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CBP Enforcement Statistics

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the nation’s largest federal law enforcement agency charged with securing the nation’s borders and facilitating international travel and trade. Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the United States.

At the nation’s more than 300 ports of entry, CBP officers have a complex mission with broad law enforcement authorities tied to screening all foreign visitors, returning American citizens and imported cargo that enters the U.S. Along the nation’s borders, the United States Border Patrol and Air and Marine Operations are the uniformed law enforcement arms of CBP responsible for securing U.S. borders between ports of entry.

Visit CBP's Southwest Border Migration page for demographic information regarding apprehensions and inadmissibles on the southwest border and the Assaults and Use of Force page for data on assaults on agents and officers, and uses of force by CBP personnel.

Fiscal Year 2025 runs from October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025.

Total CBP Enforcement Actions

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 - 2025.

EnforcementFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24

FY25 to June

Office of Field Operations (OFO)1216,370281,881288,523241,786294,352551,9301,137,4521,343,823385,503
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP)2310,531404,142859,501405,0361,662,1672,214,6522,063,6921,577,319229,746
Total Enforcement Encounters526,901683,1781,148,024646,8221,956,5192,766,5823,201,1442,901,142615,249

1 Beginning in March FY20, OFO Encounters statistics include both Title 8 Inadmissibles and Title 42 Expulsions. To learn more, visit Title-8-and-Title-42-Statistics. Inadmissibles refers to individuals encountered at ports of entry who are seeking lawful admission into the United States but are determined to be inadmissible, individuals presenting themselves to seek humanitarian protection under our laws, and individuals who withdraw an application for admission and return to their countries of origin within a short timeframe.

2 Beginning in March FY20, USBP Encounters statistics include both Title 8 Apprehensions and Title 42 Expulsions. To learn more, visit Title-8-and-Title-42-Statistics. Apprehensions refers to the physical control or temporary detainment of a person who is not lawfully in the U.S. which may or may not result in an arrest.

Search and Rescue Efforts

CBP agents frequently conduct life-saving efforts, while carrying out their respective missions. Numbers below reflect Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 - FY 2025.

RescuesFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25 to June
USBP Southwest Border4,9215,33612,85722,07537,3245,4201,882
AMO Nationwide37718442344718717360

 

Office of Field Operations - U.S. Border Patrol

Numbers below reflect FY 2017 - FY 2025.

Law EnforcementFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25 to June
Criminal Noncitizens Encountered310,59611,62312,7057,0096,56716,99320,16619,24210,2239
NCIC4 Arrests7,6565,9298,5467,1088,97910,38911,50912,2068,665
Criminal Noncitizens Encountered38,5316,6984,2692,43810,76312,02815,26717,0485,954
Criminal Noncitizens with Outstanding Wants or Warrants2,6751,5504,1532,0541,904949988954414

3 Criminal noncitizens refers to noncitizens who have been convicted of crime, whether in the United States or abroad, so long as the conviction is for conduct which is deemed criminal by the United States. Criminal noncitizens encountered at ports of entry are inadmissible, absent extenuating circumstances, and represent a subset of total OFO inadmissibles. U.S. Border Patrol arrests of criminal noncitizens are a subset of total apprehensions. See U.S. Border Patrol Criminal Noncitizen Statistics for a breakdown of criminal noncitizen stats by type of conviction.

4 NCIC (National Crime Information Center) arrests refers to the number of CBP arrests of individuals, including U.S. citizens, who are wanted by other law enforcement agencies.

As of Fiscal Year 2025 (starting October 1, 2024), border searches of electronic devices is now reported on the Border Search of Electronic Devices at Ports of Entry page.

Monthly U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Checkpoint Currency Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY 2018 - FY 2025.

MonthFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25 to June
October$35,829$49,247$33,558$196,378$60,687$421,148$80,382$95,749
November$26,285$51,269$114,297$17,528$11,683$16,527$50,185$48,582
December$2,822$63,697$156,961$66,907$5,118$4,054$10,920$1,117
January$203,213$59,857$52,649$192,116$178,971$162,679$13,669$8,904
February$117,933$103,982$84,475$263,892$17,826$782,267$11,150$6,545
March$157,669$110,924$36,301$135,123$22,114$127,327$12,531$214,444
April$17,913$15,016$49,559$64,933$42,254$28,476$7,295$30,267
May$256,033$129,766$691,640$29,188$49,491$110,894$12,627$800
June$31,494$119,732$511,781$18,626$9,476$117,953$98,265$214,343
July$14,339$86,696$159,504$73,779$181,194$63,240$95,509-
August$169,592$141,475$275,751$331,791$6,081$27,408$39,028-
September$80,358$33,487$124,274$39,257$6,756$38,871$154,012-
Total$1,113,480$965,148$2,290,750$1,429,519$591,651$1,900,844$585,573$620,751


OFO and USBP Currency Seizures Dashboard

Explore the Office of Field Operations (OFO) and U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Currency & Other Monetary Instrument Seizures by Fiscal Year dashboard.

Monthly U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Checkpoint Drug Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY 2025.

MonthMarijuanaCocaineHeroinMethamphetamineFentanylOther
October81923600614
November5431170511262
December107603429105
January4120030012
February2,02577408203
March58213022473771
April3341410808715
May3,262102310354
June31818606361736
July------
August------
September------
Total8,4001,74682,311503111


OFO and USBP Drug Seizures Dashboard

Explore Office of Field Operations (OFO) and U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Drug Seizure Statistics by weight* and count of events by Fiscal Year.

