Border Arrests Fall Over 40% , Since Biden Suspended Asylum Processing.<br />The Homeland Security Department made the announcement on June 26, NPR reports. .<br />Average daily arrests that the <br />Border Patrol has made over a week-long period have dropped below 2,400.<br />That is a decrease of over 40% from before the president's proclamation went into effect on June 5.<br />That is a decrease of over 40% from before the president's proclamation went into effect on June 5.<br />However, arrests need to drop to the <br />1,500 mark before asylum processing can resume.<br />Still, the current data marks the lowest number <br />of arrests since Jan. 17, 2021, NPR reports. .<br />Last week, President Biden touted a 25% decrease <br />in border arrests since the order took effect, .<br />which means they've <br />dropped a lot more since then.<br />Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has called the executive order a "tremendous success.".<br />We indeed have seen a tremendous <br />success early on, and I should emphasize <br />that it is early on in our implementation <br />of the president’s proclamation and <br />our accompanying regulation, Alejandro Mayorkas, to CNN.<br />Mayorkas will address border enforcement <br />efforts in Tuscon, Arizona, on June 26.<br />The area has served as "the busiest corridor for illegal crossings" recently, NPR reports.
