President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said Sunday that the United States’ southern border has had an enormous drop in border encounters and crossings in recent days.
“We’ve got the numbers this morning. The crossings on the border are down 93 percent,” Homan said. “That’s a bigger decrease than under the first Trump administration.”
Since taking office on Jan. 20, Trump has issued a series of executive orders relating to the border and illegal immigration. These include declaring a national emergency, designating cartels and two gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, and issuing a declaration that an “invasion” is occurring at the border….