Leaked Border Patrol numbers show illegal immigrant arrests dropped 50% from December to January

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EXCLUSIVE — Border Patrol arrested half the number of illegal immigrants in January than it did the previous month, as the Biden administration grapples with ways to stem the border crisis, according to government data obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner.

Federal law enforcement agents apprehended approximately 125,000 immigrants who entered the United States illegally in January, a significant decline from more than 250,000 arrests in December 2023.

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