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Migrant Encounters Drop More Than 40% In June So Far, DHS Says

Border Patrol vehicle at border wall (Credit: Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is anticipating that border crossings are on track to continue dropping in June as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement.

Concretely, officials said that a little over 5,400 people had been apprehended between June 1 and 22. The figure compares to 9,577 arrests in May, a 43% decrease, according to Border Report.

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