President Donald J. Trump and Republicans have delivered the most secure border in American history, with illegal crossings plummeting to record lows and U.S. Customs and Border Protection now recording 16 consecutive months with zero illegal aliens released at the border.
Historic Lows in Border Crossings
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported Thursday historic lows in apprehensions and a full fiscal year without Border Patrol releasing migrants into the country. Preliminary DHS figures show Border Patrol recorded 98,708 southwest border apprehensions in fiscal year 2026, roughly 95% below the annual average of more than 1.8 million during the Biden administration. That translates to about 270 apprehensions a day across the southwest border, compared with roughly 5,000 using the department's Biden-era annual average.
A Historic Turnaround
Retired Yuma Arizona Sector Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem recalled the chaos under former President Joe Biden, when agents were overwhelmed and the consequences spilled into neighborhoods, farms, and local businesses. "They just started walking through the agriculture fields. They started running through town," Clem said, recalling the surge in December 2021. "They started going to the food bank. They started knocking on people's doors at all hours of the nights."
Now, under President Trump, the situation has dramatically improved. Clem credits stronger enforcement and the prospect of deportation with helping drive the decline. But he warned that the gains could face another threat — a political shift in Washington. "There are a lot of policy decisions that can be really jammed up by a Congress that's gung-ho to overturn what this president has done," Clem cautioned.
Democrats Push Open Borders and Mass Amnesty
Meanwhile, Extreme Liberal Democrats are pushing to reopen the southern border, end mass deportations, and grant mass amnesty—imposing hundreds of billions of dollars in costs to hardworking American taxpayers and putting the safety of our communities at risk. A new bombshell report by the Council of Economic Advisers reveals the true cost of Democrats' extreme DSA policies – warning, if effectuated, these policies would cost American taxpayers $49 trillion over ten years.
"Close your Borders and take control, before it is too late!" President Trump declared.
The contrast is clear: While radical Democrats push open-border policies, President Trump and Republicans are putting Americans first—securing the border, deporting the WORST OF THE WORST dangerous criminal illegal aliens, and restoring law and order. The American people voted for secure borders and rejected the radical Democrats' lawless agenda that threatens public safety, economic security, the rule of law, and our way of life.
President Donald J. Trump will always put AMERICA FIRST, ensure Americans are protected, the border is secure, deportations continue, and the Radical Left running the Democrat Party will never turn the United States into a Communist country.
