101st Anniversary of the United States Border Patrol

Proclamation 10946 of May 27, 2025

101st Anniversary of the United States Border
Patrol

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

For 101 years, members of the United States Border
Patrol (USBP) have courageously served as guardians of
our sovereignty and protectors of our homeland against
invasion, aggression, and violence. Every day, Border
Patrol agents selflessly risk their lives to repel the
flow of deadly drugs, weapons, criminals, and
terrorists--many of whom come to our shores from jails,
prisons, and mental institutions in far-flung countries
across the globe. On this anniversary of the United
States Border Patrol, we honor every agent for their
honorable service and pledge to support them in their
mission to keep Americans safe.

For decades, the USBP has maintained the thin line
between order and chaos. Unfortunately, the last
administration--in an extraordinary act of deception
and betrayal, imported an army of unvetted illegal
aliens, including violent criminals, thugs, gang
members, and terrorists from the darkest and most
dangerous parts of the world. Their arrival over the
last 4 years ushered in record-shattering levels of
immigrants illegally coming into our country while at
the same time depleting resources and draining the
morale of our incredible USBP agents.

The tide turned on January 20, 2025. One of my first
actions as President was declaring a National Emergency
at the southern border of the United States, which
provided additional authority to the Department of
Defense to support the Federal Government's response to
the crisis. I also designated cartels and other
transnational organizations, such as Tren de Aragua and
MS-13, as foreign terrorist organizations and Specially
Designated Global Terrorists in order to end their
campaign of violence and bloodshed on our homeland.
Additionally, I have resumed our border wall
construction, reinstated the Remain in Mexico policy,
halted the practice of catch-and-release, ended asylum
for illegal border crossers, deployed thousands of
American soldiers to defend and protect our borders,
and implemented the largest deportation operation in
the history of our country.

Within my first 100 days in office, daily border
encounters dropped 95 percent, and migrant crossings
declined by an astounding 99.99 percent. In March, our
Nation saw the lowest monthly number of border
encounters in recorded history--and fentanyl traffic
fell by 54 percent compared to March of the previous
year. Also in my first 100 days, my Administration
arrested more than 150,000 and deported more than
135,000 illegal aliens. Under my leadership, our USBP
agents are not only receiving the resources they need
to do their job but also the respect they have earned
and deserve--and our work is only just beginning.

As we celebrate 101 years of the USBP, we honor the
thousands of patriots who dedicate their careers to
defending our borders and upholding the rule of law,
even in the face of grave danger and tremendous risk.
Above all, we pay tribute to every brave soul who has
perished in the line of duty while proudly serving our
Nation. In their memory, and in honor of their beloved
family members, we pledge to empower the USBP to
safeguard the American homeland today, tomorrow, and
beyond.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim May 28, 2025, as a
day in celebration of the 101st Anniversary of the
United States Border Patrol.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.