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DPS reports steady state at border, ~200 migrant apprehensions per day
Summary
Colonel Martin told the commission that border operations are at a steady state with about 200 migrant apprehensions daily across the southwest corridor and detailed recent narcotics and firearms seizures.
Colonel Martin updated the Public Safety Commission on border operations, saying recent activity is steady and that daily migrant apprehensions are lower than at previous peaks.
"There's really nothing to report. It's steady state on the border," Colonel Martin said. He said recent figures average about 200 migrant apprehensions a day across the corridor from Brownsville to San Diego, and that the low numbers reflect Border Patrol's ability to patrol rather than process large numbers.
Martin provided a three‑week snapshot. One week included 51 criminal arrests, 46 migrant apprehensions and referrals, two bailouts, five vehicle pursuits and 12 firearms seized. Another week recorded 99 criminal arrests, 67 migrant apprehensions and referrals, 10 vehicle pursuits, and 54 pounds of cocaine seized. He highlighted an interdiction where troopers found 25 pounds of cocaine and 10 pounds of black tar heroin following a traffic stop.
Martin cautioned that low counts do not mean cartels are inactive. "The cartels are still gonna exploit the corridors," he said, and DPS operations continue to target smuggling of people, drugs, weapons and currency.
Martin also praised agency subject‑matter experts providing testimony during the legislative session and said DPS personnel are supporting security and medical responses at the State Capitol.
The commission asked no formal questions that changed operations; no new operational directives were recorded in open session.
