Immigration & Border Security

Homeland Security: Arrests at Southern Border Hit 55-Year Low

September also marked the fifth consecutive month with zero releases by Border Patrol.
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Homeland Security: Arrests at Southern Border Hit 55-Year Low
A bird flies over the US–Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz., on Sept. 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
T.J. Muscaro
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The 2025 fiscal year had the lowest number of arrests of illegal immigrants made on the U.S. southern border in 55 years, according to the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

“We have had the most secure border in American history, and our end-of-year numbers prove it,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in an Oct. 7 statement. “We have shattered multiple records this year, and once again we have broken a new record.”
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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.