Border Patrol Apprehensions Drop as More Illegal Immigrants Enter via Ports of Entry

CBP attributed the decline of illegal entries to an executive order signed by President Joe Biden in June.

Illegal immigrants walk on the U.S. side of the border wall in Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif., after crossing from Mexico on June 5, 2024. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Border Patrol apprehended 56,408 illegal immigrants at the U.S. southern border in July, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated on Aug. 16.

An additional 47,700 inadmissible immigrants presented themselves at ports of entry, driving the total number of entrants without legal documentation at the southern border to 104,100.