TCT-IMM-023 · Immigration
February 2025 illegal crossings were “by far the lowest ever recorded”
Statement and context
“Illegal border crossings last month were by far the lowest ever recorded—ever.”
2025-03-04, address to a joint session of Congress, Washington, D.C.
What the evidence shows
February 2025 apprehensions between ports fell to about 8,300, the lowest monthly total in modern monthly data going back to 2000 and dramatically below February 2024. The absolute “ever” overreaches: the Border Patrol’s long annual series includes entire years in the 1920s and 1930s with totals close to the February 2025 monthly figure, and directly comparable monthly data do not extend through the whole century. The core contemporary-record claim is correct; the all-time superlative is not fully supportable.
Mostly accurate
Sources and attribution
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