NEW ORLEANS, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced 14 consecutive months of zero releases at the border, continuing the unprecedented trend of historically low border crossings.
"Another month of historically low illegal border crossings demonstrates the success of President Trump's border security policies," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "Thanks to President Trump's leadership, we went from the worst border crisis in history to 14 straight months of ZERO releases at the border. Our border is CLOSED to lawbreakers."
The sustained decline in illegal border crossin...