Overview
- DHS and CBP report 30,561 total encounters nationwide in October 2025, the lowest October and lowest start to a fiscal year on record.
- Encounters were roughly 79–80% lower than in October 2024, according to CBP statistics.
- U.S. Border Patrol recorded zero releases into the interior for a sixth consecutive month.
- With fewer encounters at the border, CBP says it has redeployed personnel to interior enforcement in major cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles.
- Officials describe the numbers as preliminary with final October figures still to be published, and they report 106,134 southwest border enforcement encounters since Jan. 21.