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WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (KUNA) -- The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced preliminary enforcement numbers for September 2025, closing out Fiscal Year 2025 with the lowest border patrol apprehensions since 1970.
"We have had the most secure border in American history and our end of year numbers prove it. We have shattered multiple records this year and once again we have broken a new record with the lowest number of Southwest border apprehensions in 55 years," said Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. "Under President Trump, we have empowered and supported our law enforcement to do their job and they have delivered."
Southwest Border Apprehensions: 237,565; the lowest fiscal year total in 55 years, compared to 201,780 in Fiscal Year 1970, and 87 percent below the average of the last four fiscal years which was 1.86 million.
Most encounters happened under the previous administration, noted Noem, adding that September marked the fifth consecutive month with "ZERO" releases by the Border Patrol along the southwest border, compared to 9,144 releases in September 2024. (end)
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