The numbers are in, and they're delivering a verdict the legacy media desperately hoped would never come. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released new data confirming that illegal border crossings have continued their dramatic decline under President Trump's second term – a complete reversal of the catastrophic open-border policies that defined the Biden years.
The Data Speaks for Itself
According to a report from the Washington Examiner, CBP statistics show illegal border crossings remain significantly lower compared to the record-shattering peaks of 2023 and 2024. Patriots will remember those dark days well: Border Patrol agents so overwhelmed they couldn't perform basic enforcement duties, small towns in Texas and Arizona buckling under the weight of illegal migration, and a Biden administration literally flying illegal immigrants into American communities under cover of darkness.
That nightmare is over.
Officials attribute the remarkable turnaround to exactly what President Trump promised voters: stricter enforcement policies and aggressive deportation operations under DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's leadership. It turns out that when you actually enforce immigration law, people stop breaking it. Revolutionary concept.
Deterrence Actually Works
The border itself hasn't changed. The cartels haven't suddenly developed a conscience. What changed is leadership – an administration that treats the southern border as the national security priority it always was, not a welcome mat for the entire world.
"The current administration's commitment to enforcing immigration law and securing our borders has sent a clear message: if you come illegally, you will be sent back."
This is deterrence in action. When word reaches Central America, South America, and beyond that America is no longer operating as a free-for-all, potential illegal crossers make different calculations. They stop paying thousands to cartel coyotes. They stop making the dangerous journey. They stop coming illegally.
The Biden Catastrophe: Never Forget
Americans should never forget what the previous administration inflicted on this nation. Monthly border encounters exceeding 300,000. Complete collapse of border security. Then-DHS Secretary Mayorkas standing before Congress claiming with a straight face that the border was "secure."
It was a brazen lie, and every American knew it.
The consequences were measured in body counts: over 100,000 citizens killed annually by fentanyl pouring across an undefended border. Known terrorists apprehended attempting illegal entry. Communities transformed overnight by migration waves that overwhelmed local resources.
In November 2024, Americans voted to end the madness.
America First in Action
What's unfolding now is the America First agenda delivering results. Increased ICE operations targeting criminal aliens. Renewed cooperation with Mexico. The return of proven policies like requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico during processing.
The open-borders lobby insisted this was impossible. They claimed a 2,000-mile border simply couldn't be secured. They smeared anyone supporting enforcement as racist and xenophobic.
The truth they cannot escape: when political will exists to secure the border, the border gets secured. Period.
Vigilance Required
The border crisis isn't completely resolved. Cartels still operate. Human trafficking continues. The usual suspects in Washington are already scheming to undermine these successful policies through activist courts and congressional obstruction.
But today, Americans can celebrate a genuine victory. The invasion is being stopped. The border is being secured. And after four years of being treated as an afterthought, the American people are finally being put first.
This is what winning looks like, folks.