How low can the border crossings go?
Illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border fell yet again in March, hitting another record — with border agents barely seeing 7,000 migrants enter illegally.
That’s down 94% from the 137,000 people who poured across the border in March last year. It follows February crossings of roughly 8,300 illegal migrants — the lowest in at least 25 years.
And it’s all a result of “the Trump effect,” multiple Homeland Security sources told The Post Monday.
Migrants are “scared there are consequences now,” said one DHS source, adding “everyone who is caught is charged and does time.”
“Illegal entries into the United States are no longer a backdoor way to getting status,” said another source.
Most of the roughly 7,000 crossings took place in the San Diego and El Paso border sectors, sources said.
If the border crossings continue to stay at these levels, the US could see the number of illegal migrants hit a low not seen since 1968.
Upon entering office, Trump declared an emergency at the border, sent thousands of additional troops to the region, shut off the asylum system to illegal crossers and commenced a mass deportation effort across the US.
With crossings slowing to a trickle, Border Patrol has closed several processing centers used to hold migrants for short periods of time.
Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has “maxed out” its detention space and is asking Congress to fund additional beds to support its mass deportation campaign that yielded 32,000 arrests in its first 50 days.
The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to deport Tren de Aragua gangbangers and members of MS-13, 17 of whom were handed over to El Salvador Sunday night, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X.
The latest removals come as the Trump administration continues to pursue a court battle to continue its effort to deport suspected gangbangers to El Salvador’s hell-hole mega prison without giving them due process.
