Since President Donald Trump assumed office in January, illegal migrant encounters at the border have seen a significant decline, reaching record lows when compared to the same period last year under President Joe Biden.

For example, sources from the Border Patrol reveal that El Paso, Texas, recorded only 32 encounters on Thursday, as opposed to 1,134 incidents on the same day in 2024, representing a 97% decrease.

In Tucson, Arizona, on the previous day, authorities apprehended 59 individuals compared to 1,222 from the same date last year under Biden, showing a 95% drop, while San Diego reported 36 apprehensions on Thursday, a stark contrast to 908 on the same day in 2024, translating to a 96% reduction.

“This means that very few people came – The Invasion of our Country is OVER,” Trump wrote. “Anyone who tries to illegally enter the U.S.A. will face significant criminal penalties and immediate deportation.”

Biden repeatedly had single days when apprehensions ranged from 8,000 to 10,000 migrants, with his highest single month being December 2023, when 249,785 Border Patrol apprehensions were recorded. 

Former President Joe Biden oversaw unprecedented levels of illegal immigration and migrants at the southern border. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta and Fox News)

One single day of apprehensions under Biden during the height of the border crisis was repeatedly more than Trump’s entire first month in office.

The huge drop came despite Congress passing no new immigration legislation.

Biden said during his term in office that he needed a new bill to tackle the unprecedented influx of migrants pouring across the southern border, but a bill never crossed his desk. Trump’s second term, much like his first, has consisted of executive orders, enforcing current laws and hard-line messaging to clamp down on illegal crossings.

Trump has also signed orders ending birthright citizenship, suspending refugee admissions, ending the use of an app at the southern border to admit migrants via humanitarian parole and resuming border wall construction.

Trump’s hard-line approach to illegal immigration was a key campaign promise and his administration has also been arresting and deporting criminal illegal migrants across the country under the leadership of border czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

A group of more than 100 migrants attempted to enter the U.S. illegally by rushing through a border wall on March 21, 2024. (James Breeden for New York Post / Mega)

Elsewhere yesterday, Del Rio and the Rio Grande Valley saw 36 and 35 encounters respectively, compared to 207 and 372 respectively under Biden last year, the sources said. 

There were 32 apprehensions in Laredo yesterday, six in Yuma, three in Big Bend and two in El Campo. 

On the same day last year, there were 127 apprehensions in Laredo, 269 in Yuman, 41 in El Campo and 19 in Big Bend.

Fox News’ Bill Melugin, Michael Lee and Aleandra Koch contributed to this report