(CBP releases their January 2025 monthly update)... Customs and Border Protection released Operational statistics Tuesday for January 2025.

The complete report is available at CBP's Stats and Summaries webpage. The report indicates, From January 1 through January 31, 20225, thee number of US Border Patrol apprehensions along the Southwest border dropped 85% from the same period in 2024. The number of inadmissible aliens encountered by CBP's Office of Field Operations at ports off entry along the Southwest Border dropped 93% in the 11 days after January 20 compared to the 11 days prior. In the past two fiscal years, CBP seized record amounts of Fentanyl, nearly 50,000 pounds. Enough to produce more than 2 billion letal doses. In January 2025, CBP seized 1,029 pounds of Fentanyl, and methamphetamine seizures increased by 15%.