Upon President Donald Trump assuming office in January, illegal migrant apprehensions dropped sharply from more than 2,000 per day to just 786, according to new data. The dramatic change wasn’t by chance — Trump took immediate action to secure the border, proving former President Joe Biden simply chose to allow (and incentivize) the mass invasion.
Border patrol agents apprehended 96,035 migrants in December, but that number plummeted to 61,465 in January, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. According to ABC News, “From Jan. 21 through Jan. 31, the number of U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border dropped 85% from the same period in 2024. … In the 11 days after Jan. 20, migrants apprehended at ports of entry declined by 93%.”
None of this was accidental. As explained by my colleague John Daniel Davidson,…
