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Table 35. Noncitizens Apprehended by Program and Border Patrol Sector, Investigations Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Jurisdiction, and Area of Responsibility: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2020

Program Totals

Program	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[1]	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[2]
Total	678,606	671,327	662,483	679,996	462,388	530,250	461,540	572,566	1,013,539	518,597
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Apprehensions	340,252	364,768	420,789	486,651	337,117	415,816	310,531	404,142	859,501	405,020
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Administrative Arrests	16,261	15,937	11,996	11,626	7,288	4,330	7,539	9,843	10,939	9,974
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Administrative Arrests ^[3]	322,093	290,622	229,698	181,719	117,983	110,104	143,470	158,581	143,099	103,603

CBP U.S. Border Patrol Apprehensions

Sector	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[4]	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[5]
Total apprehensions	340,252	364,768	420,789	486,651	337,117	415,816	310,531	404,142	859,501	405,020
Southwest sectors	327,577	356,873	414,397	479,371	331,333	408,870	303,916	396,579	851,508	400,635
Other sectors	12,675	7,895	6,392	7,280	5,784	6,946	6,615	7,563	7,993	4,385

Southwest Sectors

Sector	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[6]	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[7]
Total	327,577	356,873	414,397	479,371	331,333	408,870	303,916	396,579	851,508	400,635
Big Bend, TX	4,036	3,964	3,684	4,096	5,031	6,366	6,002	8,045	9,637	8,627
Del Rio, TX	16,144	21,720	23,510	24,255	19,013	23,078	13,476	15,833	57,269	40,342
El Centro, CA	30,191	23,916	16,306	14,511	12,820	19,448	18,633	29,230	35,138	27,487
El Paso, TX	10,345	9,678	11,154	12,339	14,495	25,634	25,193	31,561	182,143	54,396
Laredo, TX	36,053	44,872	50,749	44,049	35,888	36,562	25,460	32,641	38,378	51,425
Rio Grande Valley, TX	59,243	97,762	154,453	256,393	147,257	186,830	137,562	162,262	339,135	90,203
San Diego, CA	42,447	28,461	27,496	29,911	26,290	31,891	26,086	38,591	58,049	53,277
Tucson, AZ	123,285	120,000	120,939	87,915	63,397	64,891	38,657	52,172	63,490	66,074
Yuma, AZ	5,833	6,500	6,106	5,902	7,142	14,170	12,847	26,244	68,269	8,804

Other Sectors

Sector	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[8]	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[9]
Total	12,675	7,895	6,392	7,280	5,784	6,946	6,615	7,563	7,993	4,385
Blaine, WA	591	537	360	272	282	271	288	359	524	227
Buffalo, NY	2,114	1,143	796	741	291	226	447	384	537	302
Detroit, MI	1,531	950	650	647	637	716	1,070	1,930	1,322	455
Grand Forks, ND	468	418	469	767	789	505	496	461	412	227
Havre, MT	270	102	88	91	64	43	39	47	77	30
Houlton, ME	41	41	37	45	32	25	30	52	52	104
Miami, FL	4,401	2,509	1,738	2,034	1,752	3,205	2,280	2,169	1,891	1,302
New Orleans, LA	1,509	474	500	950	849	764	920	798	1,132	572
Ramey, PR	642	702	924	958	557	694	388	280	562	356
Spokane, WA	293	317	299	269	190	206	208	347	428	236
Swanton, VT	815	702	531	506	341	291	449	736	1,056	574

ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Administrative Arrests

SAC Jurisdiction	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[10]	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[11]
Total administrative arrests	16,261	15,937	11,996	11,626	7,288	4,330	7,539	9,843	10,939	9,974
Atlanta, GA	806	578	337	224	166	75	226	284	232	278
Baltimore, MD	316	135	75	133	130	34	132	155	91	94
Boston, MA	449	346	225	173	157	91	137	166	171	131
Buffalo, NY	138	183	153	118	87	42	126	121	68	61
Charlotte, NC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	86	101
Chicago, IL	1,451	1,657	1,239	909	750	379	848	776	581	363
Dallas, TX	557	508	256	328	215	131	224	637	647	470
Denver, CO	1,180	644	226	128	74	90	129	258	265	232
Detroit, MI	365	257	176	229	231	98	173	232	192	166
El Paso, TX	513	446	367	447	394	343	723	996	1,499	2,211
Honolulu, HI	167	197	95	72	75	60	260	174	147	115
Houston, TX	743	1,044	1,071	924	355	251	399	451	496	221
Kansas City, MO	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	227	159
Las Vegas, NV	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	79	112
Los Angeles, CA	640	536	507	401	493	210	229	545	313	272
Miami, FL	1,038	1,030	881	984	794	397	310	381	473	407
Nashville, TN	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	258	112
New Orleans, LA	923	686	508	415	293	224	751	1,005	281	219
New York, NY	600	461	219	245	171	155	345	309	223	297
Newark, NJ	372	194	118	185	157	108	308	360	396	276
Philadelphia, PA	578	373	178	233	158	87	182	254	256	83
Phoenix, AZ	401	403	457	258	207	337	348	394	728	332
Saint Paul, MN	582	381	174	180	94	50	110	317	97	29
San Antonio, TX	1,525	3,599	2,945	3,677	1,438	662	693	955	2,154	1,523
San Diego, CA	304	506	398	311	211	145	86	56	95	1,045
San Francisco, CA	749	355	252	176	96	61	203	230	210	119
San Juan, PR	158	178	242	65	41	15	90	108	95	67
Seattle, WA	659	424	376	259	209	117	161	109	138	156
Tampa, FL	488	421	168	181	138	45	167	328	224	217
Washington, DC	489	347	303	299	136	73	143	93	113	59
Other SAC jurisdictions abroad	70	48	50	72	18	50	36	149	104	47

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Administrative Arrests

Historical figures for ICE ERO administrative arrests may differ from those published by ICE due to updates to previously published numbers.