* Drug seizures are rounded to the nearest whole number and therefore the sum of drug seizures may be within +/- 1 lb. of the grand total.
 

Air and Marine Operations Statistics Drug Seizures Dashboard

See Air and Marine Operations Drug Seizures Statistics for a breakdown of enforcement actions with non-CBP agencies.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Seizures Dashboard

Explore Office of Trade's Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Seizures by Fiscal Year.

U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Apprehensions by Gang Affiliation

Numbers below reflect FY2017 - FY2025.

Gang AffiliationFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25 to June
107th St010000000
12th Street1-------10
18th Street611451683628110653116
Angelino Heights Sureno 13100000000
Bandidos000000000
Barrio Azteca340112031
Barrio Van Nuys001000000
Border Brothers011000100
Brazilian Thugs000000100
Brown Pride000000010
Chirizos010000000
Florencia 13000000110
Folk Nation000000000
Hard Times 13000000000
Hells Angels001000000
Hermanos Pistoleros Latinos (HPL)322211240
Kfs000000100
Largo 36000000010
Latin Kings6724461113126
Locos Surenos Trece010000000
Los Traviosos001000000
Los Zetas000000000
MS-13228413464721133121787248
Mac 11000001000
Mara 18012110010
Mara-R110000000
Maravilla Salva Trucha020100100
Market Street001000000
Mexican Mafia437254321
Mexicles000000001
Mexikanemi300000100
Nortenos656152362
Other908211075539412814165
Outlaws000000000
Pacific Street Gang000011000
Paisas5362909379146133148118
Partido Revolucionario Mexican (PRM)001010102
Playboys000100000
Raza Unido--------1
Riverside Locos 13 (Atlanta, GA)2-------10
San Fernando Valley Gang001000000
South Los Angeles010000000
Southwest Cholos001000000
Surenos (sur-13)666670664654575632
Tango Blast882077109114
Texas Syndicate113012020
Thugs Causing Kaos1-------10
Tren de Aragua3------412739
Trinitarios4--------1
Top Six000001000
Tortilla Flats000100000
Vagos 181-------10
Vallucos001000001
Vilanos-13010000000
West Park100000000
Westside001000000
Zetas110000000
Total536808976363348751639523338

4 Reporting from December 2024.

1 Reporting from June 2024.

2 Reporting from April 2024.

3 Reporting from March 2023.

CBP TSDS Encounters at and Between Land Ports of Entry
Includes Data Through June 30, 2025

Data Set EncountersFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25 to June
Office of Field Operations Terrorism-Related Encounters at Land Border Ports of Entry of All Nationalities*
Southwest Border11615528072103678052566
Northern Border21719625812454313484358206
Total333351538196157380564410772
Data Set EncountersFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25 to June
U.S. Border Patrol Terrorism-Related Encounters Between Ports of Entry of Non-U.S. Citizens
Southwest Border2603159816910341
Northern Border003010330
Total2633169817210641
Percentage of Total USBP Encounters0.0007%0.0015%0.0004%0.0007%0.0010%0.0044%0.0083%0.0068%0.0178%

This table provides a summary of CBP encounters of all persons at ports of entry with terrorism-related records at the time of their encounter and non-U.S. citizens with terrorism-related records at the time of their encounter between U.S. ports of entry.  Terrorism-related records may include records from the U.S. Government’s Terrorist Screening Dataset. As such, the information is protected from public disclosure and provided only to persons who have a need to know, such as federal law enforcement officials, for their authorized screening and vetting functions.

Though terrorism-related encounters at our borders represent an extremely small portion of total border encounters, the screening process to identify such individuals is an example of the critical work CBP Agents and Officers carry out every day on the frontlines. DHS works tirelessly to secure our borders through a combination of highly trained personnel, ground and aerial monitoring systems, international collaboration, and robust intelligence and information-sharing networks.

Noncitizens who match to a terrorism-related record that are encountered by the CBP Office of Field Operations at land ports of entry are most commonly found inadmissible to our country and immediately repatriated or removed. They may also be turned over to another government agency for subsequent detention and law enforcement action, as appropriate. When encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) after entering the country without inspection, these noncitizens are most commonly detained and removed or turned over to another government agency for subsequent detention and law enforcement action, as appropriate.

* POE totals may include multiple encounters of the same individual.

Recidivism percentages are updated at the end of each fiscal year.

FYFY 15FY 16FY 17FY 18FY 19FY 20FY21
Recidivism514%12%10%11%7%26%27%

5 Recidivism refers to percentage of individuals apprehended more than one time by the Border Patrol within a fiscal year. Beginning in March FY20, USBP encounters statistics and recidivism calculations include both Title 8 Apprehensions and Title 42 Expulsions. To learn more, visit Title-8-and-Title-42-Statistics. Apprehensions refers to the physical control or temporary detainment of a person who is not lawfully in the U.S. which may or may not result in an arrest.

OFO and USBP Weapons and Ammunition Seizures Dashboards

Explore Office of Field Operations (OFO) and U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Weapons and Ammunition Seizures by Fiscal Year.

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Last Modified: Jul 15, 2025