{"id":2419088,"date":"2025-04-02T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-celebrate-decline-in-border-arrests-under-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T16:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T20:47:12","slug":"republicans-celebrate-decline-in-border-arrests-under-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-celebrate-decline-in-border-arrests-under-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans celebrate decline in border arrests under Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Frepublicans-celebrate-decline-in-border-arrests-under-trump-washington-examiner%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=2419088&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 article discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-cardona-as-ed-secretary-schools-got-worse-by-every-metric\/\" title=\"With Cardona As Ed Secretary, Schools Got Worse By Every Metric\">critically important decline<\/a> in illegal immigrant arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border, which Republicans attribute to the immigration policies implemented during the Trump governance. In March, only about 7,200 arrests were recorded, marking a stark contrast to 137,000 arrests in March 2024. Republican officials, such as House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green and Senate commitee chair Bill cassidy, expressed their satisfaction with the results, claiming that the southern border has been effectively secured under Trump\u2019s leadership. They noted a 95% decrease in arrests from the previous year, framing it as a fulfillment of Trump&#8217;s campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>However, some immigration analysts disputed the characterization of March\u2019s data as the &#8220;lowest in history,&#8221; arguing that while it is the lowest since 2000, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-a-government-shutdown-could-play-in-the-2024-election\/\" title=\"Impact of government shutdown on 2024 election.\">historical data suggests<\/a> that there were fewer crossings in earlier decades. Critics described the administration&#8217;s narrative as misleading, emphasizing that monthly averages from earlier years may show even lower apprehension rates than those reported in recent months. while Republican leaders celebrate the statistics as a success, the debate over their accuracy highlights the complexity of immigration trends and the interpretation of data in the political arena.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans celebrate decline in border arrests under Trump: &lsquo;Ecstatic&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2079747\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>March recorded the lowest number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">illegal immigrant<\/a> arrests at the southern border in nearly six decades, a point that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republicans<\/a> proudly attributed to the Trump administration&rsquo;s immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>The number of immigrants arrested while attempting to illegally enter the United States last month stood at roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/march-numbers-show-most-secure-border-history-operational-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">7,200<\/a> compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">137,000<\/a> in March 2024, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3367981\/democrats-threaten-sue-greg-abbott-delaying-texas-special-election\/\">Democrats threaten to sue Abbott for delaying Texas special election: &#8216;Don&rsquo;t be a wuss&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3367603\/former-brad-sherman-staffer-jake-rakov-launches-primary-bid-congress-california\/\">Former Brad Sherman staffer launches primary bid against him: &#8216;A new generation of Democrats&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3367516\/watch-live-hakeem-jeffries-holds-press-conference-after-house-gop-rules-vote-fails\/\">WATCH LIVE: Hakeem Jeffries holds press conference after House GOP rules vote fails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) was thrilled about the results that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> had brought about within 100 days of taking office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m ecstatic. We finally secured our southern border,&rdquo; Green told Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday. &ldquo;President Trump did what he promised during the campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128250; NEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMarkGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMarkGreen<\/a> reacts to another month of record-low Southwest border apprehensions under <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>&#8216; leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump did what he promised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More from his conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorningsMaria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MorningsMaria<\/a> &#128071; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a2iKmJ7ZlC\">pic.twitter.com\/a2iKmJ7ZlC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; House Homeland GOP (@HomelandGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HomelandGOP\/status\/1907425329381085580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, noted how significant a drop in arrests CBP has seen year over year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The southern border is getting back under control. March hit a record low for illegal crossings &mdash; just 7,181. That&rsquo;s a 95% drop from last year,&rdquo; Cassidy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenBillCassidy\/status\/1907427359562534926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;This is exactly what Americans asked for.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) pointed to the difference in how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-press-secretary-forgets-biden-signed-executive-order-to-resume-catch-and-release\/\" title=\"White House press secretary forgets Biden signed executive order to resume \u2018catch and release\u2019\">illegal immigrants crossing<\/a> the southern border were handled under the Biden administration versus the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under Border Czar Kamala Harris, illegal aliens were able to stroll through the southern border and were welcomed with buses. Under President @realdonaldtrump, the border is CLOSED, with border crossings down 94% from last March,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tomemmer\/status\/1907467590395678800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> Emmer.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), whose district is on the Texas-Mexico border, cheered on the achievement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;March recorded the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">lowest southwest border crossings<\/a> in history &ndash; averaging just 230 per day,&rdquo; De La Cruz wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/repmonicadlc\/status\/1907515768251588613?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post <\/a>to X. &ldquo;This is the result of President Trump enforcing immigration law, repealing Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-governors-hold-press-conference-on-border-crisis\/\" title=\"GOP governors hold press conference on ... crisis\">disastrous open border policies<\/a>, and allowing Border Patrol Agents to do their job. In less than three months of this Administration, our border is secure, and our nation is protected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) applauded Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for her leadership over the past two months, adding that Trump &ldquo;made no mistake&rdquo; in hiring her.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;1 year ago, a border with American operational control seemed nearly impossible with the way cartels were utilizing Biden&rsquo;s open door policies to their advantage,&rdquo; Stutzman said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> &ldquo;March&rsquo;s numbers, and the work done on the border, might as well be the new operation warp speed with how quickly the administration was able to get the job done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, immigration analysts called the government&rsquo;s portrayal of the March statistics as the lowest in history a mischaracterization.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Office on Latin America&rsquo;s Defense Oversight program director, Adam Isacson, said monthly data is only available going back to 2000, so it is not accurate to say March was the lowest month of all time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;7,180 Border Patrol apprehensions in March is very few. The fewest since 2000, when USBP started reporting monthly data,&rdquo; Isacson wrote in a post to X Wednesday. &ldquo;But monthly averages show that it&rsquo;s not &lsquo;lowest in history.&rsquo; There were fewer migrants in the 50s-60s and before WW II.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">7,180 Border Patrol apprehensions in March is very few. The fewest since 2000, when USBP started reporting monthly data.<\/p>\n<p>But monthly averages show that it&#8217;s not &#8220;lowest in history.&#8221; There were fewer migrants in the 50s-60s and before WW II.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/duZr3EGYC8\">https:\/\/t.co\/duZr3EGYC8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6xvfLClqtf\">https:\/\/t.co\/6xvfLClqtf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xB48kiwQ9l\">pic.twitter.com\/xB48kiwQ9l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Isacson (@adam_wola) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adam_wola\/status\/1907407257349796228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3366190\/democrats-ask-how-many-others-wrongly-deported-to-el-salvador-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DEMOCRATS ASK HOW MANY WERE WRONGLY DEPORTED TO EL SALVADOR PRISON AMID MARYLAND MAN&rsquo;S ARREST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council in Washington, called CBP&rsquo;s comments on the March statistics an &ldquo;outright lie&rdquo; and pointed to previous annual totals that suggest the average monthly arrests may have been lower in 1967.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an outright lie. Here are US Border Patrol statistics going back to 1925. There were multiple years where average monthly apprehensions were below 1,000. The administration can rightfully claim a huge drop in crossings, but they shouldn&#8217;t lie about basic facts like this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wl2YN7A3nN\">https:\/\/t.co\/wl2YN7A3nN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mVxBSF0fFE\">pic.twitter.com\/mVxBSF0fFE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReichlinMelnick\/status\/1907455655004303476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2079747\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2079747\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans rejoice over drop in border arrests under Trump: &#8216;Ecstatic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2419089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/border-patrol-mexico.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33709,3756,3634],"class_list":["post-2419088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-border-security","tag-republicans","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/border-patrol-mexico.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419092,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419088\/revisions\/2419092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2419089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}