To date, about 2.2 thousand military personnel are already on the border as part of Task Force North in El Paso, Texas.
Before that, on January 21, the curator of border security in the Trump administration Thomas Homan said that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began to detain illegal migrants for their further deportation. At the same time, he noted that ICE actions cannot be called raids, as they are part of targeted law enforcement operations.
Back on January 17, Politico reported that the U.S. presidential team intends to declare a state of emergency to combat illegal migration. It was noted that officials were also working on a decree to abolish the right to U.S. citizenship by birth.