Area	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[12]	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[13]
Total administrative arrests	322,093	290,622	229,698	181,719	117,983	110,104	143,470	158,581	143,099	103,603
Atlanta, GA	26,688	24,312	17,480	14,208	10,042	8,866	13,551	15,189	13,247	10,146
Baltimore, MD	3,178	2,953	2,562	2,114	1,100	1,239	1,666	1,703	1,450	D
Boston, MA	5,390	5,268	3,908	2,795	1,749	1,858	2,834	2,908	2,469	1,604
Buffalo, NY	1,635	1,666	1,668	1,510	1,171	1,173	1,494	1,582	1,287	930
Chicago, IL	18,739	15,455	11,817	9,951	6,899	7,055	8,604	9,241	8,427	6,211
Dallas, TX	18,808	16,515	15,882	13,026	8,177	9,634	16,520	17,644	16,900	14,630
Denver, CO	7,324	6,008	4,819	3,272	2,336	2,284	2,746	2,755	2,408	1,433
Detroit, MI	7,304	6,886	5,374	4,549	2,546	2,241	3,409	3,604	3,318	2,508
El Paso, TX	5,046	4,407	3,244	2,636	1,830	1,611	1,892	2,159	2,270	1,674
Houston, TX	19,579	17,126	13,866	16,112	13,886	12,896	13,565	14,333	11,584	10,172
Los Angeles, CA	33,728	31,078	24,582	18,347	8,365	7,651	8,419	7,854	6,657	4,383
Miami, FL	15,940	16,011	11,147	8,411	4,764	3,524	6,192	8,474	9,512	7,397
New Orleans, LA	14,258	12,584	8,972	7,331	5,187	5,174	7,968	10,270	9,831	6,342
New York, NY	7,245	6,532	5,560	4,859	2,275	1,847	2,576	3,476	2,477	1,517
Newark, NJ	5,539	5,589	4,380	3,763	2,478	2,247	3,189	3,409	2,903	2,099
Philadelphia, PA	5,668	5,092	4,980	4,857	3,995	3,672	4,938	5,143	4,096	2,826
Phoenix, AZ	14,953	13,113	10,941	8,416	7,118	5,370	6,457	7,162	5,904	4,262
Saint Paul, MN	7,770	6,960	5,505	3,654	2,362	2,500	4,175	4,658	4,340	3,138
Salt Lake City, UT	8,730	7,535	6,182	5,078	4,384	4,638	5,177	5,754	5,382	3,473
San Antonio, TX	28,292	28,947	25,658	18,680	11,268	8,425	8,510	10,749	11,780	7,659
San Diego, CA	13,016	11,196	6,521	6,336	3,717	3,683	4,551	6,000	2,280	1,309
San Francisco, CA	31,430	26,386	20,441	10,602	6,009	6,651	7,231	6,210	5,098	3,457
Seattle, WA	9,714	8,801	7,156	4,703	2,960	2,698	3,376	3,067	2,550	1,525
Washington, DC	8,322	7,383	5,557	4,361	3,089	2,883	4,163	4,359	4,276	2,885
Headquarters	38	31	12	11	4	12	20	5	4	D
Unknown	3,759	2,788	1,484	2,137	272	272	247	873	2,649	1,119

Footnotes

X Not applicable.

D Data withheld to limit disclosure.

Note: USBP data are current as of October 2020. ICE ERO data are current as of October 2020. ICE HSI data are current as of October 2020.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The counting methodology for administrative arrests by ICE ERO was revised to align with ICE ERO reporting for 2016; for earlier years only one administrative arrest could be counted for the same person on the same day. ↩ Back
SBP data for 2020 include USBP encounters resulting in expulsions on public health grounds under U.S. Code Title 42 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ↩ Back
Historical figures for ICE ERO administrative arrests may differ from those published by ICE due to updates to previously published numbers. ↩ Back
The counting methodology for administrative arrests by ICE ERO was revised to align with ICE ERO reporting for 2016; for earlier years only one administrative arrest could be counted for the same person on the same day. ↩ Back
SBP data for 2020 include USBP encounters resulting in expulsions on public health grounds under U.S. Code Title 42 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ↩ Back
The counting methodology for administrative arrests by ICE ERO was revised to align with ICE ERO reporting for 2016; for earlier years only one administrative arrest could be counted for the same person on the same day. ↩ Back
SBP data for 2020 include USBP encounters resulting in expulsions on public health grounds under U.S. Code Title 42 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ↩ Back
The counting methodology for administrative arrests by ICE ERO was revised to align with ICE ERO reporting for 2016; for earlier years only one administrative arrest could be counted for the same person on the same day. ↩ Back
SBP data for 2020 include USBP encounters resulting in expulsions on public health grounds under U.S. Code Title 42 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ↩ Back
The counting methodology for administrative arrests by ICE ERO was revised to align with ICE ERO reporting for 2016; for earlier years only one administrative arrest could be counted for the same person on the same day. ↩ Back
SBP data for 2020 include USBP encounters resulting in expulsions on public health grounds under U.S. Code Title 42 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ↩ Back
The counting methodology for administrative arrests by ICE ERO was revised to align with ICE ERO reporting for 2016; for earlier years only one administrative arrest could be counted for the same person on the same day. ↩ Back
SBP data for 2020 include USBP encounters resulting in expulsions on public health grounds under U.S. Code Title 42 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ↩ Back

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