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During the month that President Donald Trumptook office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported amajor drop in illegal immigration at our southern border, with 27 percent fewer apprehensions than in any of the last three full months of the Obama administration.

Fox News reported that31,575 individuals were taken into custody during the month of January.Thats still a high number The Washington Times reported itwas the worst January since 2012 but it highlighted just how bad illegal immigration had gotten by the end of the Obama administration.

Trump was sworn into office Jan. 20.

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The CBP report released Monday revealed that on average, 45,000 individuals were caught crossing during October, November and December.

Fox News reported that the elevated levels were due to family units and unaccompanied children from three groups: Central Americans, Haitian nationals migrating from Brazil and Cuban nationals.

There are a lot of reasons why numbers go up and down, but some of it could be a reaction to statements from President Trump that were going to increase border security and seeing media reports that were going to get tougher on illegal immigration in the U.S., said Jim Carafano,security expert with the Heritage Foundation. People may be more resistant to come.

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You cant make too much of monthly numbers, but if you see the total lawful immigration population drop, that means youre doing something thats impacting the system overall.

Its hardly a surprise, though, considering the focus on illegal immigration under the Trump administration. During his Tuesday speech to a joint session of Congress, the president yet again reaffirmed that he planned to make stopping illegal immigration a priority.

Weve defended the borders of other nations while leaving our own borders wide open for anyone to crossand for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate, Trump said, according to a transcript fromThe New York Times. And weve spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas, while our infrastructure at home has so badly crumbled.

Trump returned to the theme later in the speech.

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By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone, he said.

We want all Americans to succeed, but that cant happen in an environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the rule of law at our borders. For that reason, we will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border.

It may not be much, but its certainly a start.

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Illegal Immigration Dropped 27 Percent in January