13th Consecutive Month of Zero Releases at Southern Border: CBP

Border Patrol encountered 405,171 illegal immigrants at the southern border in fiscal year 2025 to date compared to nearly 1.69 million in the same period 2024.

Illegal immigrants from Nicaragua, Ecuador, and other countries at a door on the border wall waiting to be picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 4, 2023. Paul Ratje/Reuters

Border Patrol released zero illegal immigrants into the United States at the southwest border for the 13th straight month in May.

Last month, Border Patrol apprehended 9,998 individuals along the southwest border, which was fewer than the number of people apprehended in just three days in May 2024, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a June 18 statement. May’s numbers are 94 percent lower than the monthly average during the prior administration.