Fewer migrants were nabbed at the southern border on an average day in April than made it across during a typical hour in December 2023 — a time when hundreds were sneaking into the US daily under former President Joe Biden’s lax immigration enforcement policies, new statistics show.
The shocking revelation comes as the Trump administration notches 12 straight months without a single illegal immigrant released at the US border, with crossings plummeting to levels not seen since the early 1990s.
“Twelve straight months of ZERO releases at the border. Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, we are delivering the most secure border in American history,” said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
“The days of catch and release are over. We are enforcing the nation’s laws and sending illegal aliens back to their home countries.”
The jaw-dropping figure is a stark departure from the open-border days of the Biden administration under ex-border czar Kamala Harris, during which millions of migrants flooded into the country virtually unchecked.
According to DHS, the average number of daily border apprehensions in April (298) was less than a single hour in December 2023, when a staggering 336 people were picked up each and every hour.
Apprehensions at the border last month under the Trump administration — which has prioritized a nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration — are down 94% from Biden administration peak levels.
“What a difference, America! The U.S. Border Patrol released zero illegal aliens into our country again this month, unlike April 2024 when more than 68,000 were released under President Biden,” said CBP Commissioner Rodney S. Scott.
“Every minute of every day President Trump’s border security policies are making every American safer.”
Fiscal year to date, total US border patrol apprehensions along the southern border have slid to the lowest monthly average since 1992, according to DHS.
The sharply declining numbers of illegal border crossings were coupled with a massive surge in drug seizures.
“The sustained decline in illegal border crossings and apprehensions—now at levels not seen in over three decades—shows the impact of robust enforcement policies,” DHS said in a statement.
“With daily apprehensions down 95% from the previous administration and 15 consecutive months of fewer than 9,000 southwest border apprehensions, the border remains more secure than at any point in history.”
Nationwide in April, CBP seized 60% more cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and fentanyl compared to April 2024. Heroin seizures spiked 73% compared with March 2026, and methamphetamine seizures rose 63%.
The agency also seized 463 pounds of fentanyl in April alone.
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