US, Dec 12 : President Donald Trump has delivered what the White House calls the “most secure border in our nation’s history,” with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announcing that November’s encounter numbers dropped even further below October’s already historic lows.
Leavitt revealed that only 30,367 encounters were recorded nationwide in November, adding that US Border Patrol released “zero illegal aliens” into the country for the seventh consecutive month.
“Let me repeat seven months of zero illegal aliens being released into our country,” she said, calling the trend unprecedented. Leavitt argued that Trump’s policies had reversed what she described as a border crisis inherited from the previous administration.
“In ten months under President Trump, we’ve seen fewer apprehensions overall than we saw in just one month under Joe Biden,” she said during her weekly briefing. She declared the outcome “remarkable,” asserting that “the border is fully secure” and that Trump’s first year marked a sweeping restoration of national security and sovereignty.
However, critics contend that the administration’s encounter metrics and definitions of “releases” lack transparency, challenging the White House narrative. Leavitt dismissed such criticisms, insisting the “numbers speak for themselves.” She described the border turnaround as “the single greatest and fastest national security victory in modern American history.”
Leavitt also connected border security to economic recovery, claiming reduced illegal crossings lower public-safety costs and strengthen affordability for Americans. “Americans are on track to regain one-third of the $3,000 in lost wages under Joe Biden,” she said, linking enforcement to broader economic gains.
India continues to monitor these policy shifts closely, as a rising number of irregular Indian migrants have moved through Latin American smuggling routes toward the US southern border. Changes in US enforcement practices significantly affect Indian families, migration networks, and advisory services.