The number of migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has plummeted 40 percent since President Joe Biden clamped down on asylum earlier this month, administration officials said Wednesday. Daily crossings have fallen below 2,400. That’s the lowest level since Jan. 17, 2021, right before the president took office. But encounters still remain too high for the president’s newly implemented restrictions to be lifted: Migrants will continue to be barred from seeking asylum in between ports of entry until average border crossings have fallen below 1,500 for seven consecutive days. The president rolled out his new asylum restrictions in early June, partially closing down the border to migrants seeking asylum at the border. The new rule from the Homeland Security and Justice departments allowed the Biden administration to remove some migrants from the U.S. in a matter of hours or days. These migrants also face a five-year ban on reentering the country, as well as potential criminal prosecution. Since the president rolled out his executive actions, DHS said it had overseen more than 100 repatriation flights that returned more than 24,000 people to more than 20 countries. The department said it has doubled the number of migrants removed directly from Border Patrol custody.