West Wing Reads
Illegal Immigrant Crossings Fall 78% and Once Overcrowded Cells are Empty
“There are a lot of statistics Mark A. Morgan, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, uses to show how Trump policies have helped
to cut illegal immigration into the United States”—but there are two that he thinks really make that accomplishment clear, Paul Bedard reports for
the Washington Examiner.
"First is daily apprehensions, a number that hit 4,600 at the height of the latest crisis in May. That has now dropped to 1,300. What’s more, he
said, the 21-daily average is below 1,000, a 78% cut."
Second, detention facilities that once had five times more illegal immigrants in custody than beds available are now well below capacity. That’s
good news for American citizens, legal immigrants, victims of human smuggling, and our law enforcement officers.
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