CBS News Fact Checks Trump's Secure Border: 'Not a single migrant' in sight

CBS News confirms Trump's claim of at least a 90% decrease in illegal border crossings.

NEWS

3/10/20251 min read

CBS's Camilo Montoya-Galvez published a report during a trip to the US-Mexico border this week that confirmed the Trump administration has effectively shut down illegal immigration. I "did not see a single migrant or asylum-seeker" over the course of four hours, reported Camilo.

"Typically, when you go to the border, you will see groups of people who are trying to cross into the US, but we did not see a single migrant," he reported.

"Just feet away from Mexico, our cameras captured a heavily fortified US border," he reported.

"Activity is very slow. There are multiple factors to why we have seen a significant drop in apprehensions recently," a border patrol agent told CBS. "One of them of course is consequences."

"It has a lot to do" with new policies from Washington, the agent said.

"It is quiet here at the US-Mexico border where crossings are down more than 90% from the same time last year," Montoya-Galvez said. "We've seen border patrol agents, soldiers, vehicles, and barriers - but no migrants so far."

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