Customs and Border Protection encountered a record-low number of illegal aliens at the southern border on Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Agents “encountered only 200 aliens at the U.S. southern border. That is the lowest number of apprehensions in a single day in over 15 years,” according to a statement from DHS.
In February 2024, daily encounters of illegal aliens at the border averaged over 6,000.
“Under President Donald Trump, the days of open borders are over,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement announcing the number.
“President Trump and Secretary Noem have sent a clear message to illegal aliens: Do not come to our country,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. “You will not be allowed in. And if you get in, we will hunt you down and deport you.”
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