US law enforcement officers interdicted fewer than 100,000 in June, the lowest level since February 2021 as the impact of Biden Administration policies like revoking Title 42 and implementing remote asylum requests start to take effect, Politico reports. Border agents detained 99,545 individuals trying to enter the country through means other than one of the ports; another 45,000 undocumented migrants came in through the ports of entry.
Undoubtedly, conservatives will credit Trump’s wall–which apparently took more than two years to make an impact even though it’s a physical barrier–or claim that this is some secret Deep State plot to underreport the number of “illegals” entering the country because laptop debt ceiling cocaine.