What a difference a Don can make.
According to a New York Post exclusive, the Darien Gap, a Panamanian pathway illegal migrants use while traveling to the U.S., has seen a 99% reduction in crossings under President Trump.
Only 408 crossings were logged in February — 37,166 were logged in February 2024 under President Joe Biden.
From The New York Post:
Before-and-after photos of the Darien Gap show the small river port of Lajas Blancas — inundated by hordes of migrants just a year ago — now sitting empty as crossings plummet.
Panamanian authorities were seeing an average of 16,400 migrants making the grueling trek each week at their peak in 2022, according to DHS.
assive tents previously packed with migrants now sit vacant, and a river where migrants would cross by foot is abnormally quiet, according to the photos taken by the Associated Press.
Just a few migrants from Venezuela, Angola and Nigeria were seen sleeping on the ground of the Lajas Blancas camp while being watched by cops.
And the aid groups have all left.
“Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross, no one comes here anymore,” Venezuelan Hermanie Blanco, 33, who arrived in Panama days after Trump took office, told the outlet.
“It’s deserted.”
Panama’s right-wing President José Raúl Mulino vowed to shut down the 70-mile stretch of jungle, and the number of migrants crossing there plummeted by 40% last year.
WOW. Migrant crossings through the dangerous Darien Gap have plummeted 99% since Trump took office, with only 408 recorded crossers in February compared to over 37,100 in February 2024.
Ports once filled with hordes of migrants now lay vacant. Incredible what having a real… pic.twitter.com/xQqXqcXazV
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