Trump Signs Executive Order To Tighten Border Even More

It is astounding what words of strength from an American president can do to fix many issues.

After four years of what many believe was the weakest border policy in United States history, which saw Southern border crossings get to crisis levels, President Donald Trump has changed everything.

Customs and Border Protection data shows that border crossings have fallen a whopping 90 percent from the same period one year prior, with a mere 359 illegal migrants being processed each day, the New York Post reported.

“That puts the US on track to have the lowest monthly border crossings in at least 25 years. If the trend continues, the number of illegal migrants coming into the US could hit a level not seen since 1968, nearly 60 years ago,” the report said.

And Trump has no plans to slow down.

The president has signed another executive order that is an “Amendment to duties to address the flow of illicit drugs across our southern border.”

The order from the White House states:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby determine and order:

Section 1. Background. Automotive production is a major source of United States employment and innovation and is integral to United States economic and national security. The American automotive industry as currently structured often trades substantial volumes of automotive parts and components across our borders in the interest of bringing supply chains closer to North America. In order to minimize disruption to the United States automotive industry and automotive workers, it is appropriate to adjust the tariffs imposed on articles of Mexico in Executive Order 14194 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border).

Sec. 2. Product Coverage. (a) Articles that are entered free of duty as a good of Mexico under the terms of general note 11 to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), including any treatment set forth in subchapter XXIII of chapter 98 and subchapter XXII of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as related to the Agreement between the United States of America, United Mexican States, and Canada, shall not be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty described in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14194.
(b) The additional rate of duty on potash that is not subject to subsection (a) of this section shall be reduced to 10 percent in lieu of 25 percent.
(c) The modifications set out in this section shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 7, 2025.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

Center for Immigration Studies executive director Mark Krikorian told The Post that the border crossings are the lowest that the United States has seen “in almost a lifetime.”

“If you kind of break down the numbers, divide them by 365, we haven’t had numbers this low since the 1960s. So we’re talking 60-year lows if it’s sustained, obviously,” the executive director said.

The data showed that through February 11, only 3,953 illegal migrants had been encountered at the southern border, which, if those numbers continue, would bring the total in the month to around 10,000, a number that has never been achieved since the CBP began tracking this data in 1999.

Not coincidentally, the closest that number ever got to 10,000 was in April 2017, during the first Trump presidency, when monthly crossings were just over 11,000, the report said.

A Border Patrol source said that the change in presidents is palpable and that migrants have gotten the message.

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