Overview

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded 58,000 migrant encounters in August, a 68% decrease from the same month last year.
• The total encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border last month were down 54% from August 2023, marking a significant reduction from the record highs of December 2023.
• President Biden's June executive order has been credited with the decrease, allowing for quicker removal of migrants without processing asylum requests.
• Since June, the Department of Homeland Security has removed or returned over 131,000 individuals to more than 140 countries, the highest in any fiscal year since 2010.
• Despite the drop in illegal crossings, nearly 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela have lawfully entered the U.S. under the Biden administration's Humanitarian Parole program.