President Donald Trump's border czar says he can't remember fewer illegal southern border crossings than what's occurring after nearly one month of the new administration.
NEWSMAX -- Tom Homan took to social media Monday to give a status update on the U.S.-Mexico border, which saw a record number of illegal crossings under former President Joe Biden.
"In the last 24 hours the U.S. Border Patrol has encountered a total of 229 aliens across the entire southwest border. That is down from a high of over 11,000 a day under Biden. I started as a Border Patrol Agent in 1984, and I don't remember the numbers ever being that low. President Trump promised a secure border and he is delivering," Homan posted on X.
Arrests for illegal crossings have fallen dramatically from an all-time monthly high of 250,000 in December 2023, perhaps most strikingly in the Rio Grande Valley, the epicenter for migrant arrivals from 2013 to 2022.