July saw the lowest number of crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border in four years, a major boost for Democrats.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Friday that July saw a 32 percent drop over the prior month, partly due to Biden’s effective asylum ban signed in June.

A recent poll by Gallup in July suggested bipartisan support for curbs on immigration levels. Fifty-five percent of Republicans and Democrats want to see immigration levels decrease.

On Wednesday, Trump said at a rally in North Carolina that Democrats were afraid to speak on immigration.

However, immigration was on the agenda on Wednesday night at the DNC, in an attempt to halt Republican momentum on the highly salient issues that voters routinely say are among their top concerns in November.

Democrats lined up to launch a barrage of scathing attacks on Trump’s policies.

“When it comes to the border, hear me when I say: You know nothing, Donald Trump,” Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar told attendees on Wednesday.

Javier Salazar, the sheriff of Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, Texas, described Trump as “a self-serving man.”

“When he killed the border bill, he just made our jobs harder,” Salazar said.

New York Rep. Tom Suozzi told the audience, “The border is broken,” during his address at the DNC.

“But this year, when Democrats and Republicans finally worked together to finally write new border laws, we were blocked.

“We all know who sabotaged us,” he said, hinting at Trump’s role in killing the bill,” he added.

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris’ support among Hispanic voters has surged since she entered the 2024 presidential race, as shown by a recent Economist/YouGov poll.

Since her campaign launch on July 21, she now leads former President Donald Trump by 20 points (54 percent to 34 percent) among Hispanic voters. This poll, conducted between August 17 and 20, surveyed 1,368 registered U.S. voters.

Maribel Hernández Rivera, director of policy and government affairs for border and immigration at the American Civil Liberties Union, told Newsweek a “Kamala Harris administration would present an unexpected and critical opportunity for serious reform of the nation’s immigration system.”

ACLU released a recent report arguing that a Harris administration should reject “tough-on-immigration” border policies in favor of a humane and balanced approach to immigration reform.

“Although Harris has publicly embraced the 2024 Senate Border Act—which would have permanently decimated asylum protections,” the report said. “If elected, Harris should instead build on her knowledge of the root causes of migration and her prior support for the U.S. asylum and refugee system to invest in real solutions that will meet the needs of the current moment.”