Southwest border encounters once again were at record lows in April at just 12,035, according to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, recording record lows for the third month in a row.
Overall, illegal immigration has been reduced, from 559,009 from February through April of 2024 down to just 34,762 in 2025 since President Donald Trump took office, a drop of 94 percent. It’s the lowest ever on record in data dating all the way back to 2000.
The swift change came as President Trump declared a national border emergency on Jan. 20 under the National Emergencies Act, immediately deployed the military to the border, resuming construction of the southern border wall, declaring gangs and drug cartels to be terrorist organizations and expediting their removal under the Alien Enemy Act and by the Attorney General.
