December Marks Seventh Month Apprehensions Declined at the Southern Border

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), enforcement actions along the southwest border in December, including apprehensions and inadmissible entries for illegal immigrants, totaled more than 40,600, representing a decrease of 5 percent compared to November’s enforcement statistics.

Last month’s decline marks the seventh month in a row apprehensions and inadmissible entries decreased at the U.S.-Mexico border since reaching a peak of more than 144,000 enforcement actions in May.

Last month, acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan attributed the decline to the Trump administration’s border security initiatives aimed at...