U.S. border enforcement agencies recorded their quietest month on record in June, with Customs and Border Protection logging 25,243 nationwide encounters, the Department of Homeland Security said. The figure is 12% below the previous low set in February and 89% beneath the 2021-24 monthly average, underscoring the speed of the decline since President Donald Trump returned to office in January. At the Southwest frontier, Border Patrol agents apprehended 6,070 people, 15% fewer than the March record and the lowest level since statistics began in the 1960s. The agency reported zero migrant releases into the United States for a second straight month. On 28 June officers recorded just 137 encounters across the entire southern border, the slowest single day in 25 years, while the number of so-called gotaways fell 90% from a year earlier. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the data show that the administration has "shattered" earlier records, crediting a suite of enforcement measures rolled out since January. Border Czar Tom Homan echoed that assessment, arguing the sharp drop reflects a deterrence effect. The release comes as Congress weighs the "Big Beautiful Bill," which would finance additional personnel, detention capacity and wall construction aimed at locking in the lower flow.