Overview

• Only 8,725 unauthorized migrants were apprehended between ports of entry in May, compared with over 117,000 in the same month last year.
• CBP’s nationwide average of daily encounters fell to 952, marking the second-lowest daily total in agency history.
• Enforcement teams seized 718 pounds of fentanyl and reported year-over-year increases of 19% in cocaine and 191% in heroin intercepts.
• ICE has stepped up deportations and focused operations on sanctuary jurisdictions including Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City.
• National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez says agents are approaching operational control of the southern border under the stricter measures.