| Year | Number |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 251,202 |
| 2006 | 207,631 |
| 2007 | 202,030 |
| 2008 | 222,798 |
| 2009 | 223,908 |
| 2010 | 229,575 |
| 2011 | 213,345 |
| 2012 | 195,804 |
| 2013 | 205,623 |
| 2014 | 225,016 |
| 2015 | 254,714 |
| 2016 | 274,617 |
| 2017 | 216,257 |
| 2018 | 281,928 |
| 2019 | 287,977 |
| 2020 [1] | 241,763 |
Footnotes
Note: Before April 2008, did not include all crew members detained onboard vessels.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) data for 2020 include CBP OFO encounters resulting in expulsions on public health grounds under U.S. Code Title 42 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ↩ Back
