![US-Mexico border illegal crossing arrests down 29 percent following Biden border restrictions](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/07/mexico_border_1563324287.jpg)
Arrests following illegal crossings of the US-Mexican border are the lowest of President Joseph Biden’s administration—down 29 percent in June alone—following a Presidential proclamation effectively barring would-be asylum seekers from requesting protection after they have illegally crossed the southern border. The Department of Homeland Security stated that “the Border Patrol’s 7-day average has decreased to [...]