The number of undocumented immigrants crossing into the United States from Mexico has declined by 40 percent from January to February. The Department of Homeland Security State has reported this news on late Wednesday.

According to Mail Online the number of illegal border crossings at the southern border has dropped to 18,762 in February from 31,578 in January. The downturn came after President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20 vowing to deport many of the estimated11 million illegal's in the United States.

US Customs and Border Protection Agency secretary, John Kelly said, the compiled data historically sees a 10 percent to 20 percent increase in apprehensions of immigrants from January to February. The result came after the U.S President Donald Trump decision against Mexico.

Reuters has reported that Trump has ordered the construction of a wall on Jan.25 along the roughly2, 000-mile U.S-Mexico border. He moved to strip federal funding from 'sanctuary' states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants and expanded the force of U.S immigrant's agents.

"This drop in apprehensions shows a marked change in trends, " said Kelly. Trump took office on January 20. He stressed that the sharp decline means fewer people are taking the huge risk of putting their fate in the hands of human traffickers.

The news report has stated that during his campaign, Trump appalled Mexicans and many Americans by referring to Mexicans who crossed the border illegally into the U.S as drug dealers and criminals. Latinos are the largest US minority; most U.S Hispanic is of Mexican decent or immigrants from Mexico.

However, this year U.S immigrant's officials have already shut down emergency processing centers in South Texas. That, they opened in December to handle in influx of families.

Meanwhile, in December so many families were crossing the border illegally. But the ICE was forced to release hundreds to create bed space for new detainees.

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