The U.S. southern border has seen a sharp drop in migrant encounters entering between ports of entry at the southern border, according to a CBP source.

Border crossings in the Southwest are reportedly down as President Donald Trump’s administration begins its immigration crack down. The number of daily Southwest border encounters dropped by nearly half on Wednesday,

Washington — President Trump invoked muscular presidential powers to begin a sweeping crackdown on immigration following his inauguration on Monday, tasking the military with border enforcement, moving to designate cartels and gangs as terrorist groups, shutting down asylum and refugee admissions and attempting to terminate birthright citizenship.