Zero Illegal Immigrants Released Into US in May: CBP

Total nationwide encounters by Customs and Border Protection has hit the second-lowest average daily number in history.

Migrants who illegally crossed into the United States await processing by US Border Patrol agents outside of San Diego, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Border Patrol released no illegal immigrants into the country in May, a “staggering drop” from the more than 62,000 illegal immigrants whom Border Patrol was “forced to release along the southwest border” during the same period in 2024, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a June 17 statement.

Border Patrol encountered just 8,725 illegal immigrants crossing the southwest border in May, down from 117,905 illegal immigrants encountered in May 2024.