WATCH: Border Czar Tom Homan credits ‘Trump effect’ for June’s low illegal-alien encounter numbers
Border czar Tom Homan is praising the “Trump effect” after another drop in illegal-alien encounters at the southern border in June.
“Total Border Patrol encounters for the entire month of June 2025 was 6,070,” Homan wrote on X. “That is less than a single day under [President Joe Biden]. As a matter of fact, the total number of encounters is less than half of a single day under Biden on many days.”
In June 2022, for comparison, the Border Patrol encountered 6,413 illegal aliens a day on average between ports of entry along the southern border, according to Customs and Border Protection.
In addition to the low encounter numbers, none of the 6,070 illegal aliens encountered at the border in June were released into the U.S., according to Homan.
More than 10 million illegal aliens were released into the interior of the U.S. under the four years of the Biden administration, according to CBP.
“President [Donald] Trump has created the most secure border in the history of the nation, and the data proves it,” Homan said. “We have never seen numbers this low. Never. God bless the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol, and God bless the men and women of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement].”
“The interior arrests and consequences help to drive down illegal immigration,” according to Homan. “The Trump effect keeps America winning.”
Homan, together with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has spearheaded Trump’s immigration agenda.
Since Trump took office, ICE agents have arrested and deported thousands of illegal immigrants, with a specific focus on apprehending and removing criminal illegal aliens.
However, the Trump administration’s aggressive campaign to remove illegal aliens from the U.S. has led to a nearly 700% increase in assaults on ICE agents, according to Noem.
“If you obstruct or assault our law enforcement, this administration will hunt you down, and you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Noem warned in a post on the social media platform X on Monday.
In light of the uptick in assaults on ICE agents, Noem sharply criticized CNN for reporting on a mobile application that allows users to note and view the location of ICE officers.
“This sure looks like obstruction of justice,” Noem said on X in a post sharing CNN’s reporting.
During a tour of a new illegal-alien detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday, Noem was asked to respond to claims that CNN should be prosecuted for its reporting on the mobile application.
“We’re working with the Department of Justice to see if we can prosecute them for that,” Noem told press. “Because what they’re doing is actively encouraging people to avoid law enforcement activities, operations, and we’re going to actually go after them and prosecute with the partnership of [Attorney General Pam Bondi] if we can, because what they are doing, we believe, is illegal.”
CNN is defending its reporting, stating: “There is nothing illegal about reporting the existence of this or any other app, nor does such reporting constitute promotion or other endorsement of the app by CNN.”
[Editor’s note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.]