There were 6,000 arrests of border invaders in June. That’s still too many but it’s down from 83,000 last June. But it’s a 92% drop.
90% of preventing any kind of crime is deterrence. After that you’re left with crimes of passion and terrorism, and most illegal alien invasions don’t fit into those categories.
We had record numbers of border invaders under Biden because the signal was sent that coming was easy and that those who invade would probably be allowed to stay and make money in America. We actually know this because it was all over the social media of the invaders. There were accounts entirely dedicated to telling invaders how easy it was here. Now the message has changed.
Some of President Trump’s crackdown methods were denounced as “cruel”. The messaging has been harsh and a lot of illegal aliens in this country are afraid, usually without good cause, that they’re going to be swept up and taken away.
And that’s now deterrence works.
The mass migrant caravans have gotten the message. So have a lot of the invaders from around the world who used to fly into Mexico and head for the border.
A ‘border expert’ told the New York Times that deterrence is working on social media.
Adam Isacson, a border expert at the Washington Office on Latin America, said the border crossings in June were the lowest since the 1960s and were likely aided by the intensified immigration push, pointing to images of arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the sending of immigrants to El Salvador and other countries they are not from, and the holding of migrants at the U.S. detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
“Smugglers’ messaging may not be able to overcome the climate of fear among the immigrant community in the United States,” he said. “People are probably getting scary messages on WhatsApp, TikTok and elsewhere about how bad for migrants the climate is in the United States.”