Nolte: Border Czar Tom Homan Says Illegal Daily Encounters Down to 229 from 11,000

Breitbart ^ | February 27, 2025 | John Nolte

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Border Czar Tom Homan reports that over the last 24 hours, there were only 229 illegal alien encounters along the Southwest border. That’s a drop from 11,000 per day under Joe Biden.

Homan: “In the last 24 hours the US Border Patrol has encountered a total of 229 aliens across the entire southwest border. That is down from a high of over 11,000 a day under Biden. I started as a Border Patrol Agent in 1984 and I don’t remember the numbers ever being that low.”

But-but-but Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the corporate media told me this wasn’t possible unless we passed a massive border security bill that would allow 35,000 illegal aliens into our country every week before additional border controls were triggered.

But-but-but Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the corporate media told me Trump killed that bill (while not in office) because he wanted to keep the problem alive for political gain.

I only have one question about those 229 illegal encounters… Is it possible they were self-deportees going the other way?

Closing the Southern border is not difficult. You need a wall and enough personnel, but above all that you have to tell the Third World that even if you are successful in getting across the border, it’s still futile because you will immediately be deported.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

What else is there to say?

[No name given]

Good.

[ssapro]

It’s about time these guys are allowed to do their job. I started with the BP in 1984 and we were told to catch as many as we could. Things changed for the worse when Obama and company won the White House. I’m thrilled to see things headed in the right direction.

[KarlInOhio]

I heard this afternoon that the number of border arrests was down so Biden was doing a better job than Trump. I wish I remembered the mad man who was quoted saying that. He forgot to mention that a Biden arrest amounted to being given a hug, a welcome phone and debit card along with an asylum court date ten years from now

[posterchild]

I only have one question about those 229 illegal encounters… Is it possible they were self-deportees going the other way?

No questions about what became of the 229? Were they sent back across? Were they allowed to claim asylum? Were they detained?

[usurper]

It’s about time these guys are allowed to do their job. I started with the BP in 1984 and we were told to catch as many as we could.

Nice to meet you ssapro. I joined in 1985 class 186. Thought I was the only one of us here. I joined FR in 2002 and its been a full time job helping FRpeers sort through all the disinformation BS the media spins.

I retired in 2010 and I am forever grateful I did not have to go through the last 4 years of Biden's BS. I think I may have gone postal.

[GOPJ]

But-but-but Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the corporate media told me Trump killed that bill (while not in office) because he wanted to keep the problem alive for political gain.

Trump solved the border problem in LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS... now Trump and Homan are moving on to deporting illegals. Looks like democrats were lying once again. Trump wanted to solve the problem quickly - and he did.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

We had YEARS of their nonstop flood of BS lies:
* the border is secure
* we need a bipartisan immigration bill
* POTUS has no authority - he needs legislation
* POTUS has no money. Congress has to authorize money
* VEEP Harris is in charge and will fix it
* And blah, blah, blah, blah

[Free Deplorable]

You see Kamala was right all the time. There is no border crisis. Like most government intervention it just takes time to implement. Not everyone coming across the border got the memo yet. for those who really are that dense

[Sacajaweau]

What a difference a “real leader” makes.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Especially a “real leader” who loves the USA, loves liberty, and loves us citizens.

Unlike the Commierats.

[GOPJ]

Right on every point...

[dennisw]

Just shows what a stinking Democrat lie this was. That you cannot stop a human wave of third worlders at our border. Next step, prosecute Alejandro Mayorkis for treason. This will further expose the big lie about our borders.
Just shows what a lot of tough talk and effective propaganda can do! Tough from Tom Homan and Trump ever since the election.

Millions of lying ass fake asylum seekers in Asia, Africa, Central America and worldwide. Threw up their hands and said, why bother. Papa Trump will deport me anyhow.

[dennisw]

We had YEARS of their nonstop flood of BS lies:
* the border is secure
* we need a bipartisan immigration bill
* POTUS has no authority - he needs legislation
* POTUS has no money. Congress has to authorize money
* VEEP Harris is in charge and will fix it
* And blah, blah, blah, blah
_________

Still Trump must build the most effective border wall ever. In case of sabotage by Dems and Deep State in the future. Lock in that border wall this year. While Republicans control Congress.
Get the military in to help build. Such as Army Corps of Engineers.

Get some of Elon’s whiz kids down there to AI design sensors and other electronics detection for Trump’s wall.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’m a bit disappointed that President Trump didn’t launch a Manhattan Project to get the wall built from the Gulf to the Pacific. I hope that comes soon. He has just 23 months to get it done in case the Dems wrest Congress away from the Reps.

[Toughluck_freeper]

229*365 = 83,585 a year, still too many

What is an ‘encounter’? Is it
a) we saw them from afar, but we did not catch them
b) they were crossing but we pushed them back to the Mexico side
c) or we detained them, finger-printed them and blood tested them, and then held them for deportation