(December Enforcement Actions)…They were released by the Customs and Border Protection.

The enforcement actions on the Southwest Border decreased by 5% in December compared to November, representing a 72 percent decrease since the peak of the humanitarian and border security crisis in May. On the Southwest Border, CBP conducted 40,620 total enforcement actions in December 2019, including 32,858 apprehensions and 7,762 inadmissible decisions. This includes a 15 percent decline in inadmissible aliens at ports of entry and a 2 percent decline in US Border Patrol apprehensions. Enforcement actions involving family units totaled 12,064, unaccompanied children totaled 3,311, and single adults were 24,788, down 4 percent from November. In December, CBP intercepted more than 93,000 pounds of drugs nationwide, a 5 percent increase over November. Compared to this point in the previous fiscal year, overall drug seizures are up 28%, while fentanyl seizures are up over 80 percent and heroin seizures are up 27%.