Border Patrol leaders are touting the new record-low rate of migrant arrests along the southwest border as the “most secure border in history.” In July, Border Patrol agents arrested approximately 4,600 migrants who illegally crossed the southwest border between ports of entry. Border Patrol agents released zero migrants into the U.S. for the third consecutive month.
Officials within U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Breitbart Texas that agents arrested 4,600 illegal aliens along the southwest border in July. The unofficial report reviewed by Breitbart represents a 24 percent decrease compared to the 6,72 arrests in June and a 92 percent drop from July 2024.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol officials stated on X, “THIS IS WHAT A SECURE BORDER LOOKS LIKE!”
Del Rio Sector officials added, “We currently have the most secure border in history!” in a post on X earlier this week.
On Friday, Chief of the Border Patrol Michael Banks briefly posted a report on X stating that agents apprehended 4,399 migrants along the southest border. That post was deleted a short time later. He said there have been “ZERO releases for 3 months in a row!!”
Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks – Screenshot of deleted post.
Breitbart Texas reported that President Donald Trump delivered the most secure border in U.S. history with the arrest of 6,072 migrants in June. This was a decrease of about 15 percent from the previous low water mark set in March.
In June, agents also set a record for the least number of migrant arrests in a single day with the apprehension of 112 illegal aliens, Breitbart reported. On July 20, that record was shattered with the report of only 88 arrests.
In July, the average number of daily apprehensions fell to 148 per day.
For the third month in a row, not a single migrant who was apprehended after illegally crossing the border was admitted into the United States. During the Biden era of “catch and release,” between 50-70 percent of migrants who were encountered at the border were released into the U.S. Frequently, this resulted in thousands of illegal aliens being dumped into American cities daily without adequate time for screening.
Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Before his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @RandyClarkBBTX.
Bob Price is the Breitbart Texas-Border team’s associate editor and senior news contributor. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday morning talk show. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran and serves as president of Blue Wonder Gun Care Products.
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