President Joe Biden received a boost to his reelection campaign with the announcement of figures showing an almost 30% decrease in border arrests last month.
In June, illegal Mexican entry arrests into the U.S. decreased by 29% year over year to reach their lowest monthly level since President Biden began his presidency, according to data provided by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). There were 83.536 total arrests during June compared with 117 901 during May; CBP reports this is the lowest total count since January 2021!
Following this decline in border arrests, a Gallup poll demonstrated that approximately 55% of American supporters favor former President Donald Trump’s push to reduce immigration levels.
Biden implemented new executive actions to prevent an imminent border crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and arrest rates have dramatically declined as a result.
CBP data indicates a remarkable drop in encounters with migrants following President 2024’s Presidential Proclamation issued June 4, which temporarily suspended certain noncitizen entry across the southern border.
Immigration remains one of the top five concerns for voters heading into November’s presidential election.
Recent border security measures have had an extremely beneficial impact on U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions from May to June – leading to a 29% drop and more than 50 decrease in seven day average between announcement and end of month; doubled rate of noncitizen removal,” according to Troy A Miller (CBP official overseeing these efforts).
Miller noted: “We are actively cooperating with international partners in an effort to combat transnational criminal organizations that profit from trafficking activities while placing human lives at risk,” according to him.
Data provided by CBP sheds light on the consequences of President Biden’s controversial decision to temporarily suspend asylum claims.
Encounters at the Southwest Border have fallen by 50% over the past six weeks, with Border Patrol encounters now below 1,900 per day on average.
U.S. officials reported that arrests have already declined significantly from their December peak of 250,000 arrests due to increased enforcement efforts from Mexican authorities, according to U.S. reports.
Significant decreases were witnessed among different nationalities, most significantly among Mexicans who were affected by the suspension of asylum claims and Chinese nationals who travel by land after flying into Ecuador and leaving by land to reach U.S. borders after traveling via Ecuador.
San Diego had the highest arrest count among all nine Border Patrol sectors bordering Mexico, followed by Tucson in Arizona.
CBP One was used by over 41,000 legal aliens entering the U.S. legally through legal immigration from July to November last year and since its introduction on January 23, has completed 680,500 appointments successfully.
Nearly one half-million individuals from four countries entered under an immigration policy that allows two-year stays, requires financial sponsorship, and air arrivals – including 104,130 Cubans, 194,027 Haitians, 86101 Nicaraguans and 110541 Venezuelans according to CBP data.