Illegal crossings via the border with Canada have remained at a dramatically lower level than during the Biden administration.
In April, 4,835 people were caught trying to enter the US via Canada, slightly up from the 4,477 people caught in March.
Encounters and captures are running at less than a quarter of the highest figure under President Biden. In August 2024 18,944 people were caught crossing the border illegally.
Of the 4,835 people arrested at the border in April of this year, 1,580 were Canadian citizens, 609 were Indian nationals, 380 were Chinese and 365 were Mexicans.
In recent years, with the loosening of Canadian visa requirements for Indian students, large numbers have come to the US’s northern neighbour with the intention of heading south.
Crossings tend to peak during warmer weather in spring and summer, because of the treacherous, even fatal, nature of the journey on foot.
Border Patrol Assistant Commissioner Hilton Beckham told The New York Post that the Trump administration’s focus on immigration is producing clear results.
“For the first time in years, we’ve been able to redeploy agents from processing centers back to the field, patrolling the land and catching illegal aliens we simply couldn’t get to before,” he said. “Bottom line: under President Trump’s leadership, illegal crossings have dropped dramatically at both the northern and southern borders.”