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Total blockade: Trump Administration did not release a single illegal immigrant in May

Border agents did not let a single undocumented immigrant into the country last month, compared to 62,000 under the Biden Administration at the same time last year.

Soldiers on the southern border

Soldiers on the southern borderAFP.

Diane Hernández
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Diane Hernández

Border Patrol agents did not let any immigrants into the country last month, in what is considered a stunning drop after the Biden administration allowed 62,000 undocumented immigrants into the country in May 2024.

According to an exclusive from The Post, agents caught 8,725 immigrants illegally crossing the southern border in May. That figure represents a 93% decrease from the same month in 2024, when 117,905 people were caught, internal data obtained by the media outlet confirms.

One of the main changes in immigration policy made by Trump was the reversal of former President Joe Biden's catch-and-release plan, which resulted in millions of people crossing the border illegally being able to enter the US.

"Border crossing numbers continue to maintain historic lows, reinforcing the sustained success of our enforcement efforts to secure the homeland and protect American communities," said Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Pete Flores.

President Donald Trump himself echoed The Post exclusive, sharing the story on his social network Truth Social. The immigration issue was one of the Republican's main campaign banners.

Full "operational control" of the southern border is near

National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez also told The Post last week that Border Patrol agents are getting closer to their goal of obtaining total "operational control" of the southern border, spurred by the massive drop in illegal crossings.

Perez claimed that under the previous administration "the border was completely open," and that agents were removed from the detention line. The control personnel were only in charge of processing, detention, transportation and surveillance, facilitating the passage of undocumented immigrants, numbering in the thousands every day.

The official added that a year ago, the border,  was not secure because there were not enough agents on the line to protect and deter the unbridled entry of illegals. "All of our agents are patrolling the border for the first time in many, many years," he said.

More than 10,000 military personnel deployed to the southern border

The Pentagon now has 10,000 troops deployed to the border with Mexico after sending another 1,115 service members in recent weeks. According to Northern Command, this move seeks to "provide enhanced sustainment, engineering, medical and operational capabilities as part of the Department of Defense's continued government-wide focus on gaining full operational control of the southern border."


The latest troops sent to border duty are divided as follows:

  • Approximately 65 Joint Individual Augmentees from the U.S. Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force will reinforce the Joint Task Force-Southern Border headquarters.
  • Approximately 250 Soldiers from an Expeditionary Sustainment Command will coordinate logistics and manage sustainment requirements throughout the area of operations.
  • Approximately 140 Soldiers from a Quartermaster Field Feeding Company will provide field food support to deployed personnel operating in austere environments.
  • Approximately 125 Soldiers from an Engineer Brigade Headquarters and 145 Soldiers from an Engineer Battalion will provide engineer command and control and execute vertical and horizontal construction missions.
  • Approximately 310 Soldiers from two Engineer Construction Companies will construct mobility routes, force protection infrastructure and mission-critical facilities.
  • Approximately 75 Soldiers from one Medical Area Support Company will provide health protection to deployed personnel.
  • Approximately five Airmen from an Air Force Logistics Support Element from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, will coordinate rapid logistics and sustainment planning in support of mission requirements.

The "most secure border in history"

Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, also touted the dramatic decrease in illegal entries on his social media.

"President Trump's leadership has resulted in the most secure border in this nation's history. In the last 24 hours, Border Patrol detected a total of 95 undocumented immigrants along the entire southern border. That is the lowest number ever recorded. Compare that to the Biden administration, which topped 10,000 a day," he wrote on X.

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Homan pleaded for the passage of "the Great and Beautiful Bill" to have a larger deportation operation in the country. "God bless the men and women of CBP and ICE - President Trump is the deciding factor!" concluded the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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