Joe Biden Border Crackdown Sees Massive Drop in Migrant Arrests, Down 29% in June

Despite claims that the border is getting overwhelmed, the numbers are indicating that President Joe Biden's new border policy has been working as migrant arrests have gone down by 29% in June, which is the lowest since Biden first took office.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released the numbers for the month of June. It revealed that they only arrested a total of 83,536 migrants who tried to cross the border illegally. This is down 29% from May, which saw 117,901 arrests. This is thanks to fewer and fewer people trying to cross the border since Biden announced the crackdown, which restricted people from claiming asylum.

The numbers also showed that the seven-day average of daily arrests fell more than half by the end of June since Biden first announced the new asylum restrictions. In these restrictions, migrants cannot claim asylum unless daily arrests fall to 1,500 for several days straight.

"Recent border security measures have made a meaningful impact on our ability to impose consequences for those crossing unlawfully," Troy Miller, acting Customs and Border Protection commissioner, told the Associated Press.

However, even before the new asylum restrictions were applied, migrant arrests along the US-Mexico border had been falling thanks to Mexico also implementing harsh restrictions on these migrants, busing them to the Mexico-Guatemala border after they had been apprehended, making them repeat their long and dangerous trek across the country all over again.

There were also sharp declines in migrant arrests among all nationalities, including Mexicans, who had been affected by the asylum restrictions the most, as well as Chinese immigrants, who usually fly to Ecuador and travel by foot to the US-Mexico border.

Joe Biden Postpones Visit to Texas After Trump Shooting

As for Biden himself, the president has postponed a scheduled visit to Texas after his rival, former president and convicted felon Donald Trump, was almost assassinated during a rally by a 20-year-old shooter who was later revealed as a registered Republican.

According to Houston Public Media, the president was supposed to deliver a speech at the LBJ Presidential Library Monday to commemorate 60 years since the Civil Rights Act was signed.

"Given the unfortunate events of the last 24 hours, we anticipated that the President's schedule could change anytime," said LBJ Foundation President and CEO Mark K. Updegrove in a statement. "We are honored President Biden remains committed to joining us at the LBJ Library to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and we look forward to hosting him later this month."

Joe Biden Admits He Made Mistake in 'Bull's Eye' Remarks Before Trump Shooting

Speaking of the Trump shooting, President Biden admitted that saying d that it was "time to put Trump in the bullseye" before Trump was shot was a mistake and noted that he is "not the guy who said I wanted to be a dictator on day one."

According to the Border Telegraph, Biden clarified that he wanted to focus on what Trump was saying and pointed out that his opponent had past comments that invoked political violence, such as promising that there would be a "bloodbath" if he lost in November.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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