{"id":2213372,"date":"2024-04-04T19:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T23:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-sees-rare-decline-in-march-crossings-at-southern-border\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T19:45:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T23:45:42","slug":"border-patrol-sees-rare-decline-in-march-crossings-at-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-sees-rare-decline-in-march-crossings-at-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol experiences unusual drop in March border crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fborder-patrol-sees-rare-decline-in-march-crossings-at-southern-border%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2213372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Border Patrol agents at the southern border\u2063 experienced an unusual decrease in migrant crossings from Mexico in March compared to previous years. Despite the typical spring surge after winter, only 137,000 migrants were apprehended, a slight drop\u200d from the previous month.\u2063 This was a significant deviation from\u200b the usual trend before President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200badministration. Border Patrol agents at the southern border noted a rare reduction in migrant crossings from \u2062Mexico in March compared to previous years. Despite the typical \u2063seasonal increase after winter, only 137,000 migrants were caught, showing a slight decline from the prior month. This \u2063shift is notable \u2062compared to trends before President\u2062 Joe Biden&#8217;s tenure.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Border Patrol agents on the southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a> saw an unusual reprieve in the number of migrants crossing from Mexico in March compared to prior years, a trend that bucks the springtime surge that follows pent-up demand from a winter slowdown in travel.<\/p>\n<p>Border authorities apprehended 137,000 migrants at the 2,000-mile southern border in March, according to federal statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/immigration-migrant-border-crossings-march-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>obtained<\/a> by CBS News. The figure was down slightly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>141,000<\/a> arrests in February, though still far above the average of 30,000 to 50,000 monthly arrests seen in the decade before President Joe Biden\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The decrease in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-patrol\" title>Border Patrol<\/a> arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border in March marked one of two instances in more than two decades in which the number of arrests did not increase as the weather warmed up. <\/p>\n<p>The only other year was in 2020 as the world locked down during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Pew Research Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Deterrence by the United States, state of Texas, and Mexican government may all be factors for the decline.<\/p>\n<p>Three Biden administration officials who spoke with CBS News proposed that Mexico had stepped up immigration enforcement since December, when the White House sent top officials down to Mexico City for bilateral talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat kind of highlights that one of the reasons for the decrease was the government of Mexico\u2019s continued significant enforcement efforts to disrupt some of the transportation networks moving people up to the border,\u201d one Biden official said.<\/p>\n<p>Stateside, Texas has continued its massive border security initiative known as Operation Lone Star. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) launched the initiative in early 2021 as illegal immigrant arrests soared and Border Patrol agents were pulled inside to process people in custody rather than remain out in the field.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2023, Border Patrol agents arrested nearly 250,000 illegal immigrants at the southern border, the highest monthly total in history.<\/p>\n<p>In the three years since Operation Lone Star was launched, federal data reveal that migrants are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2844966\/illegal-immigration-shifting-away-texas-abbott-crackdown\/\" title> increasingly choosing<\/a> not to cross the border in Texas and instead are opting for New Mexico, Arizona, and California.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency that oversees the Border Patrol, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the March border numbers.<\/p>\n<p>CBP does not release monthly data until halfway through the following month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March, Border Patrol agents noticed a rare decline in migrant crossings along the southern border, deviating from the typical spring surge following reduced winter travel. 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