Illegal border crossings have plummeted to historic lows under President Trump, according to new data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The June 2025 Southwest Land Border Encounters Report confirms a dramatic drop in apprehensions, including a record-setting single-day low of just 128 migrant encounters on June 28.
Border Patrol agents apprehended 8,024 illegal migrants in June—marking the lowest number in decades. Among these, 6,072 were caught crossing between ports of entry, a 15 percent drop from March’s previous record low. This represents a staggering 93 percent decrease compared to June 2024 and a 97 percent drop from the 222,018 apprehensions recorded in December 2022 during the Biden administration’s peak border crisis.
CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott credited the Trump administration’s no-nonsense border enforcement policies. “From shutting down illegal crossings to seizing fentanyl and enforcing billions in tariffs, CBP is delivering results on every front,” Scott stated. “We are protecting this country with relentless focus, and the numbers prove it.”
The Trump administration also broke a new record on June 28 with the lowest-ever number of illegal border crossers in a single day—136. By contrast, the Biden administration saw daily encounters surge past 13,000.
Unlike the prior administration’s policy of “catch and release,” which resulted in 50 to 70 percent of apprehended migrants being released into U.S. cities, the Trump administration admitted zero migrants illegally crossing the border for the second consecutive month.
So far in Fiscal Year 2025, agents have apprehended 218,263 migrants—an 84 percent drop from the same period in FY24, which saw over 1.3 million apprehensions. In FY22, encounters reached a record-breaking 2.2 million under Biden.
El Paso remained the busiest sector in June with 1,630 migrant encounters, followed by Rio Grande Valley (981), Tucson (968), San Diego (895), and Del Rio (652).
Demographics show 65 percent of all border encounters involved single adults. Family units made up 24 percent, while unaccompanied minors accounted for 11 percent of total apprehensions.
