Unlawful border crossings are down in Eagle Go because of Texas Governor Abbott’s determination to lock it down.
The strain between Texas and the Biden regime intensified in January, with red state governors supporting Texas and their determination to defend the border.
Eagle Go, one of many busiest ports of entry for illegals crossing the border, has seen vital statistical enchancment since Texas locked it down.
In January TGP reported that Texas seized property alongside the Rio Grande in Shelby Park because the Biden regime has didn’t safe the border.
For the reason that State of Texas has secured the border, there was a serious drop within the variety of illegals from December to January.
In keeping with the CBP, December 2023 noticed over 71,000 apprehensions and by January the numbers dropped to only over 16,700. In a single month, that may be a 76 p.c lower.
Eagle Go has been at disaster ranges within the current months with mass crossings on the Rio Grande which has led to very dangerous situations, particularly for girls and kids.
NEW: Extra information on how vital the drop in unlawful crossings in Texas’ Del Rio sector (Eagle Go) has been since TX locked it down and MX elevated their enforcement.
Per CBP sources:
71,048 apprehensions in December.
16,709 apprehensions in January.
76% lower in 1 month.— Invoice Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 1, 2024
Though that is nice information for Texas, the border disaster is much from being solved. To smugglers and cartels, this simply means they’ve to vary their technique and go to different ports of entry.
Within the final week of January, the CBP reported over 32,000 illegals had been apprehended. Over 71 p.c of them had been in Arizona and California.
NEW: The big majority of unlawful crossings on the southern border at the moment are occurring in AZ & CA, as a shift away from TX continues.
Per CBP sources, over the past week of January, Border Patrol apprehended 32,809 unlawful immigrants.
23,576 of them (71.8%) had been in AZ & CA.…
— Invoice Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 1, 2024
The Biden regime’s failure to guard the border is simply shifting the issue. The present estimate is 11 million illegals have poured into the US within the final three years.
Since that is an election yr, Biden was pressured to speak concerning the border. The regime’s intentional neglect reveals they don’t have any intent to safe the border.