Major Drop in Daily Encounters With Illegal Immigrants, Border Czar Says

‘I started as a Border Patrol Agent in 1984 and I don’t remember the numbers ever being that low,’ Tom Homan stated.

White House border czar Tom Homan attends as federal law enforcement officers conduct immigration enforcement in Chicago on Jan. 26, 2025. Drug Enforcement Administration

Daily encounters at the southern border have plummeted, according to President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan.

“In the last 24 hours the US Border Patrol has encountered a total of 229 aliens across the entire southwest border. That is down from a high of over 11,000 a day under Biden,” Homan said in a statement on X. “I started as a Border Patrol Agent in 1984 and I don’t remember the numbers ever being that low.”