According to statistics released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for April, border agents patrolling the southern border are up and the number of immigrants entering the country are down.
The monthly reporting, which can be viewed on the agency’s stats and summaries webpage, show that only five immigrants were allowed to enter the United States for U.S. special interest court cases in April, a drop from an estimated 68,000 released along the southwest border during April 2024.
“For the first time in years, more agents are back in the field—patrolling territories that CBP didn’t have the bandwidth or manpower to oversee just six months ago,” Pete Flores, acting commissioner of CBP, said. “But thanks to this administration’s dramatic shift in security posture at our border, we are now seeing operational control becoming a reality—and it’s only just beginning.”
The CBP also reported the agency has seen a sharp decline in attempted crossings by illegal aliens, and 1,120 criminal arrests in just one week in Florida for illegal alien activity. Border Patrol recorded 8,3838 apprehensions along the southwest border, a 93 percent drop from the 128,895 apprehensions recorded in April 2024, or an average of 279 apprehensions per day, down from 4,297 per day just a year ago.
Additionally, the agency reportedly seized 758 pounds of fentanyl in April, a 15 percent increase over March. CBP also reported it had worked with the trade community and port operators to ensure merchandise cleared efficiently while interdicting illicit cargo hidden in some shipments. In April, the agency processed more than 3 million entry summaries valued at more than $284 billion and stopped 140 shipments valued at more than $3.65 million on the suspected use of forced labor in China.
The agency said it had collected $37.9 billion in tariff revenue since President Donald Trump took office.