Last December, the Trump administration celebrated what it thought was a major accomplishment: a 24 percent drop in arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2017 fiscal year. The 310,531 arrests made, a 46-year low, marked a significant decrease in one of the key indicators that measures unauthorized crossings into the United States.
U.S. immigration officials attributed the decline to Trump's hardline policies since taking office. “We have clearly seen the successful results of the president's commitment to supporting the front-line officers and agents of [the Department of Homeland Security] as they enforce the law and secure our borders,” Elaine Duke, DHS' acting secretary at the time, told reporters.
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