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Over 10,000 military troops have been deployed to the border in less than three months.
Trump issued multiple executive orders in his first week in office to secure the border.
Within less than three months of President Donald Trump being in office, more than 10,000 U.S. military troops have been deployed to support southern border security efforts.
On his first day and week in office, he issued multiple executive orders to secure the southwest border, including a Department of Defense directive for the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) to “seal the borders and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of the United States by repelling forms of invasion including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities.”
Within 36 hours of his order being issued, an initial 1,500 U.S. troops were deployed to the southwest border, bringing the total to 4,000 troops, including 2,500 reservists already there.
Border apprehensions have plunged under Donald Trump’s administration.
Driving the news: Border Patrol recorded around 8,300 apprehensions of migrants who crossed the border unlawfully between ports of entry in February, according to the data obtained by Axios.
In January, according to CBP statistics, Border Patrol recorded some 29,100 encounters, down from around 47,300 the month prior.
The February numbers are the lowest recorded since FY 2000, the earliest year of monthly data publicly accessible.
There were over 130,000 encounters in both February 2023 and 2024.
Donald Trump is securing the border.