Troop Presence Expands at US-Mexico Border in California as Illegal Crossings Plummet

SAN DIEGO—The once-steady foot traffic from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego at the San Ysidro port of entry slowed to a trickle last week as stricter immigration reforms were imposed by the Trump administration. President Donald Trump has issued a barrage of executive orders to end the Biden-era border crisis, tighten national security, and curb illegal immigration since his inauguration at noon on Jan. 20. Normally, pedestrians entering the United States from Mexico can stand for hours in lines stretching for several blocks before reaching the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) checkpoints, but on Jan. 29, an Epoch Times photojournalist crossed the border from Mexico into the United States within about five minutes....