Since President Donald Trump took office in January, encounters at illegal immigrant borders have plummeted, continuing to trend at record lows compared to this time under former President Joe Biden last year.
For example, there were just 32 encounters in El Paso, Texas on Thursday, compared to 1,134 encounters on the same day in 2024, according to Border Patrol sources. That amounts to a 97% reduction.
In Tucson, Arizona, there was 59 anxiety compared to 1,222 on the same day last year, a 95% decline, while San Diego saw 36 anxiety compared to 908 on the same day in 2024.
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In total, there was just 254 anxiety at the southern border on Thursday, compared to 4,229 on the same day last year, but a 94% cut.
The numbers come after Trump announced earlier this month that he had dropped to 8,326 in his first inauguration month for a month in February. This figure shows a 96% drop from the Biden administration's high in December 2023.
Following the announcement, Trump rebelliously declared that borders would be closed and that all mating members of these borders would be immediately expelled or charged for crimes against the United States.
The encounters at illegal immigration borders have plummeted since President Donald Trump took office in January and continued trending at record lows compared to this year under former President Joe Biden last year. (Getty Images)
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“This means that a very small number of people have come. Our country's invasion is over,” Trump wrote. “Anyone who attempts to enter the United States illegally will face serious criminal penalties and immediate deportation.”
Biden was one day of concerns ranged from 8,000 to 10,000 immigrants, and his best month was December 2023 when 249,785 Border Patrol arrests were recorded.
Former President Joe Biden oversaw unprecedented levels of illegal immigration and immigration at the tropical border. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta and Fox News)
A day of unrest under Biden during the border crisis has been repeated over and over the entire first month of Trump.
A major decline occurred despite Congress not passing the new immigration law.
Biden said during his term that he needed a new bill to tackle an unprecedented influx of immigrants pouring across the southern border, but the bill didn't cross his desk. Trump's second term, like his first term, consists of executive orders, and hard-line messaging to enforce current laws and close illegal intersections.
Trump has also signed an order to end birthright citizenship, stopped hospitalizations for refugees, granted immigration via humanitarian parole, and ended the use of the app at the tropical border to resume construction of border walls.
Trump's hard-pressed approach to illegal immigration is a key campaign promise, and his administration has also arrested and deported criminal illegal immigrants across the country under the leadership of border border Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noem.
A group of over 100 immigrants attempted illegally into the United States on March 21, 2024 by running through the border wall. (New York Post/Mega's James Breeden)
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Yesterday, Del Rio and Rio Grande Valley saw 36 and 35 encounters, respectively, in Biden last year, compared to 207 and 372, respectively, sources said.
Yesterday I had 32 fears in Laredo, with six in Yuma, three in Big Bend and two in El Campo.
On the same day last year, there were 127 fears in Laredo, with 269 in Yuman, 41 in El Campo and 19 in Big Bend.
Fox News' Bill Melgin, Michael Lee and Aleandra Koch contributed to this report
