{"id":304640,"date":"2026-10-13T13:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=304640"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:30:31","slug":"breitbart-news-the-number-of-people-detained-for-illegally-crossing-the-u-s-mexico-border-has-dropped-by-nearly-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/304640\/","title":{"rendered":"Breitbart News: The number of people detained for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped by nearly 95%"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>An unofficial report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicates that the number of migrants arrested after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry fell by nearly 95 percent from the peak in 2023, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2026\/10\/12\/exclusive-illegal-border-crossings-collapse-to-historic-lows-under-trump-policies-as-cbp-marks-16-straight-months-of-zero-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breibart News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart Texas reviewed unofficial Border Patrol reports that revealed that approximately 8,900 illegal aliens were arrested in September after illegally crossing the border between ports of entry. This brings the total number of apprehensions during the recently closed-out FY26 to just under 137,000.<\/p>\n<p>In FY23 Border Patrol agents apprehended 2,5 billion illegal aliens along the U.S. southwest border who crossed between ports of entry.<\/p>\n<p>In September, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin reported, &ldquo;Sixteen straight months of zero releases at the border proves that President Trump&rsquo;s policies are working. Catch and release is over, consequences are back, and illegal crossings have fallen to historic lows. This is what a secure border looks like.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also urged undocumented immigrants currently in the country to leave voluntarily, rather than waiting to be arrested and forcibly deported.<\/p>\n<p>Since his inauguration as the 47th U.S. President in January 2025, Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that approximately 25 million people entered the country illegally prior to his taking office. The American leader has frequently advocated for stricter immigration policies.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unofficial report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicates that the number of migrants arrested after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry fell by nearly 95 percent from the peak in 2023, reports Breibart News. Breitbart Texas reviewed unofficial Border Patrol reports that revealed that approximately 8,900 illegal aliens were arrested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":304628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304641,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304640\/revisions\/304641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}