Trump’s Border Czar Says Illegal Crossings Down 93 Percent

The comment was echoed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during her visit to the Texas–Mexico border.

Tom Homan speaks at a law enforcement roundtable on sanctuary cities held by President Donald Trump, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on March 20, 2018. Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said on Feb. 2 that the United States’ southern border has had an enormous drop in border encounters and crossings in recent days.

“We’ve got the numbers this morning. The crossings on the border are down 93 percent,” Homan said. “That’s a bigger decrease than under the first Trump administration.”