Border crossings reached a new low in March, according to the Trump administration.
“Border Patrol encounters for the month of March was 7,181 total,” wrote border czar Tom Homan on X, formerly Twitter. “I started as a Border Patrol Agent in 1984, which was 41 years ago. I cannot recall a single month since then that the numbers have been that low.”
Homan has held key positions in Immigration and Customs Enforcement under both the Obama administration and the first Trump administration.
The March 2025 total is down 94% from one year ago, according to reporting from The New York Post. Illegal border crossings reached record highs under President Joe Biden, with total nationwide migrant encounters exceeding 10.1 million by August 2024, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Center Square previously reported that that figure did not include about 2 million “gotaways” – people who entered the U.S. illegally and evaded capture, bringing the total to over 12.5 million.
The new total for the month of March is less than figures reported for one day at times during the Biden administration. Homan compared March’s total to daily figures under the Biden administration
“[This] is a far cry from the more than 11,000 a day that we saw for a time period under Biden. The men and women of the Border Patrol have proven what they can accomplish when they are allowed to do their job and complete the mission of their agency,” Homan wrote.
Skeptics have said the administration has exaggerated its successes at the border, though there has been a sizable drop-off in border encounters and illegal immigration since January.
The trend is so pronounced that migrant facilities have started to close. Both federal and state facilities used to detain and process illegal migrants have closed in Texas, The Center Square reported.
