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Nationwide Encounters

Encounter data includes U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Title 8 Apprehensions, Office of Field Operations (OFO) Title 8 Inadmissibles, and Title 42 Expulsions. Data is available for the Northern Land Border, Southwest Land Border, and Nationwide (i.e., air, land, and sea modes of transportation) encounters.

Title 8 Enforcement Actions refers to apprehensions or inadmissibles processed under CBP’s immigration authority. Inadmissibles refers to individuals encountered at ports of entry (POEs) by OFO who are seeking lawful admission into the United States (U.S.) 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. Apprehensions refers to the physical control or temporary detainment of a person by USBP between POEs who is not lawfully in the U.S. which may or may not result in an arrest.

Title 42 Expulsions refers to individuals encountered by USBP and OFO and expelled to the country of last transit or home country in the interest of public health under Title 42 U.S.C. 265 from March 21, 2020 to May 11, 2023.

Demographics for USBP and OFO include:

  • Accompanied Minors (AM)
  • Individuals in a Family Unit (FMUA)
  • Single Adults
  • Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) / Single Minors

To access the data used to build these dashboards, please visit the CBP Data Portal.

Data is extracted from live CBP systems and data sources. Statistical information is subject to change due to corrections, systems changes, change in data definition, additional information, or encounters pending final review. Final statistics are available at the conclusion of each fiscal year.

U.S. Border Patrol At Large and U.S. Border Patrol At Entry Apprehensions

Monthly Totals Oct-23 Nov-23 Dec-23 Jan-24 Feb-24 Mar-24 Apr-24 May-24 Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Sep-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25 Mar-25 Apr-25
Nationwide Total Apprehensions 190,454 192,357 251,178 125,440 142,104 139,124 131,078 121,646 87,606 59,655 60,684 55,993 58,120 47,540 48,140 30,127 9,236 8,196 10,014
At Large 2,977 2,668 4,676 2,057 2,670 2,700 2,813 2,429 1,800 1,432 1,655 1,609 1,653 1,422 1,267 1,401 1,426 1,706 2,380
At Entry 187,477 189,689 246,502 123,383 139,434 136,424 128,265 119,217 85,806 58,223 59,029 54,384 56,467 46,118 46,873 28,726 7,810 6,490 7,634
Southwest Border Total Apprehensions 188,749 191,106 249,740 124,215 140,641 137,473 128,895 117,905 83,532 56,400 58,009 53,858 56,520 46,615 47,324 29,105 8,345 7,184 8,383
At Large 2,687 2,439 4,465 1,869 2,405 2,429 2,534 2,039 1,458 1,114 1,333 1,291 1,267 1,099 981 938 654 831 906
At Entry 186,062 188,667 245,275 122,346 138,236 135,044 126,361 115,866 82,074 55,286 56,676 52,567 55,253 45,516 46,343 28,167 7,691 6,353 7,477
Northern Border Total Apprehensions 1,522 1,148 1,178 926 1,267 1,480 1,940 3,399 3,601 3,037 2,431 1,792 1,283 704 510 616 479 504 684
At Large 240 189 143 121 182 165 166 221 156 166 180 151 179 157 134 244 393 429 545
At Entry 1,282 959 1,035 805 1,085 1,315 1,774 3,178 3,445 2,871 2,251 1,641 1,104 547 376 372 86 75 139

At Entry: Refers to an alien who has entered the United States without admission and has not yet reached his/her destination, regardless of the amount of time since entry.
At Large: Refers to an alien who has illegally entered the United States, has already reached their destination, and is encountered or who was legally admitted and has since overstayed their permitted time, illegally remaining in the U.S.

U.S. Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations Encounters by Area of Responsibility and Component

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U.S. Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations Encounters by State

Note: Nationwide encounters are the sum of CBP encounters across all areas of responsibility including Northern Land Border, Southwest Land Border, OFO non-land border ports of entry (e.g., airports, seaports), and USBP sectors that do not share a land border with Canada or Mexico (e.g., Miami Sector). This data is available for further review and download on the Nationwide Encounters Public Data Portal page.

 

U.S. Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations Encounters

 

To ensure that law enforcement sensitive statistics are not publicly released, modifications to data filters have been made that may alter the format of data previously obtained from this dashboard.

For additional years of Southwest Land Border encounter data, visit the Southwest Land Border Encounters webpage.

Last Modified: May 12, 2025