Migrants turn back home after Trump tightens border security: report

Immigrants who were looking to enter the country illegally have turned back after President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, according to a report from Fox News. This comes amidst Trump's actions to secure the southern border as well as pressure Canada and Mexico to police their own borders.

According to the outlet, an internal Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) memo indicated that there were two groups of immigrants looking to cross the border illegally that ended their trek to the southern border and turned around to go back to their home countries.

A group of 23 immigrants that were previously heading to the United States ran into Honduran officers on Wednesday. The group came from the countries of Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, and Venezuela. The memo indicated that when the officers interviewed the immigrants, they said they had to end their journey after "learning about the multi-agency force security on the Southwest Border in social media and through family members in the United States."

The CBP memos also noted another incident where on Feb. 3, Honduran police officers encountered a group of 26 immigrants. They were also going to the US when they found out that Trump had tightened up security and was deporting illegal immigrants.

There have been many calls from the Trump administration for immigrants to stop where they are before crossing the border illegally, and have told those in the United States to "self-deport" out of the country.

One of the first legislative wins for Trump in his second administration was the passage of the Laken Riley Act, which makes theft-related crimes result in an automatic detainer for illegal immigrants in the US. The law is named after a nursing student in Georgia who was killed by Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who prior to the murder had been accused of shoplifting.