The plunge comes after Trump effectively shut off crossings at official ports of entry for migrants seeking asylum or other forms of entry via the Biden-era CBP One app. Mexico has also been playing a greater role in keeping immigrants passing through the country from reaching the U.S. border.

Illegal border crossings reached an all-time low in June thanks to what border czar Tom Homan labeled Tuesday as the

President Trump’s border crackdown has led to the lowest number of migrant crossings in recorded history. Federal agents caught 6,070 migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally in June — and none of them were released into the US,

The Pentagon is establishing a fourth military defense zone along the U.S.-Mexico border, where American soldiers can apprehend noncitizens on charges of trespassing, Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Wednesday.