The Border Patrol logged more than 140,000 apprehensions in February 2024. That is more than 16 times as many as last month. In addition, data shows that February’s Border Patrol apprehensions were the lowest of any month going back at least 25 years.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection in February apprehended 8,347 migrants attempting to cross the southern border, the lowest in history, as arrests of undocumented people in the nation are rising.

Under the Trump administration, Border Patrol apprehensions are sinking to levels never before experienced in Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Customs and Border Protection informed that there were fewer than 8,500 border crossings in February, the lowest amount for any month in recorded history.