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PRM-029 · Promise · Immigration & border

Seal the border and stop illegal crossings

Kept

Promised as a candidate on 18 Jul 2024. Last checked 21 Oct 2026.

“I will end the illegal immigration crisis by closing our border and finishing the wall.”

Donald Trump, 18 Jul 2024, Campaign statement (original linked)

What happened

Southwest border apprehensions fell to the lowest level since 1970 in fiscal 2025, about 84% below a year earlier by September 2025. For fiscal 2026 (Oct 2025 to Sep 2026), DHS reported 98,708 Border Patrol southwest border apprehensions, which it called the lowest level in agency history.

Border Patrol apprehensions

53,858Sep 2024 → 8,386Sep 2025

Source: CBP

Sources

  1. Original statement
  2. KSL/AP
  3. House Homeland Security border brief, Sep 2025
  4. DHS press release, Oct 16 2026

Cite this promise

Public Trust Tracker. "Seal the border and stop illegal crossings" (PRM-029). Last checked 21 Oct 2026. https://publictrusttracker.org/promise/prm-029-seal-the-border-and-stop-illegal-crossings/

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