CBP Releases February 2025 Monthly Update

Excerpt:  “President Trump and Secretary Noem have sent a clear message:  if you cross the border illegally, you will be deported without an opportunity to try another day, or in a few hours. As a result, CBP encounters with illegal aliens have decreased dramatically. U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) nationwide apprehensions averaged approximately 330 per day in February, the first full month since the President issued new executive orders to secure the border. This is the lowest nationwide average apprehensions in CBP history. Southwest border apprehensions plunged to less than 300 per day. In February 2025, the USBP apprehended 8,347 illegal aliens crossing the southwest border between ports of entry. This constitutes a 71% decrease from January 2025 when USBP apprehended 29,101 aliens, and a 94% decrease from February 2024 when USBP apprehended 140,641 aliens. CBP’s Office of Field Operations (OFO) encountered 3,362 inadmissible aliens at ports of entry along the southwest border in February 2025. That constitutes a 90% decrease from January 2025 when OFO encountered 32,346 inadmissible aliens, and a 93% decrease from February 2024 when OFO encountered 49,272 inadmissible aliens.”