The White House recently highlighted that, in less than two months of management, President Donald Trump's immigration policies have led to a 94 percent decrease in the arrivals of immigrants at the border with Mexico, as well as an almost 100 percent drop in departures from Central America. Furthermore, a new mobile application designed to encourage self-deportations was promoted.
In the words of presidential spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, according to a recent Bloomberg report, the number of foreigners attempting to enter the country through the jungle to reach Central America has decreased significantly by 99 percent last month. It was also highlighted that illegal border crossings fell by 94 percent last month compared to February, under the previous administration.
The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) presented the enhanced CBP Home mobile application, which includes a new feature that provides illegal foreigners in the country or those whose parole has been revoked, a process to notify the government of their intention to leave the country in an orderly manner.
Leavitt emphasized that this application strengthens the mission to secure the border and offers illegal foreigners a simple way to leave the country before facing greater consequences in the future.
Experts and activists have observed the creation of the application as an indication of the Trump administration's difficulty in meeting its goals, such as the planned approximately 1,200 daily arrests. It has been pointed out that Trump's deportation plan would require a considerable sum, possibly up to 175 billion dollars, nearly 20 times the current budget of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Migration Policy Institute has stated that, although the money may be approved, a considerable amount of time will be needed to restructure agencies and establish new detention centers, which could limit the administration's capacity to expel millions of unauthorized immigrants.
