Newly Released Trump Border Numbers Further Expose Full Scale of Biden’s Border Crisis
Recent data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection highlights a significant decline in illegal border crossings under the Trump administration. In April 2026, apprehensions dropped to 8,943, a stark contrast to the peak of 336 illegal crossings per hour recorded in December 2023. The Department of Homeland Security reports a full year without releasing any illegal immigrants into the country, marking a notable shift in border policy.
- ▪In April 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded 8,943 apprehensions for the entire month.
- ▪Border Patrol recorded a 94 percent drop in apprehensions from Biden-era monthly averages.
- ▪DHS reported that the U.S. Border Patrol has not released a single illegal immigrant into the country in twelve straight months.
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Newly Released Trump Border Numbers Further Expose Full Scale of Biden’s Border Crisis By Ben Smith | 9:26 PM on May 18, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. AP Photo/Alex Brandon In April 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded 8,943 apprehensions for the entire month. In December 2023, at the peak of Joe Biden's open-borders disaster, agents were logging 336 illegal crossings every single hour. At that rate, Biden's Border Patrol was processing the same number in just over a day that Trump's agents processed in all of April. That's not a policy difference. That's a different country.
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