Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Day 262
1 documented win
Fewest border apprehensions since 1970
The win
DHS and CBP closed fiscal year 2025 with 237,565 Border Patrol apprehensions — the lowest since 1970, when Nixon was president. Fox reported the number against more than 2 million encounters in 2022 and 2023.
For Americans
This is what “the border is closed” looks like in a table. Cities stop planning for bus drops. Emergency rooms stop doubling as intake desks. A 55-year low is not a talking point; it is millions of crossings that never happened.