This was a 95 percent decrease from March 2024, according to new data from Customs and Border Protection.
There was a historic drop in the apprehension of illegal immigrants at America’s southwest border last month, according to new data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as the Trump administration continues to step up immigration enforcement.
“In March 2025, USBP apprehended 7,181 illegal aliens crossing the southwest border between ports of entry,” the agency said in an April 14 statement, referring to U.S. Border Patrol (USBP).
“This constitutes a 14 percent decrease from February 2025 when USBP apprehended 8,346 aliens, and a 95 percent decrease from March 2024 when USBP apprehended 137,473 aliens.”
Pete Flores, acting Commissioner of CBP, said the border patrol’s southwest border apprehensions “for the entire month of March 2025 were lower than the first two days of March 2024.”
Nationwide, border patrol saw 264 apprehensions per day in March. That’s lower than February’s daily numbers, which were at 330, the “lowest nationwide average apprehensions in CBP history” at the time, according to the CBP.
President Donald Trump referenced the achievement in an April 15 Truth Social post, writing in all-caps, “Border crossings hit all-time record low in March!”
Last month’s average of nationwide daily apprehensions was 94 percent lower than the 4,488 apprehensions per day registered in March of last year, under the Biden administration.
Earlier this month, Flores said that “under the leadership of President Trump and [Homeland] Secretary Noem, the administration has taken bold, decisive action to restore control at the border. Border Patrol agents are empowered like never before to shut down unlawful entry and protect American lives.”
“The message is clear: the border is closed to illegal crossings, and for those still willing to test our resolve, know this—you will be prosecuted, and you will be deported.”
In March, the agency launched the CBP Home mobile app, allowing illegal immigrants to notify the government of their intent to leave the United States.
The app has been updated with an added functionality enabling illegal immigrants to notify authorities that they have exited the country.
“These features are vital to comply with Executive Order 14159, ‘Protecting the American People Against Invasion,’ ensuring an orderly process for aliens to communicate their departure plans,” according to CBP.
