Border Patrol agents apprehend migrants outside of Sasabe, Arizona, in July 2024.Danyelle Khmara
Border Patrol apprehended about 29,000 migrants at the southern border in January. There have been lower numbers some months during Trump’s first term and both of Obama’s.
The number of people crossing the border began dropping during the last six months of Biden’s term, but January’s drop is more drastic at nearly 40% less than December.
The number of people crossing at ports of entry fell as well, as the Trump administration ended humanitarian parole appointments created under Biden.
There were about 4,700 apprehensions in the Tucson Border Patrol Sector, which is the lowest it’s been since the summer of 2020.
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