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Border Arrests Fall Over 40% Since Biden Suspended Asylum Processing. The Homeland Security Department made the announcement on June 26, NPR reports. Average daily arrests that the Border Patrol has made over a week-long period have dropped below 2,400. That is a decrease of over 40% from before the president's proclamation went into effect on June 5. However, arrests need to drop to the 1,500 mark before asylum processing can resume. Still, the current data marks the lowest number of arrests since Jan. 17, 2021, NPR reports. Last week, President Biden touted a 25% decrease in border arrests since the order took effect, which means they've dropped a lot more since then. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has called the executive order a "tremendous success". "We indeed have seen a tremendous success early on, and I should emphasize that it is early on in our implementation of the president’s proclamation and our accompanying regulation.", Alejandro Mayorkas, to CNN. Mayorkas will address border enforcement efforts in Tuscon, Arizona, on June 26. The area has served as "the busiest corridor for illegal crossings" recently, NPR reports. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT