The number of migrants and asylum seekers encountered by U.S. Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border has declined by about 90% in the last year, according to a report from the USA TODAY Network released this week.
The news network sent reporters to more than a dozen sites along the Southern border, including parts of California, Arizona, and Texas, and found that border encounters have declined from more than 100,000 a month this time last year to less than 10,000 per month in 2025.
Nieves Riedel, the mayor of the small border town of San Luis, Arizona, and a former Democrat who changed her affiliation to independent, told USA TODAY that former President Joe Biden should have done more to address illegal immigration while he was in office.
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