DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is not playing around.
On Monday, DHS Sec. Kristi Noem released a video message warning criminal migrants against crossing into the U.S. illegally. Nome issued a stern warning: “We will hunt you down.”
Noem announced on social media “a nationwide and international multimillion-dollar ad campaign warning illegal aliens to leave our country NOW or face deportation with the inability to return to the US.”
“This serves as a strong warning to criminal illegal aliens to not come to America. If they do, they will be hunted down and deported. Thank you @realdonaldtrump for securing our border and putting America first,” Noem said.
In an accompanying video, Noem said the following:
“Let me deliver a message from President Trump to the world. If you are considering entering America illegally, don’t even think about it. Let me be clear. If you come to our country and you break our laws, we will hunt you down. Criminals are not welcome in the United States. For too long, weak leadership has left our borders wide open, flooding our communities with drugs, human trafficking, and violent criminals.”
“Well, those days are over,” she asserted. “Under President Trump, we are defending American families and restoring their safety. If you try to enter illegally, you will be caught, you will be removed and you will never return. Follow the law and you’ll find opportunity. If you break it, you’ll find consequences. Strong borders mean a stronger America. President Trump is making America safe again.”
Watch Noem’s message below:
Tonight, I’m announcing a nationwide and international multimillion-dollar ad campaign warning illegal aliens to leave our country NOW or face deportation with the inability to return to the US. This serves as a strong warning to criminal illegal aliens to not come to America. If… pic.twitter.com/VcVgJYfSKR
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 18, 2025
Meanwhile, in just a matter of weeks, Trump 2.0 has locked the border down tight. According to The New York Post, border crossings are approaching a 60-year low.
From The New York Post:
So far in February, about 359 illegal migrants per day have been caught across the entire southern border — down more than 90% from February 2024, according to leaked Customs and Border Protection data.
That puts the US on track to have the lowest monthly border crossings in at least 25 years. If the trend continues, the number of illegal migrants coming into the US could hit a level not seen since 1968, nearly 60 years ago.
It’s the lowest the US has seen “in almost a lifetime,” said Mark Krikorian, the executive director at the Center for Immigration Studies.
“If you kind of break down the numbers, divide them by 365, we haven’t had numbers this low since the 1960s. So we’re talking 60-year lows if it’s sustained, obviously,” he said.
The CBP data shows that just 3,953 illegal migrants have been caught this month through Feb. 11.
If the trend continues through the month, that would put February border crossings at roughly 10,000, which is a number that hasn’t been seen since CBP began tracking month-to-month data in 1999.
The closest crossings have come to 10,000 was in April 2017 — shortly after Trump took office the first time — when monthly crossings exceeded 11,000.
“That’s a very, very low number,” said John Gramlich, the associate director at the Pew Research Center.
More over at The New York Post:
Illegal border crossings hit record lows after Trump’s swift crackdown — and could be on track for levels not seen in 60 years https://t.co/10WdMETwC6 pic.twitter.com/bHA9k9GtH2
— New York Post (@nypost) February 13, 2025
