The number of illegal immigrants passing border agents has plummeted more than 90% under President Trump's Armed Show since reclaiming the White House a month ago.
Daily Average – Immigrants detected across borders but avoiding unrestrained fleeing – The tropical border fell to just 132 in early February, down 93% from the average of former Homeland Security President Joe Biden I did. He told Fox News.
“Gotaways” include people discovered by agents, those caught in cameras or sensors, or detected at other remote locations.
According to a Freedom of Information Act request obtained by Fox News, known Gotaways reached 670,674 in 2023.
The actual number of successful border intersections is certainly high, but the drop shows Trump's efforts to seal borders and seal illegal immigrants that take away borders, and Homeland Security The ministry's intelligence department told the Post.
“It's amazing that the former president said he had no ability to do anything, but when the 'bad orange guy' comes in, we're all of a sudden on the record lows,” he said. The source said.
Another Border Patrol source told the post that Gotaway numbers, which DHS normally doesn't reveal to the public, are a breath of fresh air for discouraged law enforcement.
“It's a great feeling to go to work knowing that we can actually enforce the law and that everyone will be sent back to their country,” the agent said.
The Gotaway of the border began to climb when Biden took office in 2021 and surged from around 136,000 in 2020 to over 387,000 in 2021. This is a 65% jump.
Overall, immigration enforcement statistics improved in the first month of Trump's presidency.
According to figures obtained by Fox News, the last week of the Biden administration – January 20-26 – authorities have encountered more than 20,000 immigrants at the tropical border.
After Trump's first week in office, that number plummeted from 63% to around 7,000.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan said 7,300 immigrants had been deported to Mexico, El Salvador, Brazil and Jordan in Trump's first week in office.
