Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem touted the agency's historically low border apprehensions, as well as other DHS wins, after her first year running the agency under the Trump administration. (Getty Images/Alex Brandon)
The agency is also planning to launch a new website that will enhance transparency about DHS and ease navigation.
"This redesigned website is another example of that commitment to innovation and being the most transparent administration in American history," the spokesperson added.
The CPB Home App is a mobile application that allows users who are in the U.S. illegally to self-deport. The app launched last March under the second Trump administration.
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DHS has reported that tens of thousands of illegal migrants have used the app to self-deport. The agency also pays a $1,000 stipend to individuals who successfully self-deport, as well as "financial and travel assistance to facilitate travel back to their home country."
DHS is rolling out a new website design after record traffic on the site after the first year under the Trump administration. (Department of Homeland Security (DHS))
The agency says that U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) apprehensions over the past 12 months were the lowest in USBP history, and the total number of apprehensions over the past year were less than the average monthly apprehensions during the Biden administration.
"In the last year, fentanyl trafficking at the southern border has also been cut by more than half compared to the same period in 2024," Noem added. "The U.S. Coast Guard alone seized enough cocaine to kill more than 177 million Americans."
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"Meanwhile, we have saved taxpayers more than $13.2 billion here at DHS," Noem continued.
The agency looks ahead to the next calendar year with new initiatives as well as the continued efforts to deport illegal migrants, which includes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services enforcing a "new rule to prioritize the allocation of H-1B visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens."
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