The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday touted a 55-year low in Border Patrol apprehensions.

“Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced preliminary enforcement numbers for September 2025, closing out Fiscal Year 2025 with the lowest U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions since 1970,” CBP said in a press release Tuesday.

According to the press release, there were 237,565 apprehensions at the southwest border in 2025, 87 percent under an average of the four years prior.

In the first few months of President Trump’s second term, his administration has heavily cracked down on immigration. Last week, the Trump administration said it would offer to pay migrant children to self-deport.

“Fiscal Year 2025 shows what happens when we enforce the law without compromise,” CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said in the release.

“For too long, agents and officers were handcuffed by failed policies. Today they are empowered to do their jobs – and the result is the lowest apprehensions in more than five decades, and the most secure border in modern history.”

On Monday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) signed an executive order to bar federal immigration officials from using Windy City property amid their operations.

Under the order, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are blocked from using city-owned parking lots, vacant lots and other locations for staging, processing and operations.