The crossings of irregular migrants from Mexico to USA marked an unprecedented decrease in October, registering 30,651 cases, according to the revealed data this Thursday by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The numbers, reflected by the agency Efeindicate that the drop translates into 79% compared to the same month of 2024, which marked the beginning of the fiscal year.
Another historic month in border security:
•The lowest nationwide encounters in October in CBP history.
• 6 straight months of zero Border Patrol releases.
•258 daily apprehensions, 95% lower than the average of the previous administration.Border Security is national…
— CBP (@CBP) November 6, 2025
Migrant encounters also marked a downward trend, reaching 29% less than the previous record, set at 43,010 since 2012.
“History was made: the minors border crossings October in history and the sixth consecutive month of zero releases (of migrants). “This is the safest border there has ever been,” said Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), after the statistics were revealed.
Trump’s lock
Noem attributed the sharp decline to US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
Since the White House tenant began his second term last January, his Government has detained 106,134 irregular migrants on the southern border, according to figures released in October.
This translates into less than half of the monthly average of 155,485 arrests that marked Joe Biden’s presidency between 2021 and 2025.
So far, all indicators are below those accumulated by the previous Democratic administration, including reports of encounters with migrants at the border (237,565) that occurred in fiscal year 2025, which was from October of the previous year until last September, the media reports.
According to DHS, this would imply “the lowest figure in the last 55 years,” in addition to an 87% drop compared to the average of the previous four fiscal years.
Border crossings reach historic lows as Trump continues to strengthen immigration measures
One of the first executive orders signed by Trump when he returned to the Oval Office was the “closure” of the southern border to the passage of irregular migration, which he considers an “invasion.”
In turn, it restricted the granting of asylum, ended the humanitarian parole program promoted by Biden and deployed the army to control the border.
In mid-October the United States embassy in Mexico announced the imposition of a fine of 5 thousand dollars to those who cross the border “illegally”, as part of the offensive to tighten immigration restrictions.
