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Homeland Security reported a slight drop in illegal immigrants trying to sneak in across the southern border in March, suggesting the department may have turned a corner in the border chaos thats reigned since the start of the Biden administration.

The numbers are still higher than any month under Presidents Obama or Trump, but compared to the worst days of Mr. Bidens tenure, they are substantially better.

The Border Patrol reported catching 137,480 illegal immigrants in March, compared to nearly 250,000 in December, the worst month on record.

Overall, Customs and Border Protection tallied 246,432 unauthorized entries, including more than 107,000 of those coming at airports and other official border crossings.

Those numbers have surged as migrants take advantage of Mr. Bidens parole programs that allow unauthorized migrants into the U.S. despite lacking a legal visa for entry. The administration says the parole programs have taken pressure off the Border Patrol by shaping the flow of illegal immigrants, channeling them to ports of entry where they can be handled.

CBP Commissioner Troy Miller sounded cautiously optimistic about the overall numbers.

Encounters at our southern border are lower right now, but we remain prepared for changes, continually managing operations to respond to ever-shifting transnational criminal activities and migration patterns, he said.

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Illegal immigration ticks down at the border - Washington Times

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