Administration claims illegal border crossings fell 92% over the year

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (or equivalent official data) shows a 92% decrease in illegal border crossings over the stated one-year period compared with the prior period.

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President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation declaring January 20, 2026, as the National Day of Patriotic Devotion. The proclamation celebrates the administration’s first-year actions — including new border measures (a national emergency, designating cartels as terrorist organizations, resuming wall construction, reinstating Remain in Mexico, and expanded deportations), economic and energy policies, and passage of a legislative package called the "One Big Beautiful Bill." It also cites specific statistics (for example, a 92 percent drop in illegal border crossings and a 70 percent fall in inflation from a prior peak) and directs federal commitment to American interests.

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Unable to complete verification: some official CBP monthly datasets required to confirm the exact reference period for the White House's "92 percent" claim may be dynamic and require downloading the CBP data portal or detailed CBP monthly reports; my browsing encountered the CBP pages but could not retrieve a definitive time-aligned figure for the exact comparison the White House text implies ("over the year"). Recommend rechecking CBP's Nationwide Encounters public data portal and the CBP monthly encounter CSVs for a precise year-over-year calculation. Follow up after 2026-01-22.

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Update · Jan 21, 2026, 12:40 PMTech Error
Unable to complete verification: some official CBP monthly datasets required to confirm the exact reference period for the White House's "92 percent" claim may be dynamic and require downloading the CBP data portal or detailed CBP monthly reports; my browsing encountered the CBP pages but could not retrieve a definitive time-aligned figure for the exact comparison the White House text implies ("over the year"). Recommend rechecking CBP's Nationwide Encounters public data portal and the CBP monthly encounter CSVs for a precise year-over-year calculation. Follow up after 2026-01-22.
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 11:03 AMTech Error
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