Overwhelming Evidence That Illegal Entry Of Migrants Along Southwest Border Is Declining

Over the last week there have been several stories about the dramatic drops in the illegal entry of migrants across the southern border. Ordinarily I start these posts with excerpts from the stories in this case I am going to lead with a couple of graphics highlight the drop in illegal entry of migrants. Then next week go into greater detail, highlighting how and why this dramatic drop has occurred.

Both of these graphics are made by the Mexican Migration Project from Princeton University, and they show 1) the dramatic drop in the number of illegal entries by migrants along the southern border 2) the skyrocketing cost of entrance illegally into the United States, both of these graphs and some other very helpful ones can be seen at the New York Times website here:

This graphic shows how the cost of entering the country illegally has also sky rocketed. This has contributed to the drop in the number of illegal crossings: