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According to numbers released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), illegal migrant encounters at the southern border plummeted in March to record lows.
The agency said in an X post that the latest report reveals continued “record low numbers” of illegal crossings at the southern border.
RECORD LOW NUMBERS 🚩https://t.co/mZKIsgxx6X
— CBP (@CBP) April 14, 2025
This comes after CBP recorded the lowest southwest border crossings in history in March, which the agency said marked a “pivotal achievement in our nation’s border security efforts” and evidence that “operational control [of the border] is becoming a reality.”
“Aliens are receiving the [Trump] administration’s message: if you cross the border illegally, you will be deported,” CBP said in its latest report.
From Fox News:
Border Patrol apprehended a total of 7,181 illegal aliens attempting to cross the southern border between ports of entry in March. This constitutes a 14% decrease from February when Border Patrol apprehended 8,346 aliens, and more dramatically, a 95% decrease from the 137,473 aliens apprehended under the Biden administration in the same period in 2024.
Meanwhile, CBP’s Office of Field Operations, which manages immigration enforcement at the country’s 328 ports of entry, reported that nationwide encounters averaged approximately 673 per day in March. This is 3% lower than the office’s 693 daily average encounters in February and 81% lower than the 3,464 per day average from March 2024.
President Trump celebrated the news on TRUTH Social, saying, “BORDER CROSSINGS HIT ALL TIME RECORD LOW IN MARCH!!!”
More over at Fox News:
Border crossings hit record low in March thanks to 'vigilant' work of agents: report https://t.co/Ao4OyuRXd5
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 15, 2025