After untold millions of illegal immigrants streamed across the border under the Biden administration, Americans were fed up and demanded change. It was one of the many reasons why President Donald Trump was reelected in 2024. Across the nation, voters cited illegal immigration as one of their most pressing concerns. During the Biden administration, Border Patrol agents saw a daily average of 5,110 illegal migrants cross the border. Now, there are 245 daily crossings on average, according to Customs and Border Protection. On day one, Trump took action to end the illegal immigration chaos. National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez told The Daily Wire that agents deployed to the frontlines saw it take effect “within a few hours.” “They started doing the job of interdiction,” Perez said, adding, “There’s actual consequences that are being imposed. It wasn’t just rhetoric, it was action.” “If we don’t already have it, we’re moving for the first time in the history of this country towards complete operational control of the border,” Perez said. Stopping ‘Catch and Release’ One of the biggest incentives Biden offered migrants was the promise that they would be released into the country after crossing illegally. For the most part, they were given a court date, typically years into the future, and sent on their way. Migrants would cross illegally and share with friends and family back in their home countries the news that most were being released, inspiring more to make the treacherous journey. Now, migrants who cross illegally are either swiftly turned back to Mexico or held in detention to face federal charges for entering illegally before being deported home or to another country willing to take them back. In the last seven months, Border Patrol hasn’t released a single migrant who crossed the southern border illegally, according to Customs and Border Protection. Border Patrol sources told The Daily Wire that ending the ‘catch and release’ policy made the biggest difference in shutting down the border. “Everybody gets sent back. Before, people knew they could come in and try to claim asylum and get their court date and disappear. Once that stopped, everything slowed down,” one Border Patrol source, who requested anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly, said. Another agent said migrants “all knew it was about that loophole.” The policy change has also freed up Border Patrol agents to get back on the border to detect the bad hombres trying to evade them, according to Perez. Under the Biden administration, the number of ‘gotaways’ was “ridiculously high,” Perez explained, adding that it was “what scared us the most.” Now, some areas of the border have days when not a single person can get through without being caught. “It has really allowed us to go back and arrest people that are actively seeking evading detection. And that was something that we just weren’t able to do,” Perez said. Ending Biden’s Entry Programs Trump stopped the use of the CBP One phone application, which former President Joe Biden repurposed to allow thousands of migrants to enter the United States per month at border ports of entry. He also ended the Biden-era parole scheme that allowed 30,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants to fly directly into the United States to bypass the land border. The Biden administration temporarily shut the program down at one point after an internal report raised fraud concerns. The two programs brought more than 1.4 million migrants into the United States. Mass Deportation Trump also quickly empowered Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to make arrests across the country. Under Biden, their hands were tied, and they were limited to whom they could arrest. At the time, if ICE came across a person whose sole crime was being in the country illegally, they had to let them go as part of the Biden administration’s adoption of “prosecutorial discretion.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Now, ICE is not only out in full force across the country arresting egregious criminals, they’re also allowed to make “collateral” arrests of those whose only crime is being in the United States illegally. The agency has also received help from several other federal agencies, including the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, the Diplomatic Security Service, and the ATF. “We’re allowed to do our jobs,” one ICE source told The Daily Wire. Meanwhile, Trump has also forced formerly recalcitrant countries like Venezuela to begin accepting deportation flights from the United States. The Trump administration has deported more than 605,000, while roughly 1.9 million others have left on their own, according to the Department of Homeland Security.