U.S. soldiers take measures at the Mexican border after the Department of Defense signed a new order declaring 110,000 acres of land on the Mexican border as a National Defense Area at the request of President Donald Trump in New Mexico on May 8, 2025. (Can Hasasu/Anadolu via Getty Images)
"You know, during the Biden administration, we saw, just like the rest of the U.S.-Mexico border, record levels of crossings and gotaways in our county," Cleveland explained. "We also saw record levels of deaths from people trying to enter the United States. So that was definitely a challenge for us when you talk about the 10th largest county in the state of Texas, just over 2300 square miles, 54 miles of river."
Trump border czar Tom Homan weighed in on the dramatic decrease in illegal crossings, telling Fox News Digital last week that the U.S. border "is the most secure in the nation's history."
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"The way we did it, that we got a president in the White House, a strong president, who simply ruled a lot of [Executive Orders], the same [Executive Orders] that were proved effective in Trump 45, remain in Mexico, third state country agreements, ending catch and release, and continue building border barriers," Homan told Fox.
U.S. Border Patrol processes a group of about 60 migrants near a highway in February 2024 outside of Eagle Pass, Texas. (Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images)
"As the border activity becomes slower and we see less and less crossings, we're starting to see Border Patrol close more of these south side of facilities," the Texas sheriff added. "We don't have any out here in our area of West Texas. The closest one we had was down in Eagle Pass."
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"There's no reason to spend that money to keep those open, and they can definitely use that money in other parts of the border."
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news. Story tips can be sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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