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Trump policy on border jumpers empowers use of ‘maximum consequences,’ border agent tells Fox

Trump policy on border jumpers empowers use of ‘maximum consequences,’ border agent tells Fox

SanDiegoSectoractingChiefPatrolAgentJeffreyStalnakertoldFoxNewsDigitalthatmigrantsattemptstocrossthebordernowfaceseriousconsequencesifcaught. SanDiego—ThechangeinadministrationfromPresidentJoeBidentoPresidentDonaldTrumphasopenedupstrongerenforcementpossibilitiesforU.S.CustomsandBorderProtection(CBP)agents,theagentinchargeofakeysectoralongthesouthernbordertellsFoxNewsDigital. “Wehavechangedfromapostureofcatch-and-releasetoprovidingmaximumconsequencestothegreatestextentpossibleforanyoneandeveryonewhocrosses,”SanDiegoSectoractingChiefPatrolAgentJeffreyStalnakertoldFoxNewsDigital. ThecommentscomeastherehasbeenaseeminglyovernightchangeinthesituationattheU.S.southernborder,withCBPdatashowingthatorderapprehensionsinFebruaryhitanearly25-yearlow,whileencounterswithillegalmigrantsdippedtojust30,000inFebruary,anumberthatwasover130,000duringthesametimeperiodin2023and2024. Thatrealityhas