The president of the United States, Donald Trump, reported March 1 considerable reduction of border crossings During February, the first full month of his mandate, and ended the “invasion”, the way in which he usually refer to the arrival of migrants to American soil.
At the moment, the United States Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP, in English) has not yet published the official data of February, but Trump said on social networks that There were 8,326 arrests of people who They crossed the border irregularly.
That figure is a 94 % reduction compared to 140 thousand 641 arrests which were recorded in February 2024, under the mandate of Joe Biden.
“This means that Very few people came – The invasion of our country has ended“, The Republican celebrated in a publication on its Truth Social platform.
Trump came to power on January 20 with the promise of carrying out a Mass deportation of migrants, to those who usually call “criminals.”
It is estimated that more than 11 million people live in the United States without legal statusmany of which have been in the country for decades and suppose a significant part of the workforce.
Among other issues, the Republican has militarized the borderhas ordered raids in various parts of the United States, has revoked migratory benefits for various nationalities and has agreed with Caracas the resumption of deportation flights to Venezuela.