Under President Donald Trump, U.S. Border Patrol agents did not release any illegal immigrants into the United States in May, compared to 62,000 illegal immigrants released into the country last May under former President Joe Biden’s administration.
According to information obtained by The New York Post, zero illegal immigrants were released by Trump’s Border Patrol in May, and only 8,725 migrants were apprehended while illegally crossing the southern border between the United States and Mexico. The outlet noted that the number of migrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents represented a 93% decrease from last May when 117,905 migrants were caught illegally crossing the southern border.
In a Tuesday statement, the White House said the latest data from Border Patrol’s operations marks the “latest victory in President Donald J. Trump’s relentless commitment to securing the homeland and a remarkable turnaround from the 62,000 illegals released into the country under the Biden Administration just one year ago.” The White House added, “Promises made, promises kept.”
In a statement to The New York Post, acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Pete Flores highlighted the Trump administration’s strong border policies, such as ending the Biden administration’s catch-and-release policies.
“Under the leadership of this administration, CBP has received historic support resulting in another 93% decrease in illegal crossings along the southwest border this month when compared with last year,” Flores said.
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Last week, National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez told The New York Post that Border Patrol agents were close to achieving the agency’s goal of establishing full “operational control” of the southern border.
“Under the Biden administration, our agents were pulled off the line. We were doing all the processing, detaining, transporting and essentially baby-sitting, the border was wide open,” Perez told The New York Post. “It was unsecured because we didn’t have enough agents on the line to actually protect and deter. So now we’ve got the complete opposite. All of our agents are actually patrolling the border for the first time in many, many years.”
In a Tuesday post on X, formerly Twitter, Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, said that the president’s leadership has led to the “most secure border” in American history. Homan noted that the Border Patrol only encountered “a total of 95 illegal aliens across the entire southern border” in 24 hours, marking the lowest number of illegal immigrants encountered at the border in a single day.
“Compare that to the Biden Administration who surpassed more than 10,000 per day. On top of that, they released the vast majority into the US,” Homan tweeted. “How many were released under Trump for May? Zero.”
