Donald Trump’s return to the presidency hasn’t just returned illegal border crossings to the level seen in his first term. The new focus on border security and immigration enforcement has driven illegal crossings to levels not seen since Bill Clinton’s final year in office.
According to CBS News this weekend, crossings in the entire month of February comes to the level of an average day during Joe Biden’s presidency:
The number of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border illegally in President Trump’s first full month in office plunged to a level not seen in at least 25 years, according to preliminary government data obtained by CBS News.
Last month, Border Patrol recorded about 8,450 apprehensions of migrants who crossed into the country unlawfully between official entry points along the U.S.-Mexico border, the statistics show.
On some days during…
