(CBP March update)…The Operational update was released recently.

According to the report, vehicle traffic at the border crossings, since the decision not to allow non-essential border crossers, numbers are way down. Vehicle traffic at the Ports in March was down 72%. Pedestrian crossings were down 83%. Border Patrol encounters were down 7%. The report says 80% of the people found crossing the border illegally were deported to their country of origin within 2 hours. Rapid deportation was implemented to help stop the spread of COVID 19. The Border Patrol’s in custody numbers on the Southwest border have declined by about 140% since March 21, a 95% drop from an average of 3,000.