Migrant Arrests at US-Mexico Border Lower Than When Trump Left Office

Jan 07, 2025 View Original Article
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52% : Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, said on Sunday that Trump will need $100 billion for the effort, more than the entire budget of many federal agencies.
43% : It is also below the 71,000 migrant arrests made in December 2020 as Trump concluded his 2017-2021 presidency.
38% : Trump, a Republican, returns to the White House on Jan. 20 promising to crack down on illegal immigration and deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
34% : The number of migrants arrested illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in December was lower than when President-elect Donald Trump ended his first term in 2020, according to preliminary figures shared with Reuters, a relative calm that Trump could upend with sweeping changes.
22% : Doris Meissner, a senior fellow with the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute, said Biden is poised to hand Trump the most "quiet and stable border" in years, a situation that could change if Trump blows it up without an effective replacement.
22% : Trump has taken a combative approach to relations with Mexico and Canada, promising 25% tariffs on all imports until the countries clamp down further on illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking.
6% : Trump's transition team spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt criticized high levels of illegal immigration during Biden's presidency and said in a statement that Trump "will use every level of executive and legislative power to secure the border, mass deport illegal criminals, and put American citizens first.

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