Biden arrested more unauthorized immigrants than Trump has been able to: report
Axios reported Friday that in the month of November 2024, former President Joe Biden "arrested 21,000 unauthorized immigrants." Since taking over on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump's office hasn't been able to reach those numbers "despite its crackdown."
The report cites Trump's hire, Tom Homan, calculating "about 14,000 immigrants" who were arrested in the "three-plus weeks" after the inauguration.
Homan previously served as Trump's acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the new administration, he was appointed the "border czar," which has not been an official White House position in the past.
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Axios concluded that fewer people are coming to the United States because of Trump's "tough talk."
Homan told WABC radio that illegal border crossings have decreased by 92% since Jan. 20. He also said that of the 14,000 arrests, the "vast majority have criminal histories."
However, federal data collected by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) showed "about 60% of the 39,152 people held in ICE detention as of Dec. 29 had no criminal record."
While the Trump administration was broadcasting the number of arrests by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, the report said the team has "stopped giving daily ICE updates" and "details on arrests."
The Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for public affairs said that the Homan numbers were estimates from ICE only, not the CPB.
