{"id":2394527,"date":"2025-01-23T19:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/numbers-dont-lie-border-encounters-plummet-as-trump-cracks-down\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T19:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T00:40:53","slug":"numbers-dont-lie-border-encounters-plummet-as-trump-cracks-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/numbers-dont-lie-border-encounters-plummet-as-trump-cracks-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers Don\u2019t Lie: Border Encounters Plummet as Trump Cracks Down"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fnumbers-dont-lie-border-encounters-plummet-as-trump-cracks-down%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=2394527&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 \u200cPatrol\u200d officials have\u200c noted a considerable decline in encounters with illegal\u2063 immigrants following President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u200d return\u2062 to office. Reports from the Department of Homeland Security indicate that encounters at the southern border dropped by 35% within\u200b the first few days\u2064 of \u2064Trump&#8217;s\u200b presidency compared to the last days of the Biden \u2064management. Data showed that there \u2063were 1,073 encounters on january 20, the day Trump was inaugurated, which \u2064further decreased to 714 by \u200bJanuary 22,\u2064 totaling 2,523 encounters\u200b over those four days. additionally,the\u200b Office of \u2064Field \u200bOperations\u200b reported a drop in encounters at ports of entry,aligning with \u2063this trend.<\/p>\n<p>This reduction has been\u2064 attributed to Trump&#8217;s immediate policy shifts, including shutting down \u200dthe CBP One mobile\u200b app that facilitated asylum \u2062seekers in scheduling appointments at the \u200bborder. Trump\u2019s executive order on his first day in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">office\u200b emphasized strict immigration enforcement<\/a> against individuals deemed inadmissible.\u2062 The changes have been\u200b characterized as reflective \u2062of &#8220;the Trump effect,&#8221;\u200c with \u2063expectations that these \u200ctrends will continue.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Border Patrol officials are reporting a significant drop in encounters with illegal immigrants in the days after President Donald Trump returned to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Several sources from the Department of Homeland Security d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/border-encounters-drop-sharply-trump-launches-crackdown-illegal-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> with Fox News indicating that encounters at the southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/border-patrol-agent-killed-line-duty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">border<\/a> in the first three days of Trump&rsquo;s presidency are 35 percent lower than those for the final three days of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>There were 1,288 nationwide encounters on Jan. 17. That was followed by 1,266 on Jan. 18 and 1,354 on Jan. 19, a sum of 3,908 encounters.<\/p>\n<p>But on Jan. 20, the day on which Trump took office at noon, there were 1,073 encounters.<\/p>\n<p>The decline continued into Jan. 21, with 736, and it fell to 714 on Jan. 22, a total of 2,523 encounters.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Those figures do not consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-haitian-man-flips-ice-job-biden-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encounters<\/a> at the northern border or through ports of entry.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AliBradleyTV\/status\/1882273497042264102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> obtained by Ali Bradley, who covers border issues for NewsNation, revealed a similar decline in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-elder-if-when-republicans-win-back-congress-then-what\/\" title=\"Larry Elder: If\/When Republicans Win Back Congress \u2014 Then What?\">attempted illegal entries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Field Operations, an agency of Customs and Border Protection that runs ports of entry, reported a decrease in encounters as well.<\/p>\n<p>Between Jan. 17 and Jan. 19, the days before the Biden administration concluded, there were 4,940 encounters from the Office of Field Operations, according to Bradley&rsquo;s sources in the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 20 and Jan. 21, there were 930.<\/p>\n<p>By the evening of Jan. 22, there were only 45.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley said that was because Trump shuttered the CBP One mobile app minutes after taking office.<\/p>\n<p>The app allowed foreigners to schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-asylum-seeking-migrant-stunned-trump-border-policies-go-effect-minute-sworn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointments<\/a> at ports of entry, at which they could claim asylum status and enter the country.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley said roughly one million individuals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/spanish-language-white-house-page-receives-brutal-update-go-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entered<\/a> the country through that program.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security sources described the decline as &ldquo;the Trump effect,&rdquo; saying that the numbers are &ldquo;supposed to look like&rdquo; what they have been in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Trump signed an executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order<\/a> entitled &ldquo;Protecting the American People Against Invasion&rdquo; on his first day in office.<\/p>\n<p>The action said that &ldquo;it is the policy of the United States to faithfully execute the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removable aliens, particularly those aliens who threaten the safety or security of the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump wants the federal government to achieve &ldquo;the total and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-homan-confirms-mass-deportation-operation-is-already-underway-sends-special-message-to-sanctuary-cities\/\" title=\"Tom Homan Confirms Mass Deportation Operation Is Already Underway, Sends Special Message to Sanctuary Cities\">efficient enforcement<\/a> of those laws, including through lawful incentives and detention capabilities,&rdquo; 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Sources from the Department of Homeland Security shared data with Fox News showing that encounters at the southern border during Trump&#8217;s first three days in office were 35% lower than those recorded in the last three days of the Biden administration. On January 17, there were 1,288 encounters, followed by 1,266 on January 18 and 1,354 on January 19, totaling 3,908. However, on January 20\u2014the day Trump was inaugurated\u2014encounters dropped to 1,073 and continued to decline to 736 on January 21 and further down to 714 on January 22 for a total of just over 2,500 encounters.<\/p>\n<p>These figures do not include northern border encounters or those at ports of entry. Additional data from Ali Bradley at NewsNation indicated a similar trend in attempted illegal entries. The Office of Field Operations reported a drop as well; between January 17 and January 19\u2014just before Biden&#8217;s term ended\u2014there were nearly five thousand encounters. In contrast, only about nine hundred occurred on Januarys&#8217; two following days combined.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley attributed part of this decline to Trump\u2019s immediate closure of the CBP One mobile app upon taking office\u2014a tool that allowed individuals to schedule appointments for asylum claims at ports of entry\u2014which had facilitated around one million entries into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Sources within Homeland Security referred to this decrease as &#8220;the Trump effect,&#8221; suggesting that current numbers are expected based on recent trends. 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