Border Crossings Have Gone Down To a Trickle In Trump's First Month: 'A Huge Changing Point'
Story by Maria Villarroel • 1h
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border just hours after he took office back in January. Now, almost a month into his second term, border patrol agents and shelter workers report the border is the quietest it has been in recent memory.
In his first appearance at the White House's Oval Office after being sworn in as the 47th president, Trump signed a series of executive orders, many of which were aimed at kicking off the immigration crackdown efforts he promised throughout the campaign trail.
"Because of the gravity and emergency of this present danger and imminent threat, it is necessary for the Armed Forces to take all appropriate action to assist the Department of Homeland Security in obtaining full operational control of the southern border," the executive order said.
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