Border Patrol agents didn’t release a single migrant into the US last month — a staggering drop after the Biden administration allowed 62,000 illegal crossers in the country in May 2024, The Post can exclusively reveal.
Agents caught 8,725 migrants crossing illegally at the southern border last month.
That’s a 93% decrease from May 2024, when 117,905 were nabbed, according to internal data obtained by The Post.
And acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Pete Flores said it’s a result of the Trump administration’s tough border policies.
One of the most monumental policy changes made by Trump was the reversal of President Joe Biden’s catch-and-release scheme, which resulted in millions of illegal border jumpers being allowed into the US.
“Under the leadership of this administration, CBP has received historic support resulting in another 93% decrease in illegal crossings along the southwest border this month when compared with last year,” Flores said in a statement shared with The Post.
“Border numbers continue to trend at historic lows, reinforcing the sustained success of our enforcement efforts in securing the homeland and protecting American communities,” he said.
Border Patrol agents are nearing their goal of gaining full “operational control” of the southern border with the massive drop in illegal crossings, National Border Patrol Council president Paul Perez told The Post last week. --->READ MORE HERE
Texas cops discovered 25 illegal immigrants — including an 11-year-old — “crammed” inside a box truck in the sweltering Texas heat last week — and the alleged smuggler behind the wheel said she was just hauling mattresses, dramatic bodycam footage showed.
Officers opened the locked truck and moved 30 mattresses out of the way before discovering the group inside a crawl space within the box truck wall, where there was “little-to-no ventilation,” the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
More than two dozen illegal immigrants could be seen walking out, including a dozen women and an 11-year-old child. They hailed from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, India, Cuba, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.
The belly-baring truck driver, who has been identified as Silvia Patricia Santamaria, 43, was seen in the video telling a state trooper that she had come from the border town of Alton, Texas, where she had picked up “some mattresses” and was heading north to Houston.
An officer could be heard calling for an ambulance, saying, “We got young kids too.” He then passed around a large water bottle as some of the migrants sipped from the jug. --->READ MORE HERE
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