The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported today that their preliminary enforcement data for September 2025, which marks the end of the 2025 fiscal year, reveals “the lowest U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions since 1970.”
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DHS said that Southwest Border Patrol Apprehensions were 237,565 for the fiscal year. The last time the number was lower was 55 years ago, when apprehensions were 201,780 in 1970.
When comparing this number to that of less than 12 months into President Trump’s current term, it is “87% below the average of the last four fiscal years which was 1.86 million” under Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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