And for the first two weeks of January this year, Customs and Border Protection Encounters were nearly 50% lower than they were at the same point in 2021, at the start of the Biden administration. During the latter half of the month, when President Trump actually took office, apprehensions fell by a staggering 85% compared to the same period in 2024. And during the entire month of January, there were less than 1,500 apprehensions a day, which sounds like a lot, but it was a 40% decline from December of last year. (08:26–08:40)
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Asserts that apprehensions fell by 85% in the latter half of the month when President Trump took office.
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