Former Yuma Border Chief Says Crossing Collapse Marks Turnaround From Biden-Era Surge
- The Department of Homeland Security reported a 95% drop in southwestern border apprehensions during fiscal year 2026 compared with the Biden administration.
- DHS said every migrant apprehended during the preceding 17 months was returned, detained, or transferred for detention or prosecution, with no catch-and-release cases.
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin credited President Donald Trump’s border policies with reducing incentives to cross.
- Chris Clem recalled that migrants once walked through agricultural fields and ran through town during the December 2021 surge.
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DHS records best year ever at southern border; zero catch-and-release cases
The Department of Homeland Security closed out fiscal year 2026 with its best numbers ever at the southwestern border, with only a trickle of illegal immigrants detected -- and not a single one given a catch-and-release.
POLITICS: Former Yuma Border Chief Says Crossing Collapse Marks Turnaround From Biden-Era Surge – The Beltway Report
Illegal border crossings along the southwest border have fallen to historic lows under President Donald Trump, according to preliminary Department of Homeland Security figures released Thursday, a shift that retired Yuma Sector Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem says has transformed a crisis that once spilled into Arizona farms, food banks and front doors. DHS reported 98,708 southwest border apprehensions for fiscal year 2026, about 95% below the B…
Former Border Patrol chief recalls Biden migrant surge chaos as Trump crackdown delivers historic turnaround - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s border crackdown has sharply reduced the illegal crossings that overwhelmed agents under former President Joe Biden, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reporting Thursday historic lows in apprehensions and a full fiscal year without Border Patrol releasing migrants into the country. For retired [...]
Former Yuma Border Chief Says Crossing Collapse Marks Turnaround From Biden-Era Surge
DHS reports a 95% drop in southwest border apprehensions and a full fiscal year with zero migrant releases, a shift retired Yuma Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem says reversed the chaos of the 2021 surge — though he warns political shifts in Washington could undo the progress.
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