{"id":2272870,"date":"2024-06-20T17:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-border-crossings-drop-to-third-lowest-level-under-biden-in-may\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T17:55:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:55:42","slug":"illegal-border-crossings-drop-to-third-lowest-level-under-biden-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-border-crossings-drop-to-third-lowest-level-under-biden-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"May sees third-lowest illegal border crossings under Biden"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fillegal-border-crossings-drop-to-third-lowest-level-under-biden-in-may%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=2272870&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>The Biden administration saw\u200d a \u2063significant reduction in the number of immigrants \u200barrested for entering the\u200c U.S. illegally from Mexico, with figures\u200b dropping to 117,906 in May, the third-lowest in \u200c40 months. This decline is notable considering such arrests usually increase during warmer months. Previous\u200b months had \u2064considerably higher \u200cnumbers, with\u200c about 128,000\u2064 arrests in April \u2064and close to\u200c 250,000 in December 2023. Additionally, approximately\u200b 119,000 immigrants were either turned away or admitted \u200cunder \u2063parole\u200c programs at ports of entry. <\/p>\n<p>This\u2064 decrease in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">illegal crossings<\/a> defies the usual trend of rising\u200b arrests during\u2062 spring and summer, which\u200d has been consistent over the past two decades. Immigration experts and \u2064a \u200dcongressman\u2063 suggest\u200c that the decline can be attributed to new enforcement measures by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and actions taken by the Mexican government. Representative Tony Gonzales criticized President \u2063Biden&#8217;s approach to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">border security<\/a>,\u200c contrasting it \u200bwith Governor Abbott\u2019s initiatives, which he believed prioritizes the safety and interests of\u2063 Texans.  <\/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>The Biden administration received welcome news in May as the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immigrants<\/a> arrested entering the United States illegally from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mexico<\/a> dropped to the third-lowest level in 40 months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/customs-and-border-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a> data published Thursday showed that 117,906 immigrants were apprehended by border agents last month after they tried to enter the country between the ports of entry. The government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/nationwide-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>data<\/a>, which comes at a time of year when crossings normally spike, confirms the <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s<\/em> exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3030601\/illegal-immigrant-arrests-may-defies-odds-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reporting<\/a> on June 6, which previewed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-unaccompanied-minors-crossing-border-on-pace-to-shatter-records\/\" title=\"Number Of \u2018Unaccompanied Minors\u2019 Crossing Border On Pace To \u2018Shatter\u2019 Records\">unreleased data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The figure is down from more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">128,000<\/a> in April and nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">250,000<\/a> in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>An additional 119,000 immigrants attempted to enter through a port of entry but were not allowed or were admitted through parole programs the Biden administration has put into place to keep immigrants from entering unlawfully.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s ability to keep arrests down defies trends as more migrants have historically attempted to travel to the U.S. during the springtime and summer months and the number of arrests has risen every year over the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration experts and one congressman who <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9668uOEZns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>spoke<\/a> with the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>this month pointed to different reasons for the shift: actions the state of Texas and the government of Mexico have each taken since the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who represents more than 40% of the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, attributed the decline in crossings to Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s (R-TX) beefing up of enforcement at his state\u2019s border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden made it clear from his first day in office that border security is on his back burner. He abandoned the communities I represent, and has repeatedly ignored our calls for help,\u201d Gonzales said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> \u201cGovernor Abbott on the other hand has put Texans first, and tackled illegal immigration head-on. We\u2019re seeing the positive results of our state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-did-this-to-ourselves-victim-of-brutal-portland-attack-regrets-defund-the-police\/\" title=\"Regretful victim of 'brutal' Portland attack blames 'Defund the Police'\">efforts play<\/a> out \u2014 now we need the federal government to follow suit, enforce against illegal crossings, and finish the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Trevino of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas<\/a> Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank, said the dip was \u201clikely a combination of Texas border-security efforts and also AMLO-Biden election-year collusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador\u2019s incoming successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, was elected on June 2 and will take office in October.<\/p>\n<p>Trevino alleged Lopez Obrador\u2019s administration and the incoming Sheinbaum administration, both from the leftist Morena political party, may be helping reduce migration through Mexico to boost President Joe Biden\u2019s chances in November when he is expected to take on presumptive GOP nominee former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mexican regime understands very well that its interest lies in a Biden reelection, and they\u2019ll do their part to make it happen,\u201d Trevino said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adam Isacson, defense oversight director for the nonprofit human rights group Washington Office on Latin America,\u00a0suggested Mexico as being the more important of factors that have caused migration to stay at its current level since January after Biden administration officials visited with Lopez Obrador\u2019s administration in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe change in Mexico seems to coincide with December: the 12\/27 Blinken\/Mayorkas visit to AMLO in CdMx, and the closure of a few ports of entry so that CBPO\u2019s could help BP with processing, which dealt a big economic blow to Mexico that they don\u2019t want to suffer again,\u201d Isacson said in a text message on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May, the Biden administration saw a significant decrease in illegal border crossings from Mexico, with arrests dropping to the third-lowest in 40 months. 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