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Drop In US Border Crossings Goes Deeper Than Trump

Trump takes credit for record-low apprehensions of undocumented immigrants at the US-Mexican border (Credit: AFP)

President Donald Trump boasts he has brought illegal border crossings into the United States to record lows, but experts say the reasons for the drop go beyond his hardline anti-immigration stance.

"Within hours of taking the oath of office, I declared a national emergency on our southern border. And I deployed the US military and Border Patrol to repel the invasion of our country," Trump said Tuesday, in a speech to a joint session of Congress.

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