President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico, saying “America’s sovereignty is under attack.” Details on this from Correspondent Bernie Bennett. VERBATIM: Active-duty military arrived Thursday in San Diego and El Paso, Texas. It comes at a moment of relative calm after unprecedented turmoil. Arrests for illegal border crossings plummeted […]
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Trump Declares Emergency at the Border with Mexico
President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico, saying “America’s sovereignty is under attack.” Details on this from Correspondent Bernie Bennett.
VERBATIM: Active-duty military arrived Thursday in San Diego and El Paso, Texas. It comes at a moment of relative calm after unprecedented turmoil. Arrests for illegal border crossings plummeted more than 80% to about 47,000 in December.
That was down from an all-time high of 250,000 the same period a year earlier. Arrests fell by about half when Mexican authorities increased enforcement within their own borders a year ago. And they plummeted by about half again when former President Joe Biden introduced severe asylum restrictions.
Bernie Bennett reporting.