U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is shutting down some of the facilities that housed illegal immigrants, potentially saving the agency millions of dollars.
“Illegal border crossings have plummeted, leading to the closure of several temporary processing facilities along the southwest border,” the CBP said in a March 14 post on social media platform X.
“Each facility shutdown saves $5-$30M/month. More resources for border security, less taxpayer money spent.”
On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump issued a slew of presidential actions aimed at securing the border and tackling the influx of illegal immigrants.
These orders “led to historically low apprehensions” of illegals, and the CBP started “reducing the number of soft-sided facilities (SSFs) along the southwest land border during the first week of March,” the agency said in a March 13 statement….