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The number of unaccompanied migrant children at the nation’s southern border hit an all-time low in March, according to a new report released on Friday.
The exclusive findings by The Daily Signal revealed that the U.S. Border Patrol encountered 631 unaccompanied alien children last month, down 97 percent from the Biden administration’s high of 18,716 in March 2021.
“March was the lowest number of unaccompanied children arriving at our southern border in recorded history,” Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told The Daily Signal.
An average of 11,132 unaccompanied children were encountered at the southern border each month under the Biden administration, the report added.
According to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the record-low numbers are part of a large drop in Border Patrol encounters in March.
“Under President @realdonaldtrump, our borders are more secure than ever in American history. Border Patrol encounters for the month of March were 7,181 total. Compare that to the ~160,000 average monthly encounters under Joe Biden. Thank you to the patriotic @CBP men and women who work every day to make this country safe again,” she posted to X on Wednesday.
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan also posted an update on Tuesday highlighting March’s numbers.
“President Trump’s leadership continues to break records! Border Patrol encounters for the month of March was 7,181 total. I started as a Border Patrol Agent in 1984, which was 41 years ago. I cannot recall a single month since then that the numbers have been that low. It is a far cry from the more than 11,000 a day that we saw for a time period under Biden,” he wrote on X.
“The men and women of the Border Patrol have proven what they can accomplish when they are allowed to do their job and complete the mission of their agency. The last administration had the Border Patrol releasing millions of illegal aliens into the United States, which caused more and more to come. Thanks to President Trump and his game changing policies, those days are over. Thank you to the patriots of the Border Patrol who are making this country safe again!” he added.