The honeymoon is over. Migrant arrests at the border increase by 16.7% monthly in April

Migrant arrests at the southwest border of the United States increased by 16.7% in April, despite a 94.12% year-over-year drop in the first three full months of Donald Trump’s presidency, according to data updated Monday by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The US Border Patrol detained 8,383 migrants in April, 1,199 more than the 7,184 in March, when it recorded record lows for arrests in that sector.

The small increase in apprehensions occurs despite the government’s implementation of a series of measures that led to a 93.5% year-over-year decrease compared to the 128,895 in the fourth month of last year. This means there are now an average of 279 apprehensions per day, “a dramatic decrease” from the average of 4,297 a year ago, CBP detailed in a statement.

The statistics also show the apprehension of 23,912 foreigners along the border with Mexico from February to April 2025, following Trump’s return to the White House on January 20, nearly 383,000 fewer than the 407,009 apprehensions during the same period in 2024.