The Defining Border Security Moments of 2025
... 2025 marked the most dramatic border‑security turnaround in modern U.S. history. President Donald Trump’s return to office triggered a sweeping enforcement shift that reshaped federal, state, and local operations from the Rio Grande to New York City...
DAY ONE: Trump Signs 10 Executive Orders Impacting Border Security, Immigration
These orders directed the federal government to secure the border and end the dangerous catch-and-release programs that contributed to the Biden-era border crisis. The president declared a national emergency along the southern border, designated cartels and other criminal gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, clarified the military’s role in protecting the territory of the U.S., and realigned the U.S. refugee admissions program.
Trump Orders 1,500 Active Duty Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border...
Border Patrol Chief: Migrant Encounters Drop 55% from Prior Week...
Trump’s Demolition of Biden’s Migrant Processing Centers Begins at Border...
1st in Nation: Florida Arrests Tren de Aragua Gang Member Under Alien Enemies Act, Says DeSantis...
Trump Orders Military to Take Control of Public Land Along U.S.-Mexico Border...
Homeland Security Warns Violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua Gang Members, ‘Time is Up’...
5K Criminal Aliens Arrested this Year by Border Patrol...
HOMAN: Migrant Arrests at Borders Drop 41 Percent in June to New Record Low — Zero Admitted to U.S....
1,361 Criminal Aliens Arrested by ICE Houston in June, Including 32 Child Predators, 9 Killers...
Trump Delivers ‘Most Secure Border in History’ with New Record Low Arrests in July — Zero Admissions for 3 Months...
5K Criminal Aliens Removed from Sanctuary City Los Angeles by Trump’s Enforcement Actions...
Trump to End All Migration from Third World Countries, Reverse Biden’s Autopen Admissions...
By the end of 2025, the numbers told the story: historic lows in illegal crossings, zero Border Patrol releases for months on end, and a relentless tempo of operations targeting smugglers, gang members, cartel operatives, and criminal aliens across the country.
Related
US Agencies Terminate 'Wasteful' Contracts Worth $1.6 Billion Ceiling Value: DOGE, Epoch Times, 3 January 2025: According to a Jan. 1 update on the DOGE website, the initiative has so far saved an estimated $215 billion, or around $1,335 per taxpayer.