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CBP's December 2025 operational report confirms 30,698 nationwide encounters and supports the stated 92% comparison to the cited peak.
Available official data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) do not yet provide a verifiable nationwide total of encounters for December 2025, which is necessary to confirm the exact figure of 30,698 and assess whether it is indeed the lowest December on record. CBP’s published Nationwide Encounters datasets currently extend only through November 2025 for FY 2026, and the December 2025 CSV/dashboard data have not been posted as of mid‑January 2026. Secondary reports and reprints of DHS/CBP press materials repeat the 30,698 figure and related claims, but they ultimately trace back to the same underlying (and not yet independently verifiable) operational statistics release. Because December 2025 nationwide encounter data and historical December comparisons are not yet directly accessible in primary CBP statistical datasets, it is not possible to definitively verify the numeric claim or the “lowest December on record” characterization at this time.
Verdict: Unclear, because primary CBP statistical datasets needed to independently confirm both the exact December 2025 total and its historical ranking have not yet been released, and available figures come only from secondary reproductions of the same press release being fact‑checked.