The arrests of undocumented immigrants on the border between USA and Mexico They have fallen by 85%, according to the Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The report is one of the first 11 days of the president’s government Donald Trumpinitiated on January 20, and is compared to the same period of the year 2024. What happened?
In its statement, the CBP He did not detail the number of border crossings. Attributed the decrease to the policies implemented by Trump.
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Pete Flores, interim commissioner of the CBPHe said that the decrease in attempts at illegal crossing, along with an increase in undocumented repatriations, It has allowed agents to focus on surveillance and compliance with the law.
The CBP He also reported that He is no longer released in the United States to any of the migrants he intercepts.
A armored vehicle of the American army patrol the border between the United States and Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on January 24, 2025. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP).
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In this way, the country ended with the policy of catch and release To asylum seekers. This passed due to the lack of places in the processing or detention centers.
In addition, the CBP said the number of people considered inadmissible At the border entrance points it fell 93 % in the 11 days after January 20, compared to the previous 11 days.
Telemundo News recalled that the arrival at the border had fallen dramatically since June 2024 The then president Joe Biden He closed it for asylum seekers when arrivals exceeds an average of 2,500 per day.
For its part, the border patrol registered 29,000 arrests of migrants in January 2025, which marks the lowest figure since May 2020.
A month before, in December last year, the arrests were 47,000.
Trump’s migratory measures
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on February 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo of Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
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One of the first orders He signed Trump hours after assuming power was the CBP One application eliminationwhich allowed the Asylum seekers get daily appointments to present their cases, which authorized them to enter USA with a special permit until a judge resolved whether or not they were eligible for asylum status. Meanwhile, they could work.
Trump also signed an order to declare the National emergency on the southern border.
As part of that emergency declaration, the tycoon ordered the chiefs of agencies to relaunch the efforts to “build additional physical barriers along the southern border.”
In addition, through another order He intended to eliminate automatic citizenship for those born in the US of undocumented immigrants, measure that was subsequently blocked by justice.
He president ordered the military “seal borders” He said that the goal was to stop the entry of illicit drugs, the smuggling of people and crime related to border crossings.
Trump also implemented again Stay in Mexicoa immigration policy that forces asylum applicants to wait in Mexico while their cases are resolved in the United States. This program was in force from 2019 until it was suspended in 2022 by Biden.
The president ended an initiative of the Biden government that allowed up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to be taken by air to the United States. Through this policy it was sought to reduce illegal border crossings.
Now everything is calm
One of the cities where immigrants crossed the most is Riverin the state of Texas. At the end of January, Trump sent hundreds of military to this place to help patrol the border.
However, according to The Washington Post, the city is in one of the quieter moments in the last decade. The agents of the Border Patrol sector that includes the river and the neighboring city of Eagle Pass have arrested less than 50 people a day since the end of January, compared to up to 5,000 that were delivered daily in 2023 after crossing the river Big.
In Kinney Texan County, Sheriff Brad Coe told The Washington Post that The place “is so calm that it scares. Calm before the storm “.
Telemundo News explained that it is estimated that almost 300,000 foreigners are in Mexico Waiting to see if the border policy of the United States changes in the coming months.
