Trump’s top border official, Rodney Scott, unpacks wins and path forward
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has significantly reduced illegal border crossings and secured substantial funding for border security under President Donald Trump's second term. Commissioner Rodney Scott credits the administration's whole-of-government approach and sustained policy implementation for the progress. Despite challenges, the agency continues to adapt its strategy, including halting wall construction in sensitive areas like Big Bend National Park.
- ▪Monthly illegal immigrant arrests at the southern border dropped to between 4,500 and 9,000 from February 2025 to March 2026, levels not seen since before 1970.
- ▪CBP has installed over 75 miles of border wall and buoy barrier since January 2025, with plans tailored to the diverse geography of the 1,950-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
- ▪The Trump administration implemented a dozen immigration executive orders and launched the largest-ever planned deportation operation.
- ▪Border wall construction will not proceed in Big Bend National Park due to local opposition and changing agency plans.
- ▪Rodney Scott, former national chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, now serves as CBP commissioner overseeing 68,000 employees and the nation's largest police force.
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EXCLUSIVE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has achieved a remarkable feat under President Donald Trump, locking down tens of billions of dollars in funding for the largest-ever expansion of border security, while it simultaneously brought the number of illegal immigrant arrests at the southern border to 55-year lows for more than a year. The Trump administration has used messaging, diplomacy, and policy to bring about those low illegal immigration numbers, and it is pursuing plans to fortify the international boundary with tens of billions of dollars worth of barrier, technology, agents, and other resources.
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