Illegal immigration down 67 percent under Trump: Former commissioner
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border has continued to fall under President Trump, dropping 67 percent through the end of March, the former border commissioner told Congress on Tuesday.
That’s even bigger than the drop reported for February, when the number of “It’s actually up to 67 percent drop compared to last year,” David V. Aguilar, a former chief of the Border Patrol and former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation of the numbers Mr. Aguilar cited.
The agency has been releasing its monthly figures each month, though the March figures have not been released.
But a drop anywhere close to the 67 percent figure Mr. Aguilar cited would be stunning, and suggests the early steps
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