Border Apprehensions Lowest Since Hendrix Was Still Alive

But, Democrats and their Credentialed Media really, really, really want them to skyrocket

Illegal border crossings plunge under Trump in 2025, but numbers are rising

The last time illegal border crossings were this low, disco music and bell-bottoms were in fashion.

Illegal crossings in 2025 have plunged to the lowest level since 1970 amid an aggressive crackdown by the Trump administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Border Patrol recorded roughly 238,000 migrant apprehensions in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, down from more than 1.5 million apprehensions in fiscal 2024.

Remember, a good chunk happened during September 2024-January 20, 2025, while Biden was still notionally president. Oh, and even though disco was around, it wasn’t till the mid-70s that it became fashionable. Hippy music. Black Sabbath. Beatles broke up. Elvis’ first tour since 1958. Workingman’s Dead.

Most encounters happened under the previous administration: 172,026 apprehensions — 72 percent of the total — occurred during the under the Biden Administration during the first 111 days of the fiscal year. Over the next 254 days, this administration recorded 65,539 apprehensions, accounting for just 27 percent of the year’s total.

And zero releases.

The dramatic drop in migration at the U.S.-Mexico border began during the final year of President Joe Biden’s term, after Mexico cracked down on migration through its territory, Biden suspended access to asylum at the border, and his administration implemented new “legal pathways” for migrants to present at a port of entry.

But of course the USA Today wants to give Biden credit.

But the decline in illegal crossings accelerated rapidly after Trump took office in January.

If you take away the incentives to come most stop coming.

“Word has gotten out about the climate of fear here in the United States,” Isacson said. “We’re all seeing the videos of mass deportations, and people are hearing what life is like in our detention system right now.”

There were more during August and September, but, as it gets cooler they will drop.