Illegal crossings at US-Mexico border hit new low in March, down 94% in a year

Illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border fell yet again in March, hitting another record — with border agents barely seeing 7,000 migrants enter illegally, The New York Post reported citing Homeland Security sources.

The number is down 94% from the 137,000 people who poured across the border in March last year, according to The New York Post.

It follows February crossings of roughly 8,300 illegal migrants — the lowest in at least 25 years, according to The New York Post.

And it’s all a result of “the Trump effect,” multiple Homeland Security sources told The Post Monday.

Migrants are “scared there are consequences now,” said one DHS source, adding “everyone who is caught is charged and does time.”

“Illegal entries into the United States are no longer a backdoor way to getting status,” said another source.

Most of the roughly 7,000 crossings took place in the San Diego and El Paso border sectors, sources said.