The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that illegal border crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border are at their lowest annual level since 1970 – setting a 55-year historic low.
CBS News reported that U.S. Border Patrol agents “recorded nearly 238,000 apprehensions of migrants crossing the southern border illegally in fiscal year 2025, which began in October of last year and ended on Sept. 30.” This is the lowest since 1970, when approximately 202,000 illegal aliens were apprehended.
“President Donald J. Trump’s relentless commitment to securing our homeland has crushed illegal crossings at the southern border to the lowest level in over 50 years — another historic victory for American sovereignty and safety under President Trump’s leadership,” the White House said in a statement.
Even more astonishingly, of the 238,000 illegal aliens apprehended in fiscal year 2025, more than 60 percent of them were apprehended during the last three months of the Biden administration. CBS News also reported that “Border Patrol agents assigned to the southern border have recorded fewer than 9,000 apprehensions each month” during Trump’s first full eight months in office.
The current situation represents a stark reversal from the Biden administration, when border crossings reached historic highs. Border Patrol encountered and apprehended a record 2.2 million illegal aliens in fiscal year 2022, which was “almost 10 times the levels recorded in 2025.” In some months, Border Patrol was apprehending more illegal crossers in a single day than are now being apprehended in an entire month.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson explained that Trump has fulfilled his 2024 campaign promise to protect America’s southern border.
“President Trump has overwhelmingly delivered on his promise to secure our Southern Border,” Jackson said. “As a result, Americans are safer — unvetted criminal illegal aliens and dangerous drugs are no longer pouring over our border unchecked. And for all the Democrats who claimed it was impossible to secure the border or that they needed new policy, turns out all we needed was a new President.”
Trump’s success also proves correct his repeated assertion that all that was ever needed to secure the border was a president who was willing to use the powers of his office to enforce existing immigration law. The Biden administration had repeatedly blamed vague “root causes” for its inability to stem the flood of 10-20 million illegal aliens that crossed under its watch.
“Soon after Mr. Trump took office for a second time, his administration moved to seal and militarize the southern border, closing down the American asylum system using emergency powers, dispatching thousands of soldiers to repel illegal crossings and shutting down Biden-era programs that allowed some migrants to enter the U.S. legally,” CBS reported.
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) Executive Director Dale Wilcox and Deputy Executive Director Matt O’Brien published an op-ed last month stating that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem also deserves immense credit for the Trump administration’s success.
“Ms. Noem’s most striking accomplishment is the transformation of the southern border from a zone of anarchy into a secure, effectively policed international boundary,” Wilcox and O’Brien said. “Homeland Security data shows that daily encounters with illegal aliens have plummeted by an astonishing 93% while daily apprehensions have dropped by 96%. Perhaps most impressive, for the past four consecutive months, zero illegal aliens have been released into the country.”
They also added that DHS “facilitated the exit of more than two million illegal aliens” in less than 250 days. The two explained that the Trump administration “is now on pace to break deportation records, potentially marking the highest number of deportations in a single year in U.S. history.”
Trump’s remarkable success at securing the border in a matter of weeks – and keeping it secure – remains perhaps the greatest accomplishment of his second term so far. While most corporate media outlets remain reluctant to report on it, the American people, particularly those in border communities, are finally breathing a sigh of relief.
Alan Jamison is the pen name of a political writer with extensive experience writing for several notable politicians and news outlets.
Yes! Our Great President doing exactly what he promised. It benefits every citizen of our country. We love President Trump.
If the American press had any integrity at all, they’d investigate the connections between the drug cartels, the people smugglers and the open border crowd. The open border makes no sense unless you’re part of the trafficking operation or at least funded by it!
The more illegal immigrants we can prevent entering the U.S., the more immigrants who are in the U.S. legally can live without fear of being mistaken for being illegal. This is good news for American citizens and immigrants in the U.S. alike.
Yes the southern border is closed and that is wonderful. Now it is time to look North to the northern border. The smugglers have adapted. I think the President should give this some attention also. Please.
The American people owe President Trump our undying gratitude for giving the US a chance at saving itself. Biden and his thugs purposely destroyed the security of our Southern Border and allowed 15-20 million illegals to overwhelm the security and infrastructure of our country. Things are still bad, but at least the US has a chance of becoming a strong and vibrant country once again. Biden and his goons should be in prison for treason. The mainstream press still keeps on protecting the Communist Progressives from being justly punished.
Phenomenal! And continue with Western, Northern and Eastern borders! Thank you President Trump!
What is going on here and Europe is as per design, there is no need for such push in any other country, because there is not a “refugee” trying to enter it without a passport, China, former Soviet Union, Africa, no one is trying to invade those, their borders I am sure are secure from hordes, it’s the other way, many trying to leave.
The G.O.A.T. Promises made, promises kept! Thank you, sir!
Well, the great originator of the ungrateful society—LBJ was prez then and I remember it well BECAUSE he had me in the bush in Vietnam.
We went from an Autopen regime who had no borders to a country of law and order. Anarchy was and is still promoted by the progressive left. They are working on making America a communist regime by making Republicans, especially MAGA followers into Nazi Germany. Pritzker, Newsom, Schumer, Jeffries, AOC you know the usual suspects always talk about them. Never defining the THEM. These figures about the border will not be shown by the legacy media. Because that happens in our America where them live. Like total radio silence on the disgusting conversation that Jones in VA had about killing a rep leader. Not one word on it by the MSM. Heck if a rep candidate had said that it would be front page news for weeks and assassinations would be planned and those radicalized by the left would be in his neighborhood. But that is all okay. Not one democrat said withdraw from the race. Especially since he is running for AG of VA. How safe is anyone in VA if they ever have to deal with this guy about Justice.
A conservative wouldn’t have a chance. The same with the border. They are upset that we are following the law. Why have borders if nobody cares about protecting them. We have anarchy in this country now. We have a war going on in this country. The progressives are never going to give up nor give in.
Trump has been successful on all but one thing so that’s a pretty good percentage! He’s still working on Putin! Have you noticed how the DIMMs loved Russia when it was communist, but now hate it?
Victory Hooray awesome
If it wasn’t for President Trump, we would have become the Spanish States of America. I give thanks every night that he was elected.
Finish the border wall and electrify it. That will keep out most of them. Some will always find their way across but it will slow them down even more.
Finally, a president that does his job. This could have been done long ago. Future presidents will have to match or do more of the same . Thanks you Mr. President for MAGA.
BREAKING: Historic Trump Success on Border Continues as Illegal Crossings Reach 55-Year LowPosted on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
You have been SO BLINDED by your political beliefs that you are completely UNABLE to SEE the truth that is RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!
A pity William Johnstone died before Trump (new books with his name on it have been coming out for years so don’t judge him by those!). He was the first to proclaim the dangers of Illegal Aliens invading the U.S.A. and that was in the 1980s!
SURELY, there must be SOME OTHER explanation, and not just because TRUMP is POTUS! Am I right, Dumba$$ocrat$ in CONGRE$$?! Certainly, this must be because of your political skills and dexterity, and NOT because of the cretinous TRUMP!!! BTW…FJB. (smh and rolling eyes)
The lies and false information by one party is selfish, about self, about votes, and wrong, wrong, wrong.
The last election, the vast win by President Trump, his engagement and awareness and representing American citizens, points out the uselessness of the others and they need to be GONE!
The truth hurts to you dim libs.
Anyone would be proud to be a failure in your eyes glen u