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CBP's official monthly operational reports or datasets for December 2025 and the preceding months confirm zero parole releases and that this represents an eight-month consecutive run.
Available U.S. government data and official releases support the statement that U.S. Border Patrol recorded zero parole releases for December 2025 and that this marked the eighth consecutive month of such zero releases.
CBP’s official Custody and Transfer Statistics for FY 2026 (covering October–November 2025 as of the latest update) show “Paroles” for U.S. Border Patrol encounters along the southwest border recorded as 0 in both October and November 2025, confirming at least two consecutive months of zero parole releases and establishing the pattern under the Trump administration’s policy shift. A DHS press release on December 4, 2025, reporting preliminary November data, explicitly states that November 2025 represented the “7th straight month of zero releases,” implying that the streak began in May 2025 and continued through November. The subsequent DHS press release on January 16, 2026, reporting finalized December 2025 operational statistics, states that December data reflect “the 8th straight month of zero releases” and specifically notes “Zero parole releases — compared to 7,041 released by the Border Patrol under the Biden administration along the southwest border in December 2024.” Taken together—CBP’s official statistics for October–November and DHS’s sequential press releases for November and December—these primary sources consistently indicate zero parole releases by U.S. Border Patrol for December 2025 and that this was the eighth consecutive month of such zero releases.
Verdict: True, because official DHS/CBP data and agency statements consistently report zero parole releases for December 2025 and characterize it as the eighth straight month with no such releases, with no credible contrary evidence identified.