DOJ prosecutions of migrants and smugglers surge under Trump

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EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration is increasingly prosecuting illegal immigrants and smugglers arrested at the southern border as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime, the Washington Examiner has learned.

The Department of Justice has accepted a greater percentage and total number of cases from the Border Patrol since Jan. 20 than at the same point in the Biden administration last year, according to Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks.

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