But even before he took office, the numbers began to go down because people understood they would no longer be able to cross the border indiscriminately and without proper legal credentials. In November and December of last year, encounters were at their lowest levels between ports of entry since August of 2020. 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. (08:03–08:11)
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Asserts that border encounters were at their lowest since August 2020 in November and December of the previous year.
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