When Border Czar Tom Homan says, “I’ve never seen anything like this,” patriots should sit up and listen. Homan returned from a boots-on-the-ground review of San Diego, Texas, and Arizona and told Fox viewers he toured by air, boat, and four-wheel drive — spending three days on the southern border without seeing a single illegal alien in his sights. That kind of on-the-ground confirmation from a lifetime law-enforcement veteran is exactly the straight talk Americans deserve.
The hard numbers line up with Homan’s eyewitness account: the Department of Homeland Security reported historic lows in border encounters at the start of Fiscal Year 2026 and officials called it the most secure border ever. Secretary Kristi Noem and CBP leaders are pointing to record-setting drops that contradict the chaos we lived under before strong enforcement returned. This is not spin; it is the kind of tangible, measurable success that comes from putting law and order first.
Customs and Border Protection recorded just 30,561 encounters in October — the lowest October on record and a staggering decline from last year — and for months Border Patrol has stopped the practice of releasing migrants into the interior. That 79 percent drop from October 2024 and the end of routine releases are proof positive that deterrence works when enforced without apology. Law-abiding Americans watching tax dollars and public safety should be grateful to see our government finally doing its job.
The consequences of restored enforcement are immediate and undeniable: migrant shelters are closing and cities are shuttering emergency overflow sites because the flow has slowed. Communities drowning under Biden’s open-border crisis are breathing easier as the administration returns to a policy of secure borders and accountability. Those closures are not compassionless — they are a return to normalcy and to the rule of law.
Veterans like Homan rightly highlight the human and national-security stakes: fewer crossings mean fewer deaths on the trail, fewer pounds of fentanyl pouring into our neighborhoods, and fewer opportunities for bad actors to exploit our border. The enforcement numbers — a drop of roughly 95 percent in daily encounter rates compared with the last administration’s peak — show what a difference competent leadership makes on the ground. Americans who value safety, sovereignty, and common-sense enforcement should celebrate these results and demand they continue.
This victory for common sense is not an invitation to complacency. Conservatives must keep pressing for sustained funding, clear policies, and support for the brave men and women of CBP and ICE so that this progress is permanent, not temporary rhetoric. Protecting our borders is patriots’ work, and every American who loves this country should stand behind law enforcement until the job is fully done.
