Border Patrol Arrests at US–Mexico Border Drop to Record Low Level in March

March apprehensions represent a sharp drop from the same month under the Biden administration, the White House said.

Illegal immigrants walk along the border fence on their way to being processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing into Arizona from Mexico in Yuma, Arizona, on May 11, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images

The number of people caught illegally crossing the U.S.–Mexico border in March fell to the lowest level ever recorded, the White House said on April 1.

Border Patrol agents apprehended 7,181 illegal immigrants at the southern border last month, according to the White House.