No illegal migrants were released into US during last six months, Trump declares

No illegal immigrants were released into the US in the past six months, as the Trump administration cracked down heavily on the influx of migrants unlawfully living in the country and crossing the southern border, President Trump declared on Truth Social Saturday.

“0 illegal aliens released into the U.S. in the last 6 months,’ his post simply said.

“All we needed was a new president,” the White House posted on Facebook.

On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security released preliminary data for October showing “record-low encounters, sustained control across all sectors, and the sixth straight month of zero releases by the U.S. Border Patrol.”

Total encounters of would-be border crossers were 29% lower than the previous low of 43,010 in 2012, and a 79% drop from October 2024, according to the agency.

Trump and his team have organized a “mass deportation campaign,” which includes a push for people illegally in the country to “self-deport” as well as major law enforcement operations involving ICE, Border Patrol and the National Guard in cities and towns across the US.

An October 2024 report by House Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee accused the Biden administration of releasing 1.4 million inadmissible aliens with “insufficient vetting” into the country through parole programs for citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela and other countries.

On Friday 268,000 Venezuelans lost their Biden-era Temporary Protected Status under the new policy announced by DHS.