Number of illegal immigrants captured along one northern part Border Sector It was once an “overrun by illegal immigration” fell dramatically under the Trump administration after seeing thousands of illegal intersections last year, the White House said Tuesday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters only 54 illegal immigrants arrested last month in the Swanton sector, which grows more than 300 miles, citing US customs and border protection.
“This is a dramatic 95% drop from the over 1,000 border intersections captured in March 2024,” she said. “This is a major hotspot area that recorded more than 80% of all anxiety along the northern border during fiscal year 2024.”
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According to the White House, the arrests of illegal immigrants along the Swanton sector on the US-Canadian border fell 95% under the Trump administration compared to last March. (Google Maps)
2024, 19,222 Illegal immigration Arrested along the sector. Immigration was welcomed by 97 countries, said at the time, chief patrol agent Robert Garcia, the sector.
Officials said concerns have reached more than the last 17 years. In 2020, agents assigned to the sector arrested 574 illegal immigrants, followed by 365 the following year.
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More than 19,000 illegal immigrants were caught up in the Swanton division of the U.S. Border Patrol along the US-Canadian border in 2024, officials said Wednesday. Only 54 people were arrested in March 2025, the White House said Tuesday. (US Border Patrol)
Swanton Sector contains 24,000 square miles Includes Vermont; Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Herkimer County, New York. Coos, Grafton and Carroll counties, New Hampshire. It is also adjacent to Quebec and Ontario Canada.
Garcia on Monday called the 1,109 anxiety in March 2024 and the difference between last month “a tough contrast.”
“Our mission of border security will never stop. People are still illegally smuggling humans and smuggling into the country,” he wrote in X.
This division shows President Trump and immigration on the tropical border. (Evan Vucci and Christian Torres/Anadoru)
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Under Trump, illegal immigrant catches and releases fell 99.99%. Biden administrationLeavitt said 189,604 immigrants were released to the United States during the height of the border crisis in December 2023.
In February, Border Patrol agents caught and released only 20 illegal immigrants, she added.
