Reported illegal entries continue to decline nationwide, reversing a Biden administration trajectory where the numbers of encounters and apprehensions broke records every month.
In May, illegal entry encounters reported nationwide totaled 29,502, slightly up from 29,218 in April, which were up from 29,021 in March, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
By contrast, the numbers for these months under the Biden administration reached the highest levels on record in 2023: 259,471 in March, 276,036 in April and 275,166 in May that year, according to CBP data.
The numbers dropped dramatically after President Donald Trump was sworn into office. After he was elected, total numbers for November and December reached nearly 125,000 a month, dropping to nearly 82,000 in January when he was sworn into office. The numbers dropped to under 30,000 in February and haven’t gone below 29,000, as of May data.
The majority of encounters/apprehensions were reported at the southwest border, totaling 106,322 in October at the beginning of the fiscal year, dropping to 61,449 in January and under 12,000 in February in Trump’s first full month in office.
In May, total encounters at the southwest border totaled 12,452, according to the data. By contrast, they totaled 170,716 in May 2024, 206,690 in May 2023 and 241,136 in May 2022.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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