A texas sheriff whose county shares 54 kilometers from Southern border of the United States with MexicoHe told Fox News Digital that he has seen a “dramatic decline” in the steps of illegal migrants since President Donald Trump took office, in particular, a strong decrease in the last two weeks.
“Since President Trump took over, we have seen a continuous decrease in apprehensions,” Terrell’s county sheriff told Fox, Thaddeus Cleveland. “In this period of two weeks past, we must have been more busy because it coincides with the full moon cycle, which is usually when we see more activities in our area.”
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Customs and U.S. border protection (CBP) revealed at the beginning of this month That year -on -year afterwards on the border dropped by 93%. CBP reported 129,000 Aprehensions in April 2024 under the Biden administration, compared to 8,383 last month under Trump.
North -Americans take measures at the Mexican border after the Defense Department signed a new order declaring 110,000 hectares of land on the Mexican border as a national defense area at the request of President Donald Trump in New Mexico on May 8, 2025. (Can Hasasu/Anadolu through Getty Images)
“You know, during the administration of Biden, we saw, just as the rest of the United States-Mexico border, the record levels of steps and escapades in our county,” said Cleveland. “We also saw record levels of deaths from people trying to enter the United States. So this was a challenge for us when you talk about the largest county in the state of Texas, just over 2300 square miles, 54 miles of river.”
Trump Tom Homan’s Zar weighed on the dramatic decrease in illegal steps, saying Fox News Digital Last week That the US border “is the safest in the history of the country.”
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“The way to do it, we had a president in the White House, a strong president, who simply ruled a lot [Executive Orders]the same [Executive Orders] Trump was shown to Trump 45, they remain in Mexico, third country agreements, ending their capture and liberation, and they continue to build border barriers, “Homan said Fox.
Tom Homan visits Camp Eagle, where members of the National Guard and the Texas Public Security Department are called for a Thanksgiving meal, to Eagle Pass, Texas, on November 26, 2024. (Scott Stephen Ball for Washington Post through Getty Images)
Cleveland’s comments come days after a San Diego Immigrants Center closed Due to an “unprecedented decrease in illegal steps this year”.
“3/2025, the San Diego sector detained 1,199 illegal aliens with an average of 38 newspapers. This was a 186% fall compared to 3/2024,” the United States border patrol sector in San Diego published Ax Sunday.
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Cleveland said that there could be additional closures of the facilities if illegal crossing numbers Continue a plume.
The United States border patrol processes a group of about 60 migrants near a road in February 2024 outside of Eagle Pass, Texas. (Sergio Flores/AFP through Getty Images)
“As the border activity becomes slower and we see less and less cross, we begin to see the border patrol near these southern facilities,” added Texas’s Xerif. “We don’t have to our West Texas area. The closest we had was in Eagle Pass.”
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“There is no reason to spend this money to keep them open and they can certainly use this money on other parts of the border.”
Preston Mizell is a writer of Fox News Digital who covers news. History tips can be sent to preston.mizell@fox.com @mizellPreston
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