00:00The Trump administration is celebrating a full year with zero migrants being released into the country.
00:05And the amount of attempted border crossings has also dropped dramatically.
00:09Officials say the figure hasn't been this low since the early 1990s.
00:12The Post's senior reporter Chris Neesey has been covering this story and has more of the details the administration is
00:17celebrating.
00:18Yeah, Caitlin, definitely some jaw-dropping stats coming from the Department of Homeland Security this week.
00:23As the data shows that the Trump administration's illegal immigration crackdown is having its intended effect.
00:28In fact, probably the most striking detail revealed by DHS is that in April of this year, fewer migrants were
00:35picked up on a typical day than during a typical hour in December of 2023, a time when the Biden
00:42administration was letting hundreds of people stream into the country every single day.
00:46As you mentioned, April marked the 12th consecutive month without a single migrant being released into the U.S., with
00:52crossings plummeting to their lowest monthly total since 1992.
00:57Apprehensions at the border are in freefall, down 94% from peak levels during the previous administration.
01:03Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott noted that about 68,000 migrants were released into the U.S. in
01:10April 2024 when Biden was in office, which is obviously a far cry from the zero who made it across
01:15the border in April of this year.
01:17Satisfval aliens with the U.S. in April 2024.
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