The quietest border in half a century
Border Patrol made 98,708 apprehensions at the southwest border in fiscal 2026, about 95% fewer than in the average year under President Biden, according to preliminary CBP data.
Border & Immigration
A border that holds, laws that mean what they say, and citizens first in line.
13 wins
Catch-and-release is over
Border Patrol released 101,650 people it caught at the southwest border in August 2023 alone; since May 2025 it has released zero, 17 months in a row.
More leaving than arriving
Economists at Brookings and AEI estimate that 10,000 to 295,000 more people left the U.S. than arrived in 2025, likely the first negative year in at least half a century.
Millions have left the country
DHS says more than 3 million illegal immigrants have left since President Trump returned, most on their own, and the Center for Immigration Studies estimates the illegal population is down 2.3 million.
Laken Riley's law
The first law Trump signed this term makes ICE detain illegal immigrants charged with theft, burglary, assaulting police or crimes causing death or serious injury; DHS counted over 17,500 arrests in 2025.
Your benefits are for citizens
The administration says it ended benefits for at least 1.4 million illegal immigrants, removed 275,000 from Social Security rolls and cut them off from four refundable tax credits.
More than 250,000 visas revoked
The State Department has revoked more than 250,000 visas tied to crime, fraud, overstays and security concerns.
Narco-terrorists stopped at the door
The administration says more than 10,000 people with cartel or narco-terror ties were blocked from entering the U.S., and the terror watchlist grew by 85,000 identities.
A $100,000 price tag on H-1B visas
Since September 2025, new H-1B visa petitions require a $100,000 payment, a rule now being challenged in court.
The wall and Remain in Mexico are back
Border-wall construction resumed on day one, the Remain in Mexico policy returned, and troops deployed to the border under a national emergency declaration.
Supreme Court backs the crackdown
The Supreme Court sided with the administration on turning away asylum seekers and ending Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of people.
The search for 62,000 migrant children
The administration says it located 62,000 unaccompanied migrant children its predecessor lost track of, many exposed to trafficking and forced labor.
A 1798 law turned on Tren de Aragua
Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to fast-track removal of members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, a use the courts are still sorting out.