A new report claims that the Trump administration has deported more than 100,000 illegal immigrants since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.
A Department of Homeland Security official told The New York Post on Monday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have arrested 113,000 illegal immigrants and conducted “north of” 100,000 deportations since the start of the president’s second term in the White House.
The New York Post reported that sources suggested the massive number of illegal immigrant deportations since January 20 shows that the president is keeping his promise to the American people to remove illegal immigrants, criminal gang members, and terrorist suspects from the country.
An anonymous ICE source told The New York Post, “He’s doing what he was voted in to do. Point blank!”
According to The New York Post, while the sources did not reveal how many of the individuals arrested by ICE and CBP officials were convicted criminals or what nations the individuals were originally from, the sources said that the majority of the illegal immigrants arrested under the Trump administration are being deported to Mexico.
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The New York Post also reported that illegal crossings at the southern border between the United States and Mexico dropped to 7,000 in March.
According to The New York Post, the 7,000 illegal border crossings in March is down roughly 94% from the 137,000 illegal border crossings last March under the open border policies of former President Joe Biden’s administration.
Department of Homeland Security Sources described the record low number of illegal border crossings as “the Trump effect.” One source told The New York Post, “Illegal entries into the United States are no longer a backdoor way to getting status.”
A Department of Homeland Security source told The New York Post that illegal immigrants are “scared there are consequences now” amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on the southern border. The source added, “Everyone who is caught is charged and does time.”
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