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PartialImmigration & Border Security

I will END the Illegal Immigration Crisis by closing our border and finishing the wall, most of which I have already built.

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PartialFact-checker reviewConfidence: 80%

Illegal crossings fell dramatically after January 2025: Border Patrol recorded about 238,000 southwest-border apprehensions in fiscal year 2025, the lowest annual total since 1970, with monthly encounters at multi-decade lows continuing into 2026. That substantially delivers the border-closure half of the promise, but the wall is not finished — construction remained ongoing as of mid-2026 under newly awarded contracts, including a $1.7 billion Big Bend, Texas task order in May 2026, with the administration targeting completion later in the term.

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